Tom Cleaver

The law to formally hand over the operations of the north’s Gecitkale (Lefkoniko) airport to the Turkish army was unanimously approved in ‘parliament’ on Monday. The airport has been ...

The north’s statistics institute released its population projection for 2022 on Monday, claiming there are just 399,727 people living in the north. This projection is a world away from estimates made ...

The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek paid the Electricity Authority of Cyprus $19 million (€17.4m) to cover the north’s energy shortfalls, Kib-Tek employees’ trade union (El-Sen) chairman Ahmet Tugcu said ...

An investigation has been launched into the circumstances under which arrested Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat managed to obtain a Republic of Cyprus passport while a warrant was out for ...

The decomposing body of a woman was found washed up on a beach in Karpasia on Friday. The body was found at around 1pm and has not yet been identified. ...

A new bill to restrict taxi drivers from the north offering their services in the south has been submitted to parliament by the transport ministry. The bill is set to ...

Turkish Cypriots must “recognise that their homeland is the Republic of Cyprus”, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Friday. Speaking at an event marking the name day of Cyprus’ first ...

Inmates at Cyprus’ central prison have engaged in a hunger strike in solidarity with the people of Palestine, according to reports. The prisoners, rumoured to number as many as 50, have ...

17-year-old Turkish Cypriot footballer Tahsin Ozler made history on Thursday night by becoming the first Turkish Cypriot since 1957 to play for the club’s first team. Ozler, who came through ...

An Iranian national who held permanent residence in the Republic has been stripped of his residence rights after being found to have been facilitating the sale of Greek Cypriot properties ...

Away fans have been banned from all competitive football matches for the rest of the season, the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) announced on Friday. The decision affects games in the ...

The Houthi movement “do not pose an immediate threat to Cyprus,” British Defence Minister Grant Shapps said on Friday. Shapps was speaking to journalists outside Cyprus’ Presidential palace following a ...

Success was declared during drilling for natural gas in the “Kronos 2” reservoir in block six of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Friday, with the flame above the reservoir having ...

In today’s episode, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou proposed the deployment of armed police on the streets. Meanwhile, Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Mustafa Hurben was handed a small fine for ...

Two people were arrested in Paphos on Thursday night after being found in possession of tools which could be used to facilitate a burglary and an electric scooter for which ...

A 28-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Thursday night for drunkenly attacking a policeman. According to the Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou, police descended on Poseidon ...

Paphos police announced on Friday the arrest of a man in connection with the torching of a police officer’s car. The man, aged 43 and from Limassol, was arrested on ...

Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Mustafa Hurben was handed an 800TL (€24) fine on Thursday for refusing to complete his military service and will be jailed next Tuesday after refusing to pay ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) and the Footballers’ Association (Pasp) both called for radical measures to combat football violence following a meeting on Thursday. A set of suggested measures were ...

Nikos Christodoulides is one of the “richest presidents in Europe” in relation to average salaries, according to a study released on Wednesday. The study compares the annual gross salaries of ...

Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat was “taken hostage” when he was arrested in Italy, Turkish Cypriot Bar Association chairman Hasan Esendagli said on Thursday. Kursat was arrested while on holiday ...

Police on Thursday announced the arrest of a 22-year-old man in connection with the throwing of a firecracker at a footballer during a match on Tuesday. He was later remanded ...

The north’s population is now over a million, the Turkish Cypriot Mukhtars’ Association chairman Akay Darbaz said on Wednesday. Speaking to Yeni Duzen, Darbaz said the information he had ...

A “new” electricity generator delivered to the north by Turkish energy company Aksa is actually 25 years old, it has been claimed. The generator is due to be installed at the ...