Tom Cleaver

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he hopes the result of Sunday’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election will “be beneficial for the Turkish Cypriot people and for the entire island”. “...

Tufan Erhurman has been elected Turkish Cypriot leader in a landslide victory on Sunday. The pro-reunification candidate won a record number of votes as he swept aside his soon-to-be predecessor, ...

Sunday will see Turkish Cypriots head to the polls to elect a leader for the 14th time overall, and for the ninth time since northern Cyprus’ unilateral declaration of independence ...

The labour ministry on Friday said that “intensive efforts” are continuing to attempt to resolve the ongoing dispute between workers and employers over the matter of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA). “...

Trade union leaders were less than pleased following meetings with Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou, with Pasydy secretary-general Stratis Mattheou saying afterwards that employers wish to “...

Talks continue and will continue with the aim of bringing employers and workers to an agreement over the matter of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), employers’ groups said on Friday after ...

Former foreign minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis on Friday threw her support behind pro-reunification Turkish Cypriot leadership candidate Tufan Erhurman ahead of Sunday’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election. “Good luck, Tufan Erhurman! ...

“Several points of convergence” were found during the latest meeting to be held on the matter of the Great Sea Interconnector on Friday, according to reports. Friday’s meeting took ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the media in both Greece and Cyprus to “not go overboard” with its reporting on differences of opinion between the two countries over the ...

Scientific and technical chamber (Etek) chairman Constantinos Constanti on Thursday said an Audit Office report which found that over 40 per cent of money spent on public works had gone to ...

Cypriot member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou on Thursday said he had created a political party, which he has called ‘Direct Democracy’. “This is the biggest announcement of my ...

A man arrested at Nice airport on Monday owns a large construction firm in northern Cyprus, with his arrest having been confirmed to the Cyprus Mail by diplomatic sources on ...

The energy ministers of Cyprus and Greece reiterated on Thursday their commitment to work together to bring to fruition the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), in a move de-escalating the apparent ...

Forestry department head Savvas Iezekiel on Thursday warned of possible “adverse and irreversible effects” of the government’s decision to transfer control of forest firefighting duties to the interior ministry. ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Wednesday said he had informed top European officials of the government’s “clear disagreement” with the idea of Turkey joining the EU’s Security Action ...

Nil Pinar Gokmen, the woman who appeared on a webcam video with former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ersan Saner in which he performed sexual acts on himself, was on Wednesday ...

The military court case where the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north are standing trial was on Wednesday adjourned until next week. It had initially expected that ...

Turkey “does not take seriously” claims that it attempted to “exclude” Cyprus from the summit on the future of Gaza which was held in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Wednesday vowed to stand in Tufan Erhurman’s way if the opposition-backed candidate wins Sunday’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election and then ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Tuesday passed a resolution declaring support for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, with members of the ruling coalition voting in its favour and ...

The details of Cyprus’ role in Gaza’s future will become clearer in time as the facts on the ground evolve alongside the implementation of US President Donald Trump’s ...

The debacle surrounding the case of an attempted murder of a security guard and the arson of four hire cars continued at the Larnaca district court on Tuesday, with one ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Tuesday called for clarity regarding Cyprus’ position on the Great Sea Interconnector, a day after Cypriot Finance Minister Makis Keravnos had accused Greek Energy ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ planned trip to Israel and Palestine to meet both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday has been postponed, Foreign Minister Constantinos ...