Tom Cleaver

Three men who had been found guilty on 17 charges each in relation to the murder of Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali and his chauffeur Murat Demirtas were all handed long ...

Extracting groundwater found under the Pentadaktylos mountains would be the “biggest mistake we can make”, environmentalist Ilkay Ilseven said on Wednesday. Speaking about the north’s overall water situation, he ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar allows President Nikos Christodoulides to be “unfairly portrayed as the party who wants a solution” to the Cyprus problem, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP leader ...

A total of 72 applications for the north’s “migration amnesty” were submitted in the first 24 hours of its operation, ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Tuesday. As of Monday, undocumented ...

A 33-year-old man is currently under observation at the Baris psychiatric hospital in northern Nicosia after having stolen an ambulance and driven it 25 kilometres. The man reportedly fell ill in ...

The government on Tuesday announced a support package for schoolchildren worth €9.5 million, ahead of the start of the new school year in September. The package, given the name “Together at ...

The number of passengers travelling to and from the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport increased by over 25 per cent in the first seven months of 2024, compared to the same period ...

A song performed by British Cypriot singer Isin Karaca at a festival in Greece provoked outrage in the country. Karaca had taken to the stage at the Young Academics’ Association (...

Despite the challenges, the Cyprus tourism product remains “highly competitive” but everyone must do their part to make sure it stays that way, the deputy tourism minister said on Tuesday. ...

Three men were found guilty on Tuesday of 17 charges each in relation to the murder of Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali and his chauffeur Murat Demirtas in February 2022. Omer Tunc, ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Monday submitted his candidacy to retain leadership of his party the UBP, promising “stability” should he win the forthcoming party leadership election. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was not “invited” to a tripartite meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on August 13 but “sounded out” over such a ...

The transfer of Israeli citizens via ships from Cyprus into Israel is not part of the ‘Estia’ plan, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. His statement came after Israeli ...

The new Turkish ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim has taken out a court order to demand that three news outlets in the north delete articles which were written ...

Dogs are to be stationed in the departure lounge at Larnaca airport with the aim of both calming nervous flyers and encouraging adoptions from dog shelters, Cyprus’ airports’ operator Hermes ...

Doctors working at public hospitals did not turn up to a meeting which would have aimed to distribute performance-based bonuses paid by the state health services (Okypy). Okypy had a ...

A total of three people were arrested for living in Cyprus illegally during police raids which took place between Friday and Sunday morning. The arrests were made as part of ...

British Cypriot member of the House of Lords Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece said a bicycle filled with dog excrement was left outside her cousin’s home on Sunday as far-right riots ...

Far-right British fugitive Tommy Robinson is currently on holiday in Cyprus, staying at a holiday village near Cape Greco. Robinson, a former member of the fascist British National Party and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday night announced he had accepted an invitation from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to attend a tripartite meeting with him and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

The two millionth person to visit Varosha since its reopening in 2020 did so on Friday. The number of people to have visited passed two million as a Turkish family of ...

Turkish Cypriot doctors on Friday warned of staff and infrastructure shortages at accident and emergency departments across the north as demand continues to rise. Cyprus Turkish medical association (KTTB) secretary-general ...

Turkish Cypriot high jumper Buse Savaskan qualified for the Olympic final by finishing in joint fourth place in her heat at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. Savaskan, who competes ...

The police sent a letter to the Cyprus Football Association (CFA), outlining stadiums’ responsibilities regarding the safety of fans, players, coaches, and other attendees during football matches, Justice Minister Marios ...