Tom Cleaver

Ratings agency Moody’s on Saturday restored Cyprus’ credit rating to its ‘A’, specifically giving the island a score of ‘A3’, restoring the island to the ‘A’ grade for the ...

A 33-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning after having been found to be illegally transporting a shotgun and ammunition in his vehicle, among other crimes. ...

A 43-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on suspicion of having counterfeited money, the police announced on Saturday. The man was arrested on Friday night after police in Nicosia had ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition figures and trade union leaders on Friday reacted with fury after the north’s ‘government’ submitted a new bill to ‘parliament’ which would give itself new powers ...

European Commission funding for Cyprus for the programming period between 2021 and 2027 has increased by over 70 per cent compared to the previous period, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday. Addressing ...

The migrant centre in Limnes, near the Larnaca district village of Menoyia, is expected to “contribute significantly” to Cyprus’ capabilities regarding the accommodation and processing of undocumented migrants, Migration Deputy ...

Cyprus has “no room for growth” in terms of its summer tourism figures, Tourism Deputy Minister Costas Koumis said on Friday. Addressing the House finance committee as it deliberated his ...

Turkish opposition party CHP MP and former ambassador to the United States Namik Tan on Friday said a federal solution to the Cyprus problem cannot be “thrown in the bin”. ...

Markings will be placed on a total of 12.5 kilometres of overhead power lines, with the aim of reducing the number of birds flying into them and being killed, ornithological charity ...

The 16-year-old driver of a stolen vehicle which crashed into a tree, killing an 18-year-old girl who was sat in its back seat, will appear in court on December 29 to ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Friday expressed his hope that American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil’s decision to begin drilling for natural gas in block 5 of Cyprus’ Exclusive ...

House President Annita Demetriou said on Friday the Greek Cypriot side is “only asking for what the resolutions contain” in its efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem. The resolutions to ...

Road transport department director Andreas Nikiforou on Thursday told the House transport committee about the crimes committed by children on school buses. One child, he said, had brought a plastic ...

The rectors of Cyprus’ two public universities, the University of Cyprus’ Tasos Christofides and the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak)’s Panayiotis Zaphiris, on Thursday called for the “immediate passage ...

The government is “ready” to cooperate with parliament to find a solution to the issue of cars with faulty airbags remaining on Cyprus’ roads, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on ...

“There is no diversity of voices” in the north’s media, opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Sami Ozuslu said on Wednesday night. He was speaking at the north’s ‘parliamentary’ finance ...

A child in Cyprus was identified by the Greek police as the person who had sent threatening emails on New Year’s Day regarding bombs at Greek airports, according to ...

The tax department on Thursday reportedly threatened to take legal action against football clubs if they do not comply with their current obligations as defined by the tax debt repayment ...

Turkish Cypriot left-leaning political parties the CTP and the TDP traded blows on Wednesday night after the latter’s leader Zeki Celer alleged that CTP ‘MPs’ may have voted for ...

The name chosen for one of the new village clusters in the Larnaca district is too long, interior ministry permanent secretary Elikkos Elia said on Thursday. Evaluating progress regarding the ...

There have been a total of 22 physical attacks on or robberies of delivery drivers in Limassol so far this year, the city’s police said on Wednesday. Their official figures ...

The north’s ‘state’ budget for 2025 has been forecast at 136.28 billion TL (€3.75bn) worth of ‘government’ spending, as deliberations begin in the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee this week. The committee had ...

The law mandating that public officials including the attorney-general declare their wealth and income, also known as ‘pothen esches’, is legal, the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday. The law ...

Investigations were continuing on Wednesday into the circumstances surrounding the road traffic collision which killed three people in the Famagusta district village of Frenaros on Sunday. Famagusta district police spokesman ...