Tom Cleaver

President Nikos Christodoulides promised on Friday there would be “good news” regarding the Cyprus problem “before the end of the year”. Speaking at an event to mark Bastille Day organised ...

A 19-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of rape earlier this month was released on Friday after “contradictions” were found in the complaint filed by the woman who accused ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday said he will step down as the party’s leader after the Turkish Cypriot leadership elections which are set ...

A woman appeared in court in the north on Friday, accused of having forged a rabies certificate to import two cats from overseas. A police representative in court said the ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Friday accused of having burgled a house with a rifle in the early hours of last Saturday morning. Police officer Omer ...

Former British minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith visited the north on Friday, meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, and calling for direct flights from the United Kingdom to the north’...

The government announced on Friday it would increase pension payments for some early retirees, reducing the 12 per cent drop in pension payments for those who retire before the age of 65 ...

A series of events are to be held in the north over the weekend to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the failed coup d’état which took place in Turkey ...

Workers at public broadcaster CyBC suspended their strike action on Friday evening after being given reassurances that their dispute over pension payments will be resolved. The three trade unions which ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has received the report by his personal envoy to Cyprus and is studying it, a spokesperson for the UN chief confirmed late on Thursday. “The secretary-general ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday took formal delivery of a cost-benefit analysis for the Great Sea Interconnector project – the mooted subsea electric cable linking Cyprus to Greece. The dossier ...

The north’s ‘government’ was on Thursday ridiculed by environmentalists after releasing its latest beach cleanliness report. In previous years, the reports had contained data and statistics pertaining to the ...

The lawyers of a man arrested on suspicion of operating a pyramid scheme on Thursday hit out at the media, insisting their client is innocent and that the media had ...

Humanitarian aid sent from Cyprus towards Gaza will dock at the Israeli port Ashdod when the temporary jetty constructed to facilitate the delivery of aid directly into Gaza from the ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou is on Thursday expected to take delivery of a cost-benefit analysis for the Great Sea Interconnector project. The analysis is set to be handed over by ...

President Nikos Christodoulides lamented “tragic mistakes” made by the state on the 13th anniversary of the Mari explosion, which killed 13, on Thursday. Speaking to journalists ahead of a memorial service ...

United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) chief Colin Stewart is to brief the UN Security Council on the latest state of the Cyprus problem on Thursday. Stewart will address ...

Serdar Denktash, son of late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, said on Wednesday it is “not possible” for the Turkish Cypriot people to “achieve our goals” if they do not ...

The police are “intensely concerned” for the upcoming football season after fans with flares accidentally caused a fire at a pre-season training session, spokesman Christos Andreou said on Wednesday. Andreou ...

The temporary jetty constructed to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid arriving in Gaza from Cyprus will be “permanently removed” within the next few days, according to reports which surfaced ...

Private universities will reportedly “not hesitate to clash head-on with the government” over plans to allocate state-owned land to foreign universities for their establishment and operation in Cyprus. According to ...

A 27-year-old tourist suffered a punctured lung in a quadbike accident which occurred on Tuesday evening in the Paphos district village of Neo Chorio. The woman was riding a rented ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is on Wednesday expected to submit her report on Cyprus to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as her tenure as envoy comes to an end. Her ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to travel to Athens on Wednesday to participate in events which will mark the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus. At noon, he will ...