Tom Cleaver

Confidence-building measures do not “replace the solution to the Cyprus problem”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. He was speaking at an event held to commemorate the 51st anniversary of ...

The four people who served as transport minister between 2013 and 2023 “bear heavy responsibility” for the issue of faulty airbags and their permeation into the Cypriot market, the report submitted by ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday commemorated the ninth anniversary of the failed coup d’état which was staged in Turkey in 2016, acclaiming the “epic resistance displayed by the ...

The United Nations’ top official in Cyprus Colin Stewart told the security council of a “deep distrust” between the island’s two sides, according to reports on Tuesday. The Cyprus ...

Tuesday marked 51 years since a Greek military junta-sponsored coup d’état overthrew the Cypriot government of the day, which was led by Archbishop Makarios III. The coup was led by ...

Turkish Cypriot authorities have granted rights to buy property to 2,250 foreign nationals since relaxing its laws regarding the purchase of real estate by foreign nationals in May, according to reports ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will soon visit Cyprus, his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday evening. Addressing an event at the Franco-Cypriot school to mark Bastille Day, he said ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership candidate Tufan Erhurman on Monday said “nothing has been done in five years” regarding the Cyprus problem since Ersin Tatar was elected to the role. “What ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday held meetings with the leaders of five political parties ahead of this week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set ...

There have been “no major security crises” in Cyprus in the last six months, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote in his latest six-monthly report on the state of the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was on Monday keen to stress the progress achieved so far on the Cyprus problem since he took office, ahead of this week’s enlarged meeting on ...

The UBP, the north’s largest political party, will not send a delegation to this week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in New York, amid rumours of a ...

The government’s new mobile application allowing victims of domestic violence to report incidents directly to the police, named Elpis from the Greek word for hope, was unveiled on Monday. ...

An investigation will be made into possible criminal activity on the part of former transport minister Marios Demetriades over the matter of faulty airbags in Cyprus and their import into ...

A man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Sunday after having been arrested for having allegedly driven into the Republic illegally near the village of Louroujina. Louroujina is the ...

It is “too early to judge” whether or not last year’s sweeping government reforms were a success, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday. He said there have been “...

The week ahead will be “critical” for the Cyprus problem, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday. “Our effort is continuous. We have a clear goal, and we are working ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar doubled down on his opposition to the appointment of Johannes Hahn as the European Union’s envoy for the Cyprus problem. “Following the Greek Cypriot ...

Matters became heated between Energy Minister George Papanastasiou and the electricity authority’s scientific staff’s trade union Sepaik leader Marios Pappoutis at the union’s annual general meeting on ...

A 17-year-old boy was arrested on Saturday in connection with the robbery of a bag from two men on Larnaca’s Finikoudes beach. The robbery was staged in the early ...

There will be “no immediate exploitation” of the ‘Pegasus’ natural gas field, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Saturday. Addressing the electricity authority’s scientific staff’s trade union Sepaik, ...

Electricity tariffs will rise by three per cent from the next two-month billing period, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou confirmed on Saturday. Speaking before the the electricity authority’s scientific staff’...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Saturday said he has “low expectations” for the forthcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to begin in New York on Wednesday. “...

President Nikos Christodoulides has written a letter to the European Union’s leadership expressing “strong concern” after it was reported that veteran Cypriot journalist Sener Levent had been summoned to ...