Tom Cleaver

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel was defiant in ‘parliament’ on Monday, waving away the opposition’s demands for an early legislative election, while also being faced with hardening dissent ...

Lorry drivers at Limassol port began an indefinite strike on Monday, citing “zero response” from the port’s management company Eurogate despite raising multiple concerns. Last week’s meeting with ...

The civilian case against two of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July continued on Monday, with two prosecution witnesses, both of whom took ownership ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Monday once again declared his opposition to the idea of Turkey joining the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) defence procurement, describing the ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday repeated his demand for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem during a speech to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)’s standing ...

A total of 13 hotels have applied to the government to have small desalination units of their own installed on their premises, agriculture ministry permanent secretary Andreas Gregoriou said on Monday. ...

A donkey has died after being hit by two cars on the main road on the Karpas peninsula, Cyprus wildlife research institute director Kemal Basat said on Sunday night. He ...

Tempers flared among members of parliament over the matter of the Great Sea Interconnector on Friday as the House finance committee discussed the energy ministry’s budget. The flashpoint came ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday penned a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, declaring that he looks forward to “working closely and resolutely” with him “to achieve ...

The government plans to cover Cyprus’ entire drinking water supply with desalinated water, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Friday. Addressing the House finance committee with her ministry’s budget ...

A second “trial within a trial” began on Friday in the case against the 49-year-old German woman who stands accused of having sold Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north, this ...

Cyprus’ scientific and technical chamber (Etek) possesses the “know-how” to help with the reconstruction of Gaza, its chairman Constantinos Constanti said, as a fragile ceasefire continues to hold in the ...

The two men who were arrested in Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, in connection with the murder of 49-year-old Limassol businessman Stavros Demosthenous consented on Friday to be extradited to ...

One woman presented herself to begin voluntary military service in the National Guard on Friday, the day designated for female volunteers to report for duty, National Guard spokesman Christos Pieris ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday announced that he will meet United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin for the first time in December, most likely on December 5. He made ...

Cenk Tosunoglu, the son of Turkish Cypriot independent ‘MP’ Hasan Tosunoglu, was on Friday remanded in custody for three days, having been arrested by the Republic of Cyprus’ police on ...

Restoration works at the Panayia church in the Famagusta district village of Lysi have been completed, bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Friday. He described ...

A total of nine villages in the Larnaca district are set to receive ‘Green Kiosks’ – small sorting centres for recyclable materials configured in modified shipping containers – the Larnaca district government ...

The foreign ministry on Friday called on Cypriot citizens who are in Tanzania or who intend to travel to the east African country to exercise caution as civil unrest broke ...

Restoration work at the mosque in the Larnaca district village of Tochni has been completed, the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage’s co-chairmen Ali Tuncay and Sotos Ktoris announced. “...

The Greek government has donated €50,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), bringing the sum of its total donations to €475,000 since 2006. According to the CMP, the funds will “contribute to ...

An agreement has been reached regarding the state’s financing of local authorities, with the MPs from the House interior committee saying the central government and local authorities have found ...

Cenk Tosunoglu, the son of Turkish Cypriot independent ‘MP’ Hasan Tosunoglu, was on Thursday arrested, standing accused of crimes related to the possession and circulation of child sexual abuse material, ...

The owner of a block of flats which collapsed, killing 96 people inside, who then attempted to flee to Cyprus to start a new life in the hours after the building’...