Tom Cleaver

Turkish Cypriot police arrested two more people on Tuesday night as part of the ongoing investigation into the “fake prescription scandal”. The total number of arrests in the scandal now ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Monday that he would “never accept” the appointment of a United Nations special envoy to Cyprus. Tatar was speaking at Ercan (Tymbou) airport ...

A Greek Cypriot appeared in a Turkish Cypriot court on Monday accused of using counterfeit car insurance documents while entering the north at Ayios Dometios. The man was arrested at 10:24...

The body of a British national who was found dead in Paphos in May will be cremated in her hometown of Stockport on Tuesday. Ann Naisbitt, 79, was initially reported missing ...

Agriculture minister Petros Xenofontos expressed his satisfaction with the progress of anti-flood works being undertaken by communities impacted by the fire which took place in the Limassol district last month. “...

Cyprus’ capital city boasts just four per cent of tree coverage Whenever a data collection company releases a table of statistics regarding tree coverage or green spaces in European cities, ...

The north’s universities are facing crises ahead of the start of the new academic year in October, with financial and administrative issues plaguing its largest academic institutions. The Eastern ...

Local government reforms are “on the home straight”, according to interior minister Constantinos Ioannou. In a speech read on his behalf by the Kyrenia district officer, Antonis Economides, to a ...

Cypriot LGBT organisations Kuir Kibris and Accept LGBTI Cyprus were presented with a European citizen award in a ceremony at the European Union house in Nicosia on Friday. The two ...

House president Annita Demetriou met on Friday with the new Accountant-general Andreas Antoniades. At the meeting, she “declared her readiness to strengthen the cooperation between parliament and the General Accounting ...

Five apartment blocks in the internal refugee settlement areas in Latsia are to be demolished in October, after an announcement was made on Friday by the interior ministry. They will ...

It is necessary to start the study process regarding the implementation of trams in Nicosia and Limassol, according to Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis. He was speaking to the Cyprus News ...

Bullying at school, at work, and in the army is set to be criminalised, after a law was tabled by House speaker Annita Demetriou and Akel MP Andreas Pasiourtides. Should ...

Two men, aged 53 and 50, have been arrested in Famagusta after stealing 30,000TL (€1,038) from a bus driver. The pair boarded the bus and engaged in an argument with the driver, before ...

First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides attended a reception for the spouses of heads of governments held by United States First Lady Jill Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations ...

The Ygia polyclinic in Limassol and the upgraded accident and emergency unit at the Apollonion private hospital are set to move under the Gesy umbrella in the coming weeks. Services ...

In today’s episode, state hospital workers are set to go on strike after failing to reach an agreement with state health services (Okypy) regarding collective labour agreements and pay ...

The creation of an adult hepatology clinic was top of the agenda of the parliamentary health committee on Thursday. A paediatric liver centre already exists, and thus the committee also ...

The police and the fire brigade signed a memorandum of cooperation on Thursday regarding training of new recruits. The signing of the memorandum took place at a ceremony attended by ...

Every single employee at the Presidential palace will have their overtime payments examined by the audit service, following on from recent controversies surrounding payments made to deputy government spokesperson Doxa ...

Beaches in Paphos are set to become more accessible for people with disabilities after the region’s tourism board Etap announced the purchase of new equipment. Three floating wheelchairs, which ...

The government is “constantly taking measures” in the battle against inflation rates, according to Finance Minister Makis Keravnos. Speaking after a meeting with the Association for the protection of borrowers (...

Cyprus and Kyrgyzstan signed a memorandum of understanding on political consultations between the two countries. The aim of the memorandum is to “deepen the institutional framework of bilateral cooperation between ...

Two men were arrested on Thursday for stealing a vacuum from a real estate agency in northern Nicosia. The first man, aged 42, was initially arrested as a suspect in the ...