Tom Cleaver

Somalia’s foreign ministry on Friday denied having recognised northern Cyprus as an independent country, following the publication of a now deleted social media post by the country’s new ...

The technical problem which caused power cuts in various areas across the island on Friday morning has “not yet been solved”, transmission system operator spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said, though the ...

The Turkish Cypriot authorities have requested “concrete information” from the BBC over reports that as many as 30 children may have been conceived through in vitro fertilisation using the wrong sperm ...

Both sides of Cyprus’ divide agree in principle that meetings between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman should take place on a more frequent basis going forward, ...

The presence of Turkish aircraft in Cypriot airspace is a “longstanding and recurring operational fact”, the civil aviation authority said on Thursday, after the Cyprus air traffic controllers’ union had ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday moved to defend the Immovable Property Commission (IPC), with plans having been mulled in the Republic of Cyprus’ parliament in recent months for ...

Fiscal council chairman Andreas Charalambous on Thursday called on the government to be responsible with its plans to invest the social insurance fund’s cash reserves in the hope of ...

The additional €50 million per year which the government’s planned pension reform will cost the taxpayer for the first five years after the reform’s implementation falls “within the framework ...

The Turkish Cypriot ‘health ministry’ on Thursday called on people who believe their children have been conceived through in vitro fertilisation using the wrong sperm or egg donors at clinics ...

The presidential palace on Thursday extolled Cyprus’ relations with the United Arab Emirates, pointing out that those ties allowed for the island to be gifted mobile desalination units from the ...

The Cyprus air traffic controllers’ union on Thursday said that flight safety in and around the island is “affected by unauthorised Turkish air force aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles” operating ...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of 500 grams of cocaine during a search of a residential property in the Famagusta district last week, the police ...

A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an attack on five delivery rider in Paphos, the police said on Thursday. The man was arrested shortly before midnight on ...

A total of three people were arrested in Larnaca as part of the police’s ongoing crackdown on drugs-related offences, with around a kilogram of cannabis being seized as a ...

Thursday’s weather is expected to be mostly sunny across most of the island for most of the day, though clouds are expected to gather in the mountains during the ...

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Thursday said her country is “outraged” after the Israeli authorities elected not to pursue criminal proceedings against those responsible for the killing of seven ...

The Turkish government and the Turkish Cypriot authorities on Wednesday described what was described as an “additional protocol” deal, which aims to iron out creases in the initial deal signed ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s undersecretary Mehmet Dana’s briefing to diplomats went ahead at the Home for Cooperation on Wednesday morning, with Erhurman himself at the same time ...

Every single one of the Republic of Cyprus’ 123,000 pensioners will receive an increase in the amount paid to them as a result of the government’s planned pension reforms, Labour ...

High-ranking Turkish opposition politician Ayyuce Turkes Tas on Wednesday reacted with anger after a Greek Cypriot delegation was invited to the International Geography Olympiad in Istanbul, describing the matter as “...

The government’s plans to reform the pension system were on Wednesday presented to trade unions and other stakeholders, with President Nikos Christodoulides hailing the plans as “the largest and ...

A Cameroonian professional footballer faces deportation and is currently incarcerated at the Limnes detention centre, despite reportedly being a key prosecution witness in a criminal case regarding alleged financial crimes ...

The European Union’s support for the Great Sea Interconnector project constitutes a “shield” against expected opposition to the project from Turkey, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday. He ...

The presidential palace on Wednesday acclaimed Cyprus’ deepening relations with India, saying they offer “new markets, investments and strategic perspectives” for the island. “With one of the world’s largest ...