Tom Cleaver

A bizonal, bicommunal, federal solution to the Cyprus problem is no longer a “common point of reference” for the island’s two sides, United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin said ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday evening ahead of next week’s planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to ...

Cyprus was touted as a potential location for a planned camp to be built to house Palestinian people who are to be “temporarily” relocated out of Gaza, according to reports ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday expressed “anguish and anger” over a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling which found that Cyprus had violated the human rights of a ...

The Turkish Cypriot authorities on Monday announced that an agreement has been struck with both Turkish Airlines and subsidiary AJet to cap air ticket prices to and from the north ...

More than 2,000 patients have visited Nicosia general hospital’s “fast-track clinic” in the first three months of its operation, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday. The clinic is operating ...

Parliament is aiming to hold a vote on legalising euthanasia in January next year, with an article-by-article deliberation in the House human rights committee of a bill providing for its ...

The United Nations is “working hard to get results” on confidence-building measures regarding the Cyprus problem ahead of next week’s enlarged meeting in New York, UN envoy Maria Angela ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Friday made public his objections to the government’s planned reforms to the legal service. Attending a roundtable discussion at the University of Cyprus on the ...

Forthcoming environmental taxation, commonly known as ‘green taxes’, are “very difficult to cancel” in their entirety despite efforts in Europe to water them down, according to reports on Friday. The ...

Members of the House transport committee on Friday carried out a visit to various infrastructure projects in the Paphos district to check on their progress. Committee chairman and Dipa MP ...

The north’s supreme administrative court on Friday ruled to cancel the tender which had been put out for the construction of a new marina worth €300 million in the Kyrenia ...

Staff shortages at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport forced control over airspace over northern Cyprus to be temporarily transferred to Turkey, the north’s air traffic controllers’ trade union ...

The tax department is “putting the final touches” on bills which, if passed into law, will bring about sweeping changes to Cyprus’ tax system, according to reports on Friday. The ...

Cyprus computer society secretary Panicos Masouras on Friday called on the education ministry to implement lessons at Cypriot public schools to educate children about artificial intelligence. “We believe it is ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met former British prime minister Boris Johnson during his visit to London on Thursday evening. Tatar presented Johnson with a book entitled The Vision for ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was on Thursday gifted a replica shirt of London-based football club Tottenham Hotspur. He was gifted the shirt by British MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith, ...

Attorney-General George Savvides on Thursday urged new lawyers not to fall victim to misinformation on social media. In a videotaped address to newly registered lawyers played at their swearing in ...

The European People’s Party on Thursday offered its support to Cyprus’ efforts to join Europe’s Schengen zone. In its resolutions at the end of its summit, which brought ...

Europe “cannot remain an awkward spectator” amid “dangerous events” ongoing in the Middle East, House president Annita Demetriou said on Thursday. In a video uploaded to her social media channels ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday hinted at a possible postponement of environmental taxation measures, commonly known as ‘green taxes’, with the aim of boosting Europe’s “competitiveness”. He said he ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday held a telephone call with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abrulrahman Al Thani to discuss the ongoing situation in the Middle East following the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday hailed the “American intervention” which brought about a ceasefire in the conflict between Iran and Israel earlier in the week. “We must start by welcoming ...

Conditional approval has been given for the construction of two towers on Larnaca’s beachfront by an Israeli-owned business. While little is known about the company, named Solvin Ltd, it ...