Tom Cleaver

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday spoke to European commissioner for internal affairs Magnus Brunner about the matter of Cyprus’ planned accession to the Schengen zone. “We discussed Cyprus’ progress ...

People wishing to apply to take examinations with the aim of either being naturalised as citizens of the Republic of Cyprus or acquire long-term residence permits will be able to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday said that President Nikos Christodoulides wants to “make us sit on his lap”. “I look into the man’s eyes, and I see ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, who was removed from office by a Supreme Constitutional Court ruling last September, on Monday launched his new political party, named ‘Alma’ – Greek for ‘leap’. The ...

The north’s ruling coalition on Friday changed its legislation regarding the purchase of real estate by non-Turkish Cypriots, allowing them to buy more properties. Foreign nationals are now allowed ...

The trial of the two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, ...

The European parliament on Friday distanced itself from Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou’s visit to Moscow last week, saying that he and others who travelled to the Russian capital “did ...

Mixed reactions to the European Commission’s decision to appoint Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem have continued, with the United Nations “looking forward” to working ...

Teachers were locked out of a school in the north on Friday as relations between them and the north’s ruling coalition continue to sour over the ruling coalition’s ...

The Nicosia city council voted to approve the partial re-opening of Makarios Avenue to vehicle traffic, following a long deliberation that concluded late on Thursday night.  Councillors voted to open ...

Forrmer auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, who was removed from office by a Supreme Constitutional Court ruling last September, on Friday announced that he would form a “new political movement” on Monday. ...

A bill has been introduced to the United States’ congress which has among its aims the “strengthening” of the country’s “partnerships with Cyprus”. The bill, dubbed the ‘Eastern Mediterranean ...

Turkish Cypriot teachers were in court on Thursday for the latest hearing of their challenge to have the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs ...

Cyprus did not break European Union law over its regulation of the import of vehicles with potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata, at least in part because there ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Thursday called for revenge to be taken on the Greek Cypriot side on the matter of property, in light of recent arrests, ...

A 35-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday evening after being found to be in possession of large quantities of cannabis, which were kept in his vehicle, in his ...

Parents reacted with fury on Wednesday night after a school bus overturned in the Karpas peninsula village of Yialousa and 28 children and the bus driver were hospitalised. The bus had, ...

Greece expressed its support for the European Commission’s announcement of Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem, though Turkey was less enamoured by the decision. Greece’...

Austria’s Johannes Hahn was on Tuesday appointed as European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s special envoy for the Cyprus problem. President Nikos Christodoulides welcomed Hahn’s appointment ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP ‘MP’ Sami Ozuslu on Tuesday night suggested that the north be renamed as the “hitman’s paradise of northern Cyprus”, in response to the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said the arrests and court cases regarding the development of Greek Cypriot-owned land in the north have “clearly become acts of terrorism”. “The ...

The United States navy’s guided missile destroyer the USS The Sullivans arrived in Limassol on Wednesday, marking its first return to Cyprus since February. According to the American embassy ...

It is “hard to understand” how Greek Cypriots failed to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem during the five and a half years in which Mustafa Akinci was Turkish ...

The Dutch police have announced that they are looking for a second suspect in connection with the murder of Cemil Onal, the man who made allegations of a deep money-laundering ...