Tom Cleaver

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Monday said he will inform cabinet about “what is going to happen” in the case regarding allegations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘education minister’ Kemal Durust appeared in court on Monday, as he prepares to stand trial for his part in the “fake diploma scandal”. He faces a litany ...

The National Guard is “closely monitoring” the situation in and around the buffer zone after fears arose of heightened tensions near the buffer zone village of Pyla last week, Defence ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Sila Usar Incirli on Sunday told United Nations undersecretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo of the need for a federal solution to the Cyprus ...

The visit of United Nations undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix to Cyprus is “important”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. He told the Cyprus News Agency that Lacroix’...

A 41-year-old Ukrainian national on Monday pleaded guilty to advertising and promoting the sale of property in the north which prior to 1974 belonged to Greek Cypriots. The man, named as ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has been warned that his relations with Elam may create “serious problems” for him at the European level, according to reports. Newspaper Politis wrote that Manfred Weber, ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday offered terse words for both the Greek Cypriot side and Israel for “forming an alliance against Muslim countries” during his closing address at ...

The Turkish Cypriots are “one of two equal founding partners in Cyprus”, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman stressed on Saturday, as he took to the stage at the Antalya diplomacy ...

A Bluetooth tracking device which was posted to a Dutch frigate. deployed to the waters off Cyprus after the island was hit by an Iranian-made drone last month, allowed it ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Saturday expressed bemusement at the rising costs of construction for the new road which, if completed, will link Paphos with Polis Chrysochous, with the ...

The new town hall which will be built in Larnaca “will perfectly reflect the European capital of culture” – the title which the town is set to hold in 2030 – deputy mayor ...

The Cypriot government has promised to provide at least €850,000 worth of humanitarian assistance to Sudan as the civil war in the northeast African country enters its fourth year. “At the ...

The total number of farms infected with foot and mouth disease in Cyprus has now risen to 101, the veterinary services department said on Saturday. It said that following the latest ...

A total of three countries made direct reference to the ‘TRNC’ in official government announcements related to meetings held on the sidelines of the Antalya diplomacy forum. The Turkish government ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Saturday met United Nations undersecretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo on the sidelines of the Antalya diplomacy forum. According to Erhurman’s office, the meeting ...

Former attorney-general Costas Clerides on Saturday said that he will profess any information available to him regarding allegations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number of high-profile figures. “Some ...

A total of seven teenagers were involved in a road traffic collision in the Nicosia suburb of Pallouriotissa in the early hours of Saturday morning, police said. The police said ...

United Nations undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix will arrive in Cyprus on Sunday for a six-day visit to the island. During his stay on the island, it is expected ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called for an end to “maximalist approaches which attempt to exclude” both Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots in the eastern Mediterranean, during his ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Friday said that Cyprus “has long been part of the ‘promised land’ concept” for Israel, and that “this is why relations between Israel ...

The leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria have all been invited to attend next week’s European Council summit in Cyprus, European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna said on ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Friday called on the European Union to provide more funding for transport systems in remote areas of Europe, while addressing the day’s trans-European transport ...

The Turkish armed forces are mulling the prospect of stationing a new commando brigade in the mountains above Kyrenia, the Cyprus Mail understands. Turkish defence ministry spokesman rear admiral Zeki ...