Cyprus
June 2025
Briton arrested for alleged terrorism offences and spying on RAF base in Cyprus
Man allegedly surveilled RAF Akrotiri and was planning imminent terrorist attack, according to reports
May 2025
Erdoğan tells protesters against Islamification in northern Cyprus they will fail
Turkish president at odds with thousands of Turkish Cypriots who object to his attempts to undermine their secular way of life
April 2025
Cyprus court acquits five Israeli men accused of raping British woman
Woman’s lawyer says verdict proof of ‘patriarchal’ justice system and does not rule out taking case to European court of human rights
February 2025
Cypriot authorities failed British teenager who reported alleged gang-rape, says ECHR
Court highlights shortcomings in 2019 police investigation amid ‘certain biases concerning women in Cyprus’Asil Nadir, Polly Peck tycoon turned fugitive, dies aged 83
Once one of Britain’s richest men and a Tory donor, Nadir was found guilty in the UK of stealing millions from his company to fund a lavish lifestyleAsil Nadir obituary
Businessman whose meteoric rise in the 1980s at the head of the Polly Peck empire ended in scandal and prosecution
January 2025
Roman Abramovich’s tax affairs must be investigated, MPs say
Cross-party group on tax calls for HMRC to act after Guardian investigation finds former Chelsea owner may owe up to £1bnRoman Abramovich may owe HMRC £1bn for unpaid taxes, analysis shows
Exclusive: Leaked papers suggest billionaire’s overseas firms should have paid UK tax on profits from hedge fundsRevealed: how Roman Abramovich dodged taxes on cost of running his fleet of superyachts
Cyprus Confidential files suggest offshore scheme was used to evade tens of millions in VAT on long list of expenses
December 2024
- Politics live with Andrew SparrowUK politics: Kemi Badenoch criticised by Nigerian vice president for ‘denigrating’ his country – as it happenedKashim Shettima said Nigerians are proud of Badenoch’s achievements, despite her denigrating the country where she was brought up
October 2024
EU citizen who applied for pre-settled status is to be deported from Scotland
Greek Cypriot Costa Koushiappis to be removed from UK even though his application is pending with Home OfficeThe Divided Island review – emotional stories from all sides of the Cyprus conflict
Cey Sesiguzel’s documentary covers a lot of history – and not always in the most dynamic way. But the testimony of survivors of war forms its powerful coreECHR ruling for Cyprus asylum seekers may embolden refugees in buffer zone
- Australia news liveRallies held across Australia – as it happened
$1,800 a seat: luxury yachts evacuate people from Lebanon as flights dry up
September 2024
- The alternatives‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heatingThe country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy
August 2024
Sailor rescued in dark five hours after falling into Mediterranean
Ship from which sailor fell overboard finds him crying out for help in dead of night more than 100 miles off Cyprus
July 2024
Asylum seekers stuck in limbo as Cyprus rebuffs calls to act
Fifty-three asylum seekers ‘pushed back’ into UN-patrolled buffer zone that bisects the southern European countryGreeks reflect on democracy’s new dawn 50 years after its return
The 1974 collapse of the far-right junta brought relief – but for some it took years to feel safeSouth mourns and north rejoices as Cyprus marks 50 years of ethnic division
Greek Cypriots in south wake to air raid sirens reminiscent of invasion while Turkish-occupied north celebrates