Tom Cleaver

Construction of the new Morphou hospital will be completed in 2025, the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Friday night. He was speaking after the signing of a new ...

A 63-year-old woman was remanded in custody on Saturday on suspicion of having stabbed her husband to death with a kitchen knife. She reportedly denies having committed the crime and ...

A total of 1.6 million cubic metres of water flowed into Cyprus’ reservoirs in the last four days, water development department representative Yianna Economidou said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday night announced that he would meet with President Nikos Christodoulides on either January 20 or January 21, and that the planned “enlarged meeting” on the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Friday held a telephone conversation with Kazakhstan’s foreign minister and deputy prime minister Murat Nurtleu. Cyprus’ foreign ministry described the conversation as “in-depth” and ...

A 56-year-old man from Paphos was on Friday sentenced to seven years in prison after having been convicted of robbing an optician’s shop last year. He will also serve ...

A two-day general strike in the north on Thursday and Friday forced the government to “suspend” the passage of two bills through ‘parliament’, one regarding the payment of the cost-of-living ...

Cypriot football clubs Omonia and Pafos FC are to face each other in the knockout phase playoffs of the Uefa Europa Conference League as a result of Friday’s draw. ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Friday night passed its ‘state’ budget for 2025, with 29 votes in favour and nine votes against. The budget foresees a total of 136.28 billion TL (€3.75bn) worth ...

The radar system at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport was broken on Friday night. The north’s civil aviation department’s director Mustafa Soli confirmed that the system was ...

The European Union’s “reflexes” on geopolitical issues in the eastern Mediterranean are “not what we would expect”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday night. He was speaking to ...

The Nicosia criminal court on Friday rejected Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut’s objections to his trial, and set his next hearing for January 13, when he is set to ...

Two men appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Friday, accused of making exactly $30,400 (€29,243) by trafficking people into the north from Sri Lanka. Police officer Yaren Yemenicioglu told the court ...

The labour ministry on Friday set out the government’s new rules regarding the employment of third-country nationals in Cyprus who are either students or high earners. For high earners, ...

The north’s ‘health minister’ Hakan Dincyurek “should not have lasted for two minutes” after it came to light that seven newborn babies had been fed ethanol in northern Nicosia’...

Turkey’s defence ministry is concerned about the strengthening of relations between the United States and the Republic of Cyprus in the field of defence, according to reports on Thursday. ...

The Turkish Cypriot police began investigating Ali Kismir before a complaint was filed against him, according to police inspector Durmus Aydin. Aydin was called as the third and final witness ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday called for a roadmap to be created to devise the next steps of Syria’s future after its former leader Bashar al-Assad was overthrown earlier ...

A total of 11 missing persons were identified through the framework of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) this year, representative of the office of the Greek Cypriot member Leonidas Pantelides ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday said he had agreed to there being British involvement at the planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is due to take ...

The number of cases of people being diagnosed with HIV is “on the rise” in the north, independent Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Jale Refik Rogers said on Wednesday night. Addressing ‘parliament’ ...

The Cypriot government is “ready” to begin consultations with both Greece’s independent transmission system operator Admie and the country’s energy ministry to find an agreement on “all matters” ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday reaffirmed his support for a new crossing point to be opened in Mia Milia, on the eastern edge of Nicosia. Speaking after a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Wednesday held a telephone conversation focused on the ongoing developments in Syria after the overthrow of the country’s Assad ...