Tom Cleaver

France “could and should play a leading role” in efforts to solve the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. He told French newspaper Le Figaro that he has “...

Joining Nato “would be a natural development” for Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking to French newspaper Le Figaro, he said that “if it were possible for Cyprus ...

Disability rights groups on Tuesday demanded that the government offer them more financial benefits, saying that the government’s current plans to raise the total budget for disability benefits to €45 ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday held a telephone call with the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Europe Stephen Doughty. Erhurman’s office said during the call, “...

The Greek Cypriot side is ready for a new enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem “as soon as possible”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday. “From our side, at ...

Construction waste was illegally dumped while a police station in the Troodos mountain village of Evrychou was being built, according to a report released by the audit office on Tuesday. ...

The Cypriot representation to the United Nations has submitted a letter to the security council decrying what it describes “violations” of Cyprus’ airspace and territorial waters by Turkey. The letter ...

Cyprus has voted in favour of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination after a resolution was put to the United Nations’ general assembly’s third committee in New ...

Less than half of the north’s workforce are Cypriots, independent Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Aysegul Baybars said on Monday night. Addressing the Turkish Cypriot legislature as it debated the north’...

More than five million passengers passed through the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport during the first 11 months of this year, the airport’s management company T&T’s general ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Monday described last week’s tripartite meeting she held with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman as “a very good ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday thanked France for the country’s “concrete support” for Cyprus’ endeavours to join Europe’s border-free Schengen area next year. To this end, he said ...

France “can count on” Cyprus when the island takes over the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency at the beginning of next month, French President Emmanuel Macron said ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said he hopes for a solution to the Cyprus problem “so that all Cypriots can live together on a reunified island”. Speaking after the ...

Cyprus and France signed a new strategic partnership at Paris’ Elysee Palace on Monday, which declared both countries’ “unwavering willingness to substantially strengthen bilateral relations”. French President Emmanuel Macron described ...

The situation at the crossing points which connect Cyprus’ two sides “will not be easier” than it is today after Cyprus joins Europe’s border-free Schengen area, former Turkish Cypriot ...

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been detected on a farm in the Famagusta district village of Ayios Sergios, the Cyprus Turkish veterinarians’ association said on Monday. It explained that ...

A dead body found near Kyrenia on Sunday belonged to a man who had gone missing in Turkey almost two weeks prior. The body had been found on rocks in ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Sunday night denied telephoning Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during last week’s tripartite meeting on the Cyprus problem, saying that he had instead ...

Both before and after Thursday’s tripartite meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin, and likely during it as well, President Nikos Christodoulides ...

Farmers in Cyprus will take to the streets on Thursday next week to protest against the “new architecture” of the European Union’s common agricultural policy. Thomas Thoma, the union ...

More than half of people aged between 18 and 25 years old have not yet registered to vote in May’s parliamentary elections, while the total number of eligible but unregistered voters ...

New Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides on Friday said he aims to attract more young people into the nursing profession. “The goal is to encourage young people to choose a profession ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s undersecretary Huseyin Cahitoglu faced a fresh allegation of bribery on Friday after it was alleged in court that he had demanded a bribe ...