Tom Cleaver

The first week of nightly protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools drew to a close on ...

Developments relating to the appointment of a new personal envoy to Cyprus by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are to be expected after Easter, according to reports on Friday. “The ...

Firemen were required to cut a man out of a car after it veered off a road and came to a halt in a field, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis ...

Teachers at Trikomo’s Bekirpasha high school went on strike on Friday over “pressure” being put on them by the north’s ‘education ministry’ in the midst of the “headscarf ...

An 18-year-old male was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning after being clocked driving at 195 kilometres per hour up the motorway towards Nicosia near Latsia. He was pulled ...

The trial of journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was on Thursday adjourned until May 29. ...

Three men, aged 20 years old, 19 years old, and 18 years old, were all arrested after getting into a fight with one another, the police announced on Friday. The incident occurred in ...

The 32-year-old man arrested when police found 105.65kg of cannabis and 16.52kg of cocaine, was remanded on Friday for eight days to facilitate investigations. The suspect was taken before the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar maintained the slender lead he holds over challenger and opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman in polling for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos and the town’s bishop Tychikos are at loggerheads over the organisation of an event next month to mark May 19, the day observed by Pontic Greeks ...

Fires were lit outside the north’s ‘parliament’ for a fourth day in a row on Thursday in protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of ...

Four companies and three individuals were fined a combined total of €20,250 over the death of a worker who fell 13 metres on a construction site following a Limassol district court ruling ...

United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Wednesday said the “courage to make compromises” on the part of political leadership is what is required to solve the Cyprus ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel flew to Ankara on Thursday to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz in the wake of a scathing ...

Oktay Saral, one of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top advisors, on Thursday attacked the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel over his handling of the ongoing “headscarf crisis” ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Wednesday evening said the Greek Cypriots are “using the European Union as a weapon”. He was speaking to the north’s public ...

The 32 members of the new bicommunal technical committee on youth were officially named on Wednesday by President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. The leaders named 16 people each ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘education minister’ Ahmet Derya took to the stage outside the north’s ‘parliament’ to condemn the incumbent ruling coalition as fires were lit for the third day ...

The first hearing of a defamation lawsuit Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar had filed against pro-opposition Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeniduzenwas heard at court in northern Nicosia on Wednesday. Tatar is ...

Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas on Wednesday said the Turkish government’s “silence” over the signing of a joint declaration by five central Asian states and the European Union which ruled ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and former prime minister Binali Yildirim were all accused of partaking in “filthy” corruption in northern Cyprus, linked to assassinated Turkish ...

The government is to create a national unit for the implementation of financial sanctions, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Wednesday. Speaking after the day’s cabinet meeting, he said ...

The latest hearing in the case against 22 Turkish Cypriot teachers who stand accused of “battering” police officers during a protest in 2022 took place in northern Nicosia on Wednesday. Little progress ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project was absent from announcements and discussions in Greece following a meeting of the country’s National Security Council (Kysea) on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, ...