Tom Cleaver

The European Council’s President-designate Antonio Costa is to visit Cyprus on Wednesday, Cypriot government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. Costa’s visit comes as part of a European tour being ...

A father from Larnaca on Tuesday claimed that school bullying is the cause behind his son having been hospitalised last week. The eight-year-old boy required surgery after being cut by ...

The trial of the 11 people held responsible for the collapse of the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman, which killed 24 Cypriot children, 11 Cypriot adults, and 37 others during ...

An 89-year-old Greek Cypriot man died on Friday night at a casino in Famagusta. The man, named as Loizos Kosma, fell ill at the casino at around 11pm before dying ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Tuesday condemned “attempts to politicise” President Nikos Christodoulides’ veto of a law which would disclose the names of donors to a support fund managed by ...

A deal regarding the delivery of the floating storage and re-gasification unit (Fsru) that is part of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at Vasiliko has been reached by the ...

A 17-year-old male was remanded in custody for four days after being at the centre of a mass brawl on Larnaca’s Finikoudes beach on Saturday night. He has been ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will on Tuesday convene the National Council to inform its members about the informal dinner he attended with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader ...

The government will on October 30 announce two new schemes aimed at making housing in Cyprus more affordable, before beginning to implement both schemes within November, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said. ...

The Nicosia municipality on Monday issued an open call for those interested in participating in Christmas events. The Christmas events will be taking place between December 1 and January 6, with the ...

The government is “evaluating” its options regarding the future of the electricity subsidy ahead of its currently scheduled expiry at the end of this month, spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

Limassol’s Alphamega stadium on Monday turned down a request from the Cyprus Football Association to host the national team’s upcoming Uefa Nations League match against Lithuania. National team ...

A 50-year-old man who stands accused of shooting his brother-in-law dead appeared in Paphos court on Monday. His victim was 43-year-old Stylianos Stylianou. The suspect and Stylianou were reportedly at ...

The ongoing crisis at the heart of Turkish Cypriot politics was frozen on Monday with many ‘MPs’ having travelled to Turkey to be present for the resumption of proceedings regarding ...

Pharmacists at the Limassol general hospital on Monday called an immediate strike over changes to the hospital’s pharmaceuticals department’s management structure. The strike was called by the pharmacists’ ...

Member of the European Parliament Fidias Panayiotou on Monday called for a protest at Nicosia’s Eleftheria Square against the government’s ban of mobile phones from schools. He said ...

A contingent of Cypriots numbering some 100 people on Monday travelled to the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman ahead of the next hearing of the trial of the 11 people held responsible ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday called on the authorities to speed up their investigations into matters involving corruption and organised crime. Christodoulides held a meeting on the subject of corruption ...

The Turkish Cypriot people “are counting down the days to get rid of the burden of Tatar”, opposition party CTP secretary-general Asim Akansoy said of incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

Plans are afoot to deal with potential water shortages in Cyprus after a year of below average rainfall so far, water development department deputy director George Kazantzis said on Saturday. ...

Former Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Saturday unveiled a monument in Paphos which commemorates the Greek revolution of 1821. Speaking at the monument’s unveiling, he said he wished to broadcast ...

More than 2,000 plants were handed out to members of the public at Larnaca airport on Saturday morning. The plants were handed out as part of the airport’s holding company ...

The treatment of breast cancer is the health ministry’s top priority, Minister Michael Damianos said on Saturday. Speaking at an event at the Nicosia general hospital, he drew attention ...

The debate over the controversial ‘parliament speaker’ election in the north is continuing into the weekend, with high profile figures continuing to weigh in on the matter. ‘Deputy speaker’ Fazilet ...