Tom Cleaver

An unexploded mortar was found and later detonated by a specialist team in a residential area in the village of Kyra, near Morphou, on Thursday. Seven houses in the village ...

A total of 6,987 irregular migrants left Cyprus in the first nine months of 2023, either by being deported or through voluntary repatriations. This figure amounts to 92 per cent of the 7,631 irregular ...

A supplementary ‘government’ budget has been prepared by the north’s ‘finance ministry’ for the remainder of 2023, according to ‘minister’ Ozdemir Berova. Speaking to local media, Berova explained that an ...

A nationwide power cut hit Cyprus on Thursday morning at around 7:55am. An Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) spokesperson told the Cyprus Mail the power cut occurred after the failure ...

A Muslim religious school will be built in Famagusta, after the north’s ‘cabinet’ ratified a proposal made by its ‘education ministry’, which was published in the ‘official gazette’ on ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has touted a potential name change for the north, potentially dropping the word “north” from its name altogether. The north has called itself the ‘Turkish ...

An 18-year-old from Limassol is in a critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital after being involved in a motorcycle crash on Wednesday. The incident occurred at around 12:30pm in ...

A 17-year-old was run over by a car while riding a scooter on the road between Paphos and Coral Bay on Wednesday night. According to police, the youth was heading ...

President Nikos Christodoulides saluted the Red Cross at a dinner held in the organisation’s honour at the Presidential palace on Wednesday. He said the Red Cross provides a source ...

Businesses in the Kyrenia harbour said on Wednesday they will not reopen when renovations to the harbour are complete unless demands made to the north’s ‘tourism ministry’ are met. ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides unveiled a list of recommendations for measures to be taken to ensure the accessibility and safety of schoolchildren with disabilities on Wednesday. The recommendations were prepared after ...

The sports ethics committee recommended on Wednesday that criminal proceedings be brought against Cyprus Football Association (CFA) president Giorgos Koumas, while his lawyers hit back saying his right to be ...

Halloumi has become a hot topic once again on Wednesday after it was revealed that the current agreement between the various stakeholders is not being applied. Speaking to CyBC on ...

A case of the West Nile virus was recorded in northern Nicosia on Wednesday, according to the north’s ‘health ministry.’ The disease is transmitted to humans who are bitten ...

A 30-year-old man was remanded for eight days by the Paphos district court on Wednesday, after being discovered carrying over a dozen kilos of cannabis. Police said the man had ...

The government is investing in culture and targeting young people with that investment, according to President Nikos Christodoulides. Christodoulides was speaking on Tuesday evening at the opening ceremony of the ...

Two Cypriot banks, the Bank of Cyprus and the Hellenic Bank, had their credit ratings upgraded by investment service Moody’s on Monday. Both had their long-term deposit ratings increased ...

British bases police arrested a 50-year-old man from Dasaki Achnas on Tuesday after 1kg of cannabis and “objects resembling ancient artefacts” were found in his home. According to the Cyprus ...

A delegation of Cypriot deputies met the Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday. The deputies form the delegation of the Cyprus-Armenia interparliamentary cooperation committee and ...

Both public sector and private sector jobs are set to be included in a new bill regulating remote working, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday. He was speaking at ...

The Nicosia municipality on Tuesday rejected allegations made against them by the Green party that they had drowned kittens. The kittens were found dead in the Misiaouli and Kavazoglu park ...

Three new firefighting aircraft are to be purchased for use by the forestry department, the government decided on Tuesday. The decision was announced following an inter-ministerial committee meeting at the ...

A new patients’ guide website is set to be created, with the aim of helping people better understand Gesy and how to use the system. The guide is the brainchild ...

Two men have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms after attempting to smuggle drugs from the Republic into the north via the Ledras Street crossing point. Oguzhan Yildiz received a ...