Tom Cleaver

The flow of tourists travelling from Israel to Cyprus is expected to be restored to last year’s levels within the next month, Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (Acta) chairman ...

A total of 64 kilograms of meat smuggled from the Republic was found and seized by police in the north on Tuesday night. The meat was found in a house in ...

A lieutenant colonel from the ‘TRNC security forces command’ was arrested in connection with the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”, it emerged on Wednesday. The lieutenant colonel appeared in court on ...

A total of 7,500 new voters have been registered for the forthcoming elections in June, Electoral Service head Menelaos Vasiliou said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he ...

The electricity authority (EAC) were handed a €28,000 fine on Wednesday following the conclusion of investigations into the death of a worker in 2018. The fine relates to the death of 42-year-old ...

Restoration works at the historical Arif Bey aqueduct near the village of Afania have been completed, the Turkish Cypriot co-chairman of the Bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage Ali Tuncay ...

Police seized a total of 4,000 litres of fuel which had been illegally transported from the north in the back of a van, it emerged on Wednesday. Having seen the van ...

Cyprus has fallen four places to 50th in this year’s annual World Happiness Report, which was released on Wednesday. The report includes data from 143 countries across the globe, with ...

The north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of granting an amnesty for those who obtained fake diplomas but did not use them. Speaking in ‘...

Police on Tuesday announced two further arrests in the case of an attack on a construction site and resident workers which took place on Friday evening. Four people are now ...

The House commerce committee on Tuesday gave the government 15 days to submit its position over which body will be responsible for overseeing Cyprus’ marinas. Committee chairman and Disy MP Kyriakos ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s bodyguard Serif Avcil claimed to have “lost his phone on the way to the police station”, police sergeant Bilger Koral said in court on ...

A criminal complaint for sexual harassment was filed against the head of the beleaguered Osiou Avakoum monastery, it emerged on Tuesday. The complaint was filed by a former employee, who ...

Investigations into football refereeing in Cyprus have revealed that as many as seven games may have been unduly manipulated over five years, it emerged on Tuesday. The Sports ethics committee ...

“The elderly’s problems are not the government’s priority,” House Labour committee chairman and Akel MP Andreas Kafkalias charged on Tuesday. Speaking at a committee meeting regarding services for ...

Tom Cleaver recounts a day spent in Kormakitis, the Maronite village in which the “Sanna” language is spoken In my 24 years, I have been almost everywhere in Cyprus, and seen ...

Ersin Tatar’s bodyguard Serif Avcil appeared in court on Saturday after having been arrested on Friday night in connection with investigations into the north’s ongoing “fake diploma scandal”. ...

A 25-year-old prisoner in the north made an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to escape on Saturday. The man, a 25-year-old Pakistani national, was being housed in the north’s old prison ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday the scandal engulfing the Osiou Avvakoum monastery “plagues the whole society.” Speaking to journalists, he added, “I can assure society, the Cypriot people, that ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday paid a visit to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal ahead of the now-confirmed restart of construction work. Speaking to journalists at the site, he ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is to travel to Brussels on Sunday to take part in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council. The council will convene on Monday is expected ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to visit Egypt on Sunday to take part in an international summit. The summit will also be attended by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, ...

Police in Limassol issued arrest warrants on Saturday against four people who allegedly vandalised a construction site and attacked construction workers. They said the incident occurred at around 8pm on ...

The United Nations Secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin said there are “no timetables” for her next steps after leaving Cyprus. She was speaking after meeting with President Nikos ...