Tom Cleaver

European Council President Antonio Costa on Friday praised the hard work of both Cyprus and President Nikos Christodoulides during the island’s six-month term as the holder of the Council ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday met three of his four living predecessors, Mehmet Ali Talat, Mustafa Akinci, and Ersin Tatar, as efforts continue both on the island and ...

More than six kilograms of opium poppies were seized after being found inside a package which had been sent to Larnaca airport, the customs department said on Friday. The department ...

Cyprus’ six-month term as the holder of the Council of the European Union constituted an “extraordinary honour” and a “national mission”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, at the end ...

The question of if a dead witness can testify in court was the central subject of Friday’s hearing of the trial of 11 suspects into the circumstances surrounding the death ...

Human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou Lottides on Friday expressed concern that third country nationals who are detained in Cyprus due to not having the requisite residence documents are often subject ...

A monument is to be built in memorial of the victims of sexual violence during and after Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the non-profit organisation Zoe vs War Violence ...

The Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign ministry’ on Thursday expressed disgust with the European Parliament’s latest annual report on Turkey, which was accepted by the parliament by a majority vote on ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday acclaimed the deal signed by Iran and the United States to bring a halt to the war which broke out between the two countries ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday said there is no “lack of understanding” between himself and Turkey, as efforts aimed at bringing about a resumption of negotiations to solve ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said that the European Union has “the most decisive role” to play in the current effort being undertaken to bring about a resumption of negotiations in earnest ...

Cyprus on Thursday took receipt of its first payment under the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) defence procurement programme, with a total of €177.2 million being disbursed to ...

David Hunter, the man who was convicted of manslaughter in 2023 after killing his seriously ill wife, died on Thursday at the age of 78. He had been rushed to hospital on ...

Eva Rossidou-Papakyriakou, the former head of Mokas, the police’s anti-money laundering unit, on Thursday denied all accusations made against her in the anti-corruption authority’s Mafia State report, saying ...

European Parliament president Roberta Metsola on Thursday stressed her support for efforts to reunify Cyprus, saying that “the European Union will be truly united only when Cyprus is united”. “The ...

Disy on Thursday called for the independent investigator who will be tasked with probing allegations of abuse of power made against former president Nicos Anastasiades in a report released by ...

A dead body was found at a beach near the Larnaca district village of Kiti on Thursday morning, the police said. The body was found at around 9.30am, with police ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Wednesday visited San Marino and, alongside his Sammarinese counterpart Luca Beccari, said he welcomed progress towards a possible association agreement between the country and the ...

Five of Cyprus’ six members of the European Parliament abstained from the final vote on the parliament’s annual report on Turkey on Wednesday, with independent Fidias Panayiotou voting to ...

Both attorney-general George Savvides and his deputy Savvas Angelides on Wednesday announced that they will recuse themselves from any involvement with further investigations into a report conducted by the anti-corruption ...

The government intends to appoint an independent investigator to probe allegations of abuse of power made against former president Nicos Anastasiades in a report released by the anti-corruption authority, its ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna on Wednesday said she expects for a “strong message of unity and determination” in support of Ukraine to be sent from this week’s ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin on Wednesday met Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis in the latest stop of her current round of meetings on the ...

Former Greek Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem Andreas Mavroyiannis on Wednesday urged caution over the question of whether the attorney-general and his assistant should recuse themselves from an ...