Tom Cleaver

The Saint George church in the Kyrenia district village of Vouno collapsed on Saturday night, prompting the village’s Turkish Cypriot mukhtar Durmus Asandir on Tuesday to take aim at ...

Roads will be closed in the centre of Larnaca following a fire which caused “catastrophic” damage to a listed building, the Larnaca municipality said on Tuesday. Sections of Mehmet Ali ...

Attorney-General George Savvides on Tuesday called for the law on harming animals to be amended. In an open letter to the government, he expressed concern at an “increasing rate of ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Monday resolved to create a committee to examine a request filed by the north’s chief public prosecutor’s office to lift the immunity of ...

Cyprus is to push for “no different treatment of invaders” with regard to the European Union’s plans to boost its military defences, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday, ...

Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Halil Karapasaoglu on Monday announced that he had been informed by the police that he is once again to be charged with failing to complete his ...

State health services organisation (Okypy) chief executive officer Kypros Stavrides on Monday defended the delay in his organisation’s submission of its annual budget to parliament and the work of ...

Former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki on Monday said he is “in the final stages” of finding a new lawyer as he continues to fight accusations that he forged his high ...

Cyprus placed third from last in Europe in the United Nations’ sustainable development solutions network’s (SDSN) sustainable development index for 2024, it was reported on Monday. The island ranked 32nd ...

The “unofficial” programme for the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the Swiss city of Geneva next week was announced by the United Nations on Monday. The meeting will ...

Legislation to bring to an end the practice of paying multiple pensions to government officials is to be brought before a plenary session of parliament “in the next few weeks”, ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Saturday visited the Paphos general hospital to examine the progress made on renovations and upgrades to the hospital. He said on Sunday he had examined ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Sunday called for “intensified” efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem. “Given the ongoing illegal Turkish occupation of our homeland for over 50 years, we must intensify ...

Rezvan Inlen, the Turkish Cypriot mukhtar of the village of Ayios Symeon, at the base of the Karpas peninsula, on Sunday called for the eradication of Cypriot donkeys. He posted ...

European Union member states must strengthen cooperation between each other on the matter of defence, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. He was asked about his position on the joint ...

Akel and government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis were on Saturday engaged in a running battle of press releases denouncing one another, with seven statements flying back and forth, and opposing each ...

Women in Nicosia on Saturday marched through the streets of the capital’s old town to mark International Women’s Day and demand gender equality. Organised by activist group Afoa, ...

Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Saturday called for a “swift de-escalation” after violence erupted in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia between Alawites loyal to the former regime of Bashar al-Assad ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he will attend the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the Swiss city of Geneva later this month with “a clear plan”, during ...

Polis Chrysochous is taking the first steps towards being able to reopen its campsite as town mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Saturday said he has officially put out a call for ...

Gender equality is a “fundamental and non-negotiable human right”, Justice Minister Marios Hartiotis said in his message to mark International Women’s Day on Saturday. He said the day “reminds ...

Two men, aged 28 and 25, were arrested in the north for masquerading as doctors, Turkish Cypriot police said on Saturday. The police said the pair had between Tuesday and Friday been ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on suspicion of having promoted terrorism on social media platforms, police said on Saturday. The man was arrested on Friday after the police ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Friday evening after being found by the anti-poaching squad in possession of a large quantity of tobacco which had been smuggled from the north. ...