Tom Cleaver

Two sailors from the United States’ amphibious assault ship the USS Wasp were attacked by a crowd in the Turkish Aegean city of Izmir on Monday evening. The sailors were ...

The streaming platform Netflix’s decision to air the series Famagusta led to a spat between Turkey and Greece on Monday, with high-ranking government figures from both countries expressing their ...

The European Union’s ‘Med9’ states’ agriculture ministers on Monday called for a “holistic approach” to water, which will ensure that the region’s inhabitants can live sustainably in the ...

Cyprus on Monday became the first country to announce the name of its entry into the 2025 Eurovision song contest, with Theo Evan set to represent the island in Basel. Theo ...

A man was arrested after taking a total of €2,000 on the promise that he would help illegally transport migrants from the Republic to the north. He was summoned by the ...

Cyprus’ Health Minister Michael Damianos on Monday hailed the finding of eight kidney cross-transplant pairs between Cyprus and Israel. He explained that the implementation of an agreement between the countries ...

A 20-year-old man was arrested after having allegedly attempted to strangle a woman to death, police said on Monday. The man was arrested by the British Bases police in Akrotiri ...

Many British citizens living in Cyprus will not be exempt from the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (Etias) when it is implemented next year. The European Commission confirmed to ...

By Tom Cleaver The number of people crossing from the Republic to the north via crossing points has decreased in the first seven months of 2024 compared to the same period ...

The hazelnut forest near the Nicosia district village of Alona may “totally collapse” if measures are not taken to ward against threats to its ecological balance. Following a meeting at ...

Cyprus champions Apoel will face Irish champions Shamrock Rovers away from home in this season’s Europa Conference League’s league phase, while their Nicosia rivals Omonia will travel to ...

A Syrian man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Friday after having illegally crossed from the Republic to the north with the aim of being sent back to Syria. ...

A 40-year-old man who had been arrested in Kioneli after having let off 17 fireworks inside a house in which he was staying as a guest had also smuggled a total ...

The historic Lefka Gazi high school is set to begin its 75th year with classes taking place in portacabins, Lefka tourism association chairman Hasan Karlitas said. A total of 21 portacabins ...

Two men, aged 20 years old and 18 years old, appeared in court in Limassol on Friday after having been arrested on suspicion of having assaulted and robbed a delivery driver. The ...

Hammer thrower Iosif Kesides won Cyprus’ first ever World under-20 athletics championships gold medal on Thursday night. Kesidis, a native of Paphos, put on a dominating display in Peru’s ...

The customs department on Friday announced it had seized over 10,000 counterfeit items during raids carried out on four properties in Protaras on Thursday night, among them a number of Barbie-branded ...

A 37-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Thursday night after having been found in possession of tools which could have been used to perform a break-in. Paphos police’s ...

Police in Paphos on Friday said they had launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the recovery of a dead body from the sea near the village of Peyia. The ...

The north’s ‘tourism minister’ Fikri Ataoglu on Thursday implored Turkish holidaymakers to choose to travel to the north instead of to the Greek islands for their holidays. Speaking to ...

A pitbull which mauled its owner was shot dead by its owner’s neighbour on Wednesday night. The dog’s owner, aged 61 years old, was reportedly sitting in his garden ...

Maintenance work at the Saint Charalambos church near the Famagusta village of Akanthou has been completed, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Thursday. The church ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday discussed ways to “speed up” the exploitation of natural gas discoveries in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi. ...

The incident involving the transfer of a six-month-old baby with a head injury from the Paphos general hospital to a private hospital in Limassol after the computed tomography (CT) scanner ...