Tom Cleaver

Tufan Erhurman was on Friday sworn in as Turkish Cypriot leader in a brief ceremony at the north’s ‘parliament’. The ceremony was attended by Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz ...

AEK Larnaca centre-forward Riad Bajic said his team “deserved” their historic 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace in the Uefa Conference League on Thursday night. Bajic scored the only goal of ...

Deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos has been hospitalised in Athens while attempting to make his way back to Cyprus from Istanbul, where he had appealed against his dismissal at the Ecumenical ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday night called for the European Union’s climate goals to “be more realistic” after the conclusion of the day’s European Council meeting. “Many member ...

The Limassol municipality is to “redesign” its social policy, mayor Yiannis Armeftis said on Thursday. He said that within the next three months, his municipality “seeks to bring local government ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy should be present at any future meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the ...

Cyprus’ six-month term as the holder of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency will focus on plans to enlarge the EU, according to a draft programme for ...

The election of pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman as Turkish Cypriot leader was a vote “against those who oppressed” the Cypriot people, Turkish opposition political party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel said ...

Cyprus’ position against Turkish involvement in the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) defence procurement programme has been adopted by the EU, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. “...

Cyprus seeks to offer “operational support” for United States President Donald Trump’s plan for the future of Gaza, and does not seek to become a political mediator, President Nikos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said the election of pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman as Turkish Cypriot leader is a “positive development”. “I believe this was a positive development but we ...

Cyprus’ forthcoming six-month term as the holder of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency is “a golden national opportunity for our country”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on ...

A planned new online platform, which would be named “Diafaneia” – transparency in Greek – was the topic of discussion at Wednesday’s session of the House institutions committee, with MPs hoping ...

Members of the European parliament on Wednesday demanded that the European Union allocate an extra €1 million of funding to Cyprus’ committee on missing persons (CMP) and to the bicommunal technical ...

United States President Donald Trump has nominated John Breslow of the state of Arizona to be the country’s new ambassador in Nicosia. Breslow’s nomination will now be reviewed ...

Discussions were held at the House institutions committee on Wednesday regarding plans to create a registry of all public contracts. The bill has been put forward by Green Party leader ...

Depositors who lost their savings in the 2013 bank bail-in, commonly known as the “haircut”, have been given until the end of the month to file applications for reimbursement from the ...

The decision regarding dismissed judge Doria Varoshiotou’s appeal against her dismissal will be announced “as soon as possible”, supreme constitutional court chief justice Antonis Liatsos said on Wednesday, following ...

Organised crime in Cyprus is now often imported from abroad, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Wednesday. Addressing a behind-closed-doors session of the House legal committee held in light of ...

Cypriot champions Pafos FC played out a goalless draw with Kairat Almaty in Kazakhstan on Tuesday night in their third Champions League match of the season. They played the lion’...

The civilian court case against two of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July was on Tuesday adjourned until Friday. The pair face charges of ...

Turkish Cypriot leader-elect Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday said his “greatest pride is seeing our people smiling” in his first public statement since Sunday night. “I am continuing to listen to ...

Sunday’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election result was “a reaction from the Turkish Cypriot people” Turkish Cypriot perpetual candidate Arif Salih Kirdag said on Tuesday after achieving a high of ...

Turkish Cypriots were on Tuesday incensed Turkish nationalist political party MHP leader Devlet Bahceli’s comments as he twice called for northern Cyprus to join Turkey in the aftermath of ...