Tom Cleaver

A total of 246 people visited Nicosia’s accident and emergency department in the space of just 24 hours on August 13, a sharp increase on usual figures, it emerged on Thursday. According ...

The government is “closely monitoring” the situation in Pyla, according to its spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis. He added that President Nikos Christodoulides and the Cypriot foreign minister were “constantly making diplomatic ...

Trade union Isotita has called on Finance Minister Makis Keravnos to reduce taxation on fuel, in a strongly worded open letter sent on Thursday. They said fuel is a “major ...

The trial of Sefer Bugra Altundag, who stands accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur in January, began in Trikomo on Wednesday. The trial had been adjourned ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met with representatives of multiple Cypriot diaspora groups at the Presidential palace on Wednesday evening. In attendance at the meeting were delegates from the World federation of ...

The Geroskipou municipality has “no intention of discussing the possibility” of converting a former military in the base to be used as a reception centre for migrants, the village’s ...

An event to mark Ukraine’s independence day and national flag day was held on Finikoudes beach promenade on Wednesday evening. Attendees held a 20-metre-long Ukrainian flag, which was created ...

A Turkish Cypriot teachers’ trade union refused to sign a working calendar contract with the north’s ‘education ministry’ on Wednesday, releasing a statement of disgust at the current state ...

There is a 70 megawatt energy deficit in the north, according to Caglayan Cesurer, the chairman of electricity authority Kib-Tek workers’ union El-Sen. Speaking to local media, Cesurer said that alternating ...

The government’s vision for Gesy “is the creation of a new culture where beneficiaries and providers will protect it, for it is property of the Republic’s citizens and ...

A 25-year-old man was remanded in custody for two days on Wednesday in connection with the stabbing of another man of the same age in Nicosia in June. Meanwhile, a 41...

House president Annita Demetriou met with Greek deputy foreign minister Giorgos Kotsiras on Wednesday in light of the ongoing World Conference of the Cyprus’ Diaspora. Kotsiras is responsible within the ...

The electricity supply of public institutions in the north will be “cut off” if their debts to the electricity authority Kib-Tek are not settled next week, a trade union leader ...

High-level discussions regarding the road between the villages of Pyla and Arsos are ongoing, representatives of the United Nations confirmed to the Cyprus Mail on Tuesday. The discussions follow last ...

Few eyebrows were raised when the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel made his latest cabinet reshuffle on August 11. It had been expected for some time that he would banish ...

The foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed its “satisfaction” with the United Nations’ Security Council’s (UNSC) condemnation of Friday’s incident in the buffer zone in Pyla. They added that ...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is expected to express its deep concern over the developments in Pyla, according to CyBC’s reporter in New York. Just hours before the ...

A child fell unconscious and was taken to hospital after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Cape Greco early Monday morning. The child, who was on board the ...

Four people have been arrested and charged in the north after being found selling weapons to a wanted person in the Republic. In addition, the suspects attempted to convert counterfeit €1,300 ...

Entertainment venues in coastal towns are still seeing heightened traffic after the 15 August public holiday, according to entertainment venue owners’ federation (Osika) chairman Fitos Thrasivoulou. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

Victims of domestic of violence were on Monday encouraged to speak out and not hesitate to file complaints by chief the Turkish Cypriot police’s Violence against women intervention unit ...

The number of domestic violence reports in Cyprus has soared in recent years, with a 319 per cent increase in reports seen since 2018. In 2022, the number of domestic violence reports reached 3,082, ...

A 38-year-old man from Limassol on Saturday reported the theft of €6,500 in cash from his car, pointing the finger at his 24-year-old girlfriend. According to his recollection of events, the ...

Russia is set to “partially recognise” the north upon the opening of its consular office there, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Saturday. Speaking in a TV interview, he ...