Tom Cleaver

A total of 100 people who were revealed to have been living in squalor in a camp near Morphou filed reports to the Turkish Cypriot police that they had been trafficked, ...

The government is “examining the possibility” of declassifying Cyprus’ energy market from its current status as “emergent”, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday. Cyprus’ energy market is currently classified ...

Cyprus’ authorities “have not seen” the financing plan for the Great Sea Interconnector project, the finance ministry’s permanent secretary George Panteli said on Wednesday. Speaking at an extraordinary meeting ...

By Tom Cleaver The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek paid the Republic’s electricity authority (EAC) a total of $2 million (€1.8m) for the supply of electricity during the month of ...

A total of 132 chickens were killed after being attacked by dogs in a chicken coop near Lapithos, the Turkish Cypriot police announced on Wednesday. The incident took place at around 7.30...

The European Union is ready for “constructive solutions” on the Cyprus problem from Turkey, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said on Tuesday, ahead of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s ...

There will be “no other” tax debt repayment plans offered to Cyprus football clubs if they do not repay their debt through the current plan, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said ...

A man was arrested at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point after having attempted to cross from the Republic to the north with methamphetamines in his underpants. The man appeared in ...

The quantity of goat and sheep milk in halloumi compliant with the European Commission’s Protected Designation or Origin (PDO) regulations will surpass the quantity of cow’s milk in ...

Cypriot tennis legend Marcos Baghdatis is to play a one-off exhibition match against former world number one Andre Agassi in Limassol in September.The match will mark the opening of ...

With summer in its final weeks, the season for preparing Tylliria’s local halitzia cheese has arrived. The cheese, so named for its likeness to pebbles, which are also called “...

An exposé released on Monday revealed that migrant fruit pickers in the north are living in squalid conditions in a camp near Morphou. The report, released in newspaper Ozgur Gazete, ...

Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis on Monday decried what he described as “unfair competition” from the north in the tourism sector. Questioned by Politis Radio over tour operator Tui’s ...

The University of Cyprus on Monday said there is “nothing irregular” in its allowing students who obtained international high school qualifications to apply to study at the university. The university’...

The electricity authority (EAC) on Monday cancelled a meeting with the electricity market association (EMA) over what they described as a “violation” of an agreement on the EMA’s part ...

A Syrian family of four left the Republic to the north in the early hours of Sunday morning, crossing the Green Line illegally near the Ledra Palace hotel in Nicosia ...

An 18-year-old girl was arrested in connection with the robbery of a 64-year-old man, police announced on Monday, as two other teenage girls have already been arrested in connection with ...

Television series Famagusta will appear on streaming website Netflix, its director and lead actor Andreas Georgiou said. In a post on Instagram, he said the show would drop on Netflix ...

Four in five British Turkish Cypriots travelling to Cyprus are choosing to fly to Larnaca or Paphos airport rather than the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport, Turkish Cypriot opposition party ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Saturday fired back at the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli over the latter’s remarks that Greek Cypriots who use Turkish Cypriot-owned property vacated ...

The Limassol district government on Saturday said it would decree that work stop on an “illegal house” being built near the Kryos river near Platres and examine whether conditions set ...

The government “is investing in villages’ development”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said. Speaking at the annual dance party in the Limassol district village of Dora on Friday night, he said ...

A 16-year-old girl was remanded in custody for five days on Saturday, accused of having robbed a 64-year-old man who had invited her to his hotel room. Her remand comes ...

A police officer was reportedly handed a promotion on the strength of his proficiency in playing the clarinet. According to daily Phileleftheros, the man was made a sergeant as his ...