Tom Cleaver

The closing statements from both the prosecution and the defence in the case against Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of having “...

The House interior affairs committee on Thursday discussed a government bill to repeal the legislation which allows for Cypriot passports to be granted to foreign investors, thus removing the provisions ...

Collaboration between Cyprus’ two sides to ensure the smooth supply of medical supplies to those who need them is “now a necessity”, former Turkish Cypriot ‘health minister’ and current ‘MP’ ...

Akel member of the European parliament Giorgos Georgiou has called for a “common monument” to honour the people from both the Turkish Cypriot and the Greek Cypriot communities who went ...

Daggers have been drawn inside the north’s largest political party the UBP in the aftermath of its former leader Ersin Tatar’s landslide defeat at this month’s Turkish ...

The House legal committee on Wednesday accepted President Nikos Christodoulides’ reasons for sending back to it a series of amendments to the law on public procurements, after the amendments had ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday called for an “immediate” response from parliament to pass his tax reform plans into law, to allow them to be implemented by the beginning of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday told new United Nations special representative in Cyprus Khassim Diagne of his “political will” to “create the appropriate conditions for the resumption of talks” to ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday told Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman of his readiness to support efforts towards a solution to the Cyprus problem. “I would like to ...

Turkish Cypriots on Wednesday celebrated the 102nd anniversary of the creation of the Republic of Turkey, with commemorations centring around a ceremony held at the monument to Turkey’s founding ...

Cyprus was ranked 30th out of 143 countries in this year’s edition of the World Justice Project (WJP)’s annual rule of law index, moving up a single place since ...

Sila Usar Incirli on Tuesday night became the first person to formally announce her candidacy to lead the north’s largest opposition political party, the centre-left CTP. She made the ...

Doctors have completed their medical examinations of deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos, who was hospitalised last week while attempting to make his way back to Cyprus from Istanbul, where he had ...

Opposition members of the north’s ‘parliament’ on Tuesday expressed their fury at being presented with a deal signed by the ruling coaliton and Turkish telecommunications company Turk Telekom which, ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Tuesday promised to “stand by” newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, marking a significant departure from his pre-election rhetoric. He told ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday called for more frequent and more local discussions to be held regarding the Cyprus problem and related confidence-building measures. He was asked about ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Monday decided to postpone a planned debate on the creation of a new theology college in Famagusta. A debate had been scheduled for Monday, but ...

The civilian case against two of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July will continue next month, after the latest hearing was held in the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet new United Nations special representative in Cyprus Khassim Diagne for the first time on Wednesday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. Letymbiotis told the ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, who served in post between 2005 and 2010, said he “regrets” the European parliament’s plans to erect a monument to the Greek Cypriots who ...

By Tom Cleaver Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said the Turkish Cypriots’ will “is highly respected by us” as federal Cyprus advocate Tufan Erhurman was sworn in as ...

The “blue folder” which the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were carrying while walking around the village of Gastria, near Trikomo, was on Friday ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Friday promised to “strengthen our deterrent power” while attending a ceremony to award ‘black berets’ to armed infantrymen in the Larnaca district village of Kornos. ...

New Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman called for a solution to the Cyprus problem “where everyone wins” and for “lasting peace” in his first speech after being sworn in, at ...