North airport passenger numbers up by almost a third
Passenger numbers at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport increased by almost a third for the first six months of 2024 over the same period last year, data released on Tuesday ...
Articles
Man arrested in north says he got fake money from Republic
A man arrested in north Nicosia for attempting to use a counterfeit €50 note at the Saray casino said on Tuesday he had obtained the money from a bureau de change ...
‘None of the names mentioned by the media’ in running for EU Commissioner
“None of the names mentioned by the media” are in the running to become the next Cypriot European Commissioner, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday.
Speaking to CyBC radio, he ...
Harmanci invokes Greek mythology to slam corruption in north
Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Tuesday invoked Greek mythology in a social media post criticising corruption in the north.
His intervention centred on the “fake diploma scandal”, which ...
Erdogan: Azerbaijan ‘in same position’ as Turkey over north recognition
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Azerbaijan’s approach to recognising the north “has reached the same position” as Turkey’s.
Erdogan was speaking at Ankara’s Esenboga ...
No aid left in secure area where Gaza jetty was anchored
There is now no humanitarian aid from Cyprus left in the secure area on the beach in Gaza where the temporary jetty was once anchored, United Nations World Food Programme (...
Greek national arrested in north for leaving without passport check
A Greek national appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of having left for the Republic via the Ledras street crossing point without having gone through the passport ...
Fake news investment scam poses as Cyprus Mail
A fake news scam which has circulated on Facebook in recent days has posed as the Cyprus Mail in an attempt to lure people in to an investment scam.
The ...
Government to end private adoptions
The government is set to end the practice of private adoptions of children with a new bill submitted to the social welfare deputy ministry.
Should it pass into law, the ...
PACE rep calls for investigation into Cyprus over property arrests
Turkish Cypriot representative at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Oguzhan Hasipoglu on Sunday called for an investigation to be launched after the Republic of Cyprus made ...
Are football clubs being rewarded for lawbreaking?
A bill which was discussed at the House finance committee on Monday which has been designed with a stated aim of recovering debts from football clubs may in fact reward ...
Holguin says ‘we must think differently’ in parting letter
United Nations envoy in Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin said “we must think differently” to find a solution to the Cyprus problem in an open letter penned on Sunday ahead of ...
Murder suspect hospitalised in Athalassa
The 50-year-old man who stands accused of shooting and killing his brother-in-law in the Paphos district village of Peyia was hospitalised at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital after undergoing a psychiatric ...
Police warn of online scammers pretending to be Fidias
The police on Saturday warned people to be wary of online scammers pretending to be social media influencer and member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou.
They said the posts ...
Eight more remands over mass fight in Limassol
Eight more people were remanded in custody for two days on Saturday after being arrested in relation to a fight involving around 50 people which broke out last month.
The arrests ...
Kouklia helicopter crash victims remembered
The five people who died when a military helicopter crashed near the Paphos district village of Kouklia were remembered on the eve of the crash’s 22nd anniversary on Saturday.
...
Govt to ‘address issue’ of deputy mayors’ role and salary
The government is to “address the issue” of defining the role and rationalising the salaries of deputy mayors, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Saturday.
He also called the number ...
Aliyev ‘attaches great importance to the TRNC’
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev “attaches great importance to the TRNC”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Friday night.
Tatar was speaking following a meeting with Aliyev in the town ...
Updated on
Man arrested for operating pyramid scheme
A 54-year-old man from Limassol was arrested on Friday night on suspicion of having operated a pyramid scheme.
He was remanded in custody for eight days on Saturday, accused of ...
Other countries ‘expected’ to recognise north
Other countries are “expected” to recognise the north, Turkish presidential foreign policy advisory board member Aygun Attar said on Friday.
Attar was speaking to the Turkish Anadolu Agency ahead of ...
Greek Cypriot jailed in north for sexual assault
A 69-year-old Greek Cypriot man was sentenced to four months in jail in the north on Thursday after having been convicted of sexually assaulting a hitchhiker he had picked up ...
Fidias to hold poll to decide European parliament alliance
Social media influencer and newly elected member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou is to hold an online poll to decide which European parliament group he will join.
In a ...
Two British Cypriots elected in general election
Two British Cypriots, both members of the Labour Party, were elected as members of the country’s parliament on Thursday night.
Bambos Charalambous, first elected in 2017, successfully defended his seat ...
Paphos fire caused by broken glass
A wildfire which broke out in the Paphos district village of Pelathousa was caused by broken glass, assistant operations director of Paphos police Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday.
Speaking to ...