Tom Cleaver

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli hit a pedestrian with his car on Saturday, it later emerged. Arikli was driving his own car near the Dr Burhan Nalbantoglu hospital ...

Low-wage civil servants announced on Saturday their intention to strike on Wednesday, demanding increases in pay. The move was made following a consultation with Central government workers’ union Pasydy on ...

Oxi Day was celebrated on Saturday morning with a parade through the streets of Cyprus’ towns and cities. Schoolchildren, soldiers and others in traditional Greek dress walked to the sound ...

A small aircraft crashed in the village of Marki, in the Nicosia district, on Saturday morning. The Larnaca Search and Rescue Centre said they received information about the crash at ...

Cyprus abstained on Friday night from a United Nations General Assembly vote on a resolution calling for a “sustained humanitarian truce in the Middle East”. The resolution was adopted by ...

A 38-year-old man died on Friday evening after being involved in a bicycle crash in the Paphos district. The man, named as Panayiotis Savva, was riding his bicycle on the ...

Four ambulances were destroyed by a fire which broke out at the old Larnaca hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to the State Health Services (Okypy)’s ...

By Tom Cleaver and Nikolaos Prakas Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of northern Nicosia on Friday evening in a mass anti-‘government’ protest. The protest was general ...

Hellenic Bank employees announced on Friday they are to stage a three-hour walkout on November 6. The move was announced by employees’ union Etyk, which condemned the “provocative behaviour” of the ...

Cultural heritage “must be passed down from generation to generation”, Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said on Friday. Kassianidou was speaking at an event honouring the Fervolites lace held by ...

By Tom Cleaver and Nikolaos Prakas President Nikos Christodoulides called for the European Union to “be more actively involved and play an essential role” in the Middle East on Friday. ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Friday urged countries stationing troops and military equipment in Cyprus to “not involve” the island in the ongoing crisis. Tatar was in the Turkish ...

The trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces ten years in prison for “insulting” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was postponed for the second time in court on ...

Cyprus has moved up one place to 21st in the European Union for gender equality, according to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The ranking was published in the ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce (Keve) said it was “deeply concerned” on Thursday about the latest developments regarding halloumi. Their concerns pertain to forthcoming changes to the ratio of different ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told the United Nations to “take action” in Palestine on Wednesday. Tatar was speaking at a tree-planting ceremony in the Ankara municipality of Altindag in ...

Hotel occupancy rates across Cyprus have been at 85 per cent so far this month, according to Hotels’ Association (Pasyxe) chairman Thanos Michaelides. Michaelides told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on ...

Search and rescue teams are scrambling to find a diver that went missing on Thursday off the coast of Larnaca. The diver was under water near the Zenobia shipwreck as ...

Turkish Cypriot doctors said on Thursday they are now “scared to write prescriptions” as arrests continue in the ongoing fake prescription scandal. The scandal has gripped the north in recent ...

Ozer Kanli resigned from his position as head of the Kibris Yesil Vatan Media Group on Wednesday, in an unexpected move. According to Bugun Kibris, he said goodbye to staff ...

In today’s episode, healthcare workers in public hospitals went on a nationwide strike amid demands for equal pay. In other news, the House ethics committee examined potential squandering of ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli was accused on Tuesday of “thinking he is an influencer” by opposition party CTP Deputy Leader Sila Usar Incirli. Incirli was speaking on ...

Cyprus “supports Ukraine’s fight”, House President Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday. Demetriou was speaking at the interparliamentary session of the International Platform for Crimea in Prague. She said “we ...

Ten men accused of people smuggling will appear at the Paphos District Court on Wednesday after the court was unable to decide on Tuesday whether or not to remand them ...