Tom Cleaver

Plans to link Cyprus and Lebanon with a passenger ferry service, were confirmed on Tuesday by Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he said a group of ...

Greek and Turkish Cypriot trade unions are to hold a joint event to celebrate Labour Day on May 1. The event was announced at the Home for Cooperation on Tuesday, with ...

The cause of death of a 17-year-old boy who fell unconscious in a schoolyard in Paphos and later died will be determined after the results of laboratory tests are received, ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday night promised “good news of new investments” during his forthcoming visit to Cyprus this weekend. Speaking after the evening’s cabinet meeting, he ...

No clear policy means water wasted ‘Much has been announced, little has been done’ By Tom Cleaver Cyprus is “exceeding approved water withdrawal limits” when taking water out of reservoirs ...

Two Turkish Cypriots were arrested in the space of two days last week for separate incidents involving the smuggling of large quantities of tobacco from the north into the Republic, ...

The four Turkic states which signed a joint declaration with the European Union ruling out the prospect of any of them recognising the north as an independent country are expected ...

The north is set to devise a maritime spatial planning map of its own, its ‘foreign ministry’s’ undersecretary Mustafa Lakadamyali confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he ...

Trikomo on Monday night became the fifth town in the north to host a protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday met to discuss “priority areas” which will concern Cyprus’ holding of the Council of the European Union’s rotating ...

The requirements which Cyprus must fulfil to be admitted to the Schengen zone have been outlined, with the island said to be five steps away from being able to join. ...

Trade unions in the north on Monday announced a general strike for Friday, with “almost 100” unions and civil society organisations set to be partaking in the strike. Workers are going ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades on Monday testified at the anti-corruption authority over allegations made against him by journalist Makarios Drousiotis, who formerly worked as his advisor, in his book Mafia ...

The Council of Europe’s group of experts on action against trafficking in human beings (Greta) on Monday released its latest report on Cyprus, urging the island’s authorities to ...

The police on Monday announced they had found a box full of golf clubs and Molotov cocktails in Limassol. They said the box, which was open and made of metal, ...

The Cypriot government on Monday confirmed that it had proposed to the Turkish government that it open Turkish ports to Cypriot-flagged ships in exchange for easier access to European visas ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s defamation lawsuit against pro-opposition newspaper Yeniduzen was on Monday adjourned until May 6. Tatar is suing the newspaper, its then editor-in-chief Cenk Mutluyakali, and columnist ...

The status of Cyprus was a key part of a deal brokered by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and United States President Donald Trump to allow Turkey to arrest Istanbul ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar launched a second attack on President Nikos Christodoulides over the latter’s statements over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asking, “who the hell are you, ...

The matter of what happens after death has been a topic of fierce debate in recent years, with Paphos the scene of intensive efforts to construct the island’s first ...

The final day of the second week of protests in the north against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools saw ...

One piece of legislation will not be enough to solve the issue of crimes surrounding Easter bonfires, known as lambradjies, and other explosives, which were reported around Cyprus over the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday lambasted President Nikos Christodoulides for “provocative” statements the latter had made about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Cyprus problem. “I regret ...

Employers and industrialists’ federation (Oev) chairman Antonis Antoniou on Friday expressed his distaste for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), saying his organisation believes it “should have disappeared”. He was speaking after ...