Tom Cleaver

There is “no clear information” on whether or not the Great Sea Interconnector project, which would connect the electricity grids of Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, will proceed, energy expert Dr ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday discussed with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo the prospects for the European Union’s next multiannual financial framework, which is due to be renewed in 2028, ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is to arrive in Cyprus on Friday evening and will remain on the island for a week, marking the start of her second stint ...

Cypriot economist Rasit Pertev has been awarded the National order of Chad, the central African nation’s highest honour, at the end of a five-year term as the World Bank’...

Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) council of elders chairman and former Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim on Thursday insisted there is no “new development” in relations between central Asian states ...

Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition party DP ‘MP’ Serhat Akpinar on Thursday called for the north’s authorities to close the island’s crossing points over the recent arrests and court ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb praised the “remarkable momentum” of Finnish tourism in Cyprus during the former’s visit to Helsinki on Thursday. The visit marked ...

Officers aboard a police boat off the coast of Cape Greco discharged their weapons on Thursday after being rammed by a boat, the police said on Thursday. The incident reportedly ...

The trial of Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut, who stands accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, continued on ...

Cyprus’ defence industry “has made significant progress in recent years”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Thursday. Addressing a conference at the Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve), he ...

The Cypriot government spent €500 million on the management of immigration over the space of four years between 2021 and 2024, Auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Thursday. Addressing the House audit committee, he ...

The Turkish Cypriots’ non-invite to this week’s summit of the Organisation of Turkic States “does not overshadow” the north’s role within the Turkic world, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

Polis Chrysochous Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Thursday called for “long-term measures” to address problems facing the issues facing the supply of water to both his area and Cyprus at large. ...

Turkish Cypriot teachers’ legal challenge to have the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs at public schools declared unlawful was adjourned until June 12 on ...

Turkish Cypriots demonstrated outside the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office on Wednesday night against the ruling coalition’s alleged negligence on the matter of school transport in ...

Cyprus’ objection in discussions among European Union foreign ministers regarding a review of the bloc’s pact which governs its political and economic ties with Israel was “in terms of ...

Two journalists in the north were charged with trespassing after reporting on an incident in which teachers were locked out of a school amid souring relations between the ruling coalition ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday night announced his plan to lure Cypriots living abroad to return to the country. Addressing the Guildhall in the City of London to 750 interested participants, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday met the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the latter’s official residence at London’s 10 Downing Street. According to the presidential ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Wednesday boarded a bus which was due to take schoolchildren to a protest outside the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office and prevented ...

Akel have put forward a bill which would ensure that undergraduate programmes taught in foreign languages at Cyprus’ public universities are free of charge for students. The matter was discussed ...

Engineers from public natural gas infrastructure company Etyfa on Wednesday conducted an on-site inspection of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Prometheas as part of the certification process for ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said the Turkic world would be “incomplete” without northern Cyprus. Addressing the day’s informal summit of the Organisation of Turkic States, which ...

It is “extremely important” for the Turkish Cypriot side to be involved in Cyprus’ accession to the Schengen zone, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on ...