Tom Cleaver

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has “destroyed the Turkish Cypriots’ international prestige”, his predecessor Mehmet Ali Talat said on Monday. Speaking to newspaper Yeni Duzen, Talat, who served between 2005 and 2010, ...

The cattle breeders’ coordinating committee on Monday expressed fury over the European Commission’s decision to provide €39.5 million in aid for the Turkish Cypriot community as part of its latest “...

A memorial was held in the village of Acheritou on Sunday to a Turkish soldier who was shot dead in his guard post near the village in 1996. Allahverdi Kilic was ...

The government on Sunday said Turkey is using the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) to avoid its obligations to claimants who were displaced in 1974 and won cases in international courts. The ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project will go ahead “if its financial viability is ensured”, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. Speaking at the Thessaloniki international fair, he said, “...

The government aims to “further implement measures which will strengthen young people’s access to culture”, deputy culture minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said on Sunday. Speaking at the Mountain Fest in ...

Villagers from the Limassol district on Saturday staged a protest against motorcyclists speeding along the road between the villages of Trimiklini and Ayia Eirini. The protest took place in the ...

Officers and non-commissioned officers who fought against Turkey during the 1974 invasion of Cyprus will be awarded medals by the Republic of Cyprus, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas announced on Sunday. Speaking ...

Television series Famagusta’s director Andreas Georgiou said the message the series was intended to convey was “to love each other”. In a post to his Instagram story in Greek, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said that “no matter how hard some people try and would like us to, we do not forget” Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to meet with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on September 23, according to reports. The Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Sunday reported that the pair will meet ...

“The invasion and occupation is not a historical event, but our daily experience,” Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Saturday. Speaking at an event organised by the village of Lysi’...

Charalambos Mylonas, described by the shipping deputy ministry as a “pioneer” of Cypriot shipping, died on Saturday. Announcing his death, the shipping deputy ministry said he “contributed to the most ...

Two people were arrested in Nicosia on Saturday night after police found just shy of 2.5 kilograms of cocaine in their car. The pair, a 26-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman, ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou and her predecessor Averof Neophytou on Friday exchanged differing opinions over the Great Sea Interconnector. Appearing on CyBC just minutes apart, Neophytou first on the radio ...

Turkey’s Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Friday promised to “ensure the sustainability of the energy supply” in the north. Speaking during a visit to the north, he said Turkey ...

Pharmacists’ patience “has run out” over the issue of opening hours, pharmaceutical association chairman Ploutarchos Georgiades said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he said his frustration is ...

Cyprus’ nominee for European Commissioner Costas Kadis is likely to be named commissioner for the Mediterranean and the environment, according to reported leaks published on Friday. The leaks were published ...

People “seem to forget what they said a year ago, two years ago, or three years ago” about the Great Sea Interconnector, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. He was ...

The Paralimni and Deryneia municipality on Friday called on the government to take action after mayor Giorgos Nikolettos and Deryneia deputy mayor Nikos Lillis were both reportedly placed on a ...

Cypriot weightlifter Maria Markou finished in 9th place in the Paralympic Games on Friday, competing in the 61-kilogram category. Markou lifted a total of 95kg in her first lift, though ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said Cyprus “cannot function in 2024 under the terms of 1960” in response to the audit office’s charge that the government’s plans to reform it ...

“Cyprus, do you understand what a compatriot of ours has done?” was the cry from Cyprus’ Paralympic Committee on Friday morning after Karolina Pelendritou won a bronze medal in the ...

The reduction of school bus fares is expected to persuade 2,000 more schoolchildren to travel by bus, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday night. Speaking after a presentation of plans ...