Tom Cleaver

Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut was arrested on Friday while attempting to cross from the north to the Republic. Aykut is the founder of the Afik Group, which has ...

The upgrading of Cyprus’ long-term rating by agency Fitch from BBB to BBB+ is “a vote of confidence in the government”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. “The latest upgrade … ...

The temporary jetty facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid from Cyprus into Gaza is being reattached after undergoing repairs, the Israeli Defence Forces said on Saturday. They said they have ...

Parts of the north were without electricity for 12 hours on Friday night and Saturday morning, with the suburb of Yenikent, in Kioneli, just outside Nicosia, the worst affected. The outages ...

The latest meeting between Turkish Cypriot farmers and the north’s ‘government’ over the ongoing dispute regarding imported meat ended without result on Friday, the north’s animal producers’ and ...

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday made fresh statements in support of the north’s potential accession to the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS), going further than he had previously ...

The situation in Gaza “can only get worse”, United Nations senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag told Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Friday. Kaag met with ...

The north’s ‘government’ is to put forward a new law which would allow for undocumented migrants arriving there a pathway to obtain work permits, ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said ...

The combined cost to the taxpayer for the holding of Sunday’s local government and European parliament elections is €7 million, chief returning officer Elikkos Elia said on Friday. He said ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday denied reports that United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin’s mandate had been extended by three months. “The news in the Greek Cypriot ...

Italy were crowned European under 17 champions after beating Portugal 3-0 in front of a bumper crowd of 7,120 at the Limassol Arena on Wednesday night. The Azzurri started like a house ...

One of the north’s three ruling political parties, the DP, on Wednesday begged Turkish Cypriots to not go out and vote in Sunday’s European parliament elections. A total ...

Cybercrime “knows no borders”, bicommunal technical committee on crime Greek Cypriot co-chairman Andreas Kapardis said on Wednesday. Speaking at a committee meeting, he said the island’s two sides should “...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and Turkey’s Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Wednesday signed the latest annual financial protocol covering the coming year’s financial provisions from ...

The Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) on Wednesday made a fresh call for domestic suppliers to provide products to be sent to Gaza via Cyprus’ Amalthea humanitarian aid ...

Politicians from two of the north’s three ruling political parties are preventing the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek from cutting the power supply to Ercan (Tymbou) airport despite the ...

Support in Cyprus for leaving the European Union jumped by a whopping 12 per cent between 2019 and 2023, according to a report in French magazine Le Grand Continent using statistics from the ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled against auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ opposition to the dismissal proceedings brought against him by attorney-general George Savvides. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled ...

In today’s episode, Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis said the bankruptcy of German tourism group FTI is a negative development for Cyprus’ tourism. Meanwhile, the owners of a hotel ...

Minibus services have been organised by the Human Rights Platform to take Turkish Cypriots from across the north to vote in Sunday’s European parliament elections. There will be three ...

Cypriot driver Vladimiros Tziortzis said on Tuesday he is hoping for a “fresh start” at the coming weekend’s EuroNascar race after a calamitous start to the season. Tziortzis crashed ...

The governments of Cyprus and Egypt on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding which will facilitate Egyptian nationals wanting to work in Cyprus. The agreement was signed by Cyprus Foreign ...

Cypriot airline Tus Airways on Tuesday announced it has become a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA is the trade association for the world’s airlines and ...

Soldiers mounted on horses are to be stationed outside Ersin Tatar’s new official residence in Ayios Dhometios when it opens, according to reports circulating on Tuesday. Turkish Cypriot news ...