26,000 kilograms of sesame seeds stolen in Kyrenia
A whopping 26,840 kilograms were stolen from the Kyrenia port, according to the Turkish Cypriot police.
They say a ship with the sesame seeds on board arrived at the port on ...
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Demetriou sends message of support to Greek counterpart after natural disasters
House president Annita Demetriou has sent a message of support to her Greek counterpart Konstantinos Tassoulas for the wildfires and floods the country has experienced during the summer.
“It is ...
Israeli tourists to descend on Larnaca as cruise ship season continues
Nine busloads of Israeli tourists, who arrived in Cyprus aboard the Crown Iris cruise ship, will visit Larnaca on Saturday.
They are scheduled to visit Finikoudes beach and the town ...
TC journalist sentenced in absentia for insulting Turkish president
Controversial Turkish Cypriot journalist and Avrupa newspaper editor Sener Levent has been sentenced in absentia to a year in prison in Turkey.
He had been put on trial in Ankara ...
Outgoing National Guard chief meets with president
Lieutenant General Demokritos Zervakis, the outgoing chief of the National Guard, met with President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday and was thanked for his service.
The meeting was also attended by ...
Exiled Lysi mayor meets president and twin towns’ delegations
The mayor-in-exile of Lysi, Andreas Kaouris, met on Friday with President Nikos Christodoulides and delegations from Lysi’s twinned towns, Abdera in Thrace, Lemnos, and Kilkis.
The twinned towns’ delegations ...
UBP rules out party conference, promises investigation into rebels
The UBP, the north’s largest political party, ruled out the possibility of holding a party conference this year at the latest meeting of its party congress.
In a statement ...
Turkish vice president to visit Cyprus on Tuesday
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz is set to visit the north on Tuesday, according to reports.
Yilmaz will stay on the island for two days and is expected to include ...
Nicosia Turkish Cypriots say no to electric scooters
Turkish Cypriots living in Nicosia have rejected a proposal for rentable electric scooters to be placed in the northern part of the capital.
In the first of what is set ...
Cypriot firefighters to return from Greece
The second team of Cypriots who had been sent to Greece to aid in the fight against the country’s wildfires are due to return to the island on Friday ...
Government set to expand offensive internet material law to include hate speech
The government is set to expand the current laws regarding offensive material on the internet, such as child pornography and terrorism, to include racism, xenophobia, and hate speech.
Speaking to ...
New national guard chief inducted (Updated)
Lieutenant general George Tsitsikostas, the new head of the National guard, was inducted into his new role at a ceremony at the Presidential palace on Thursday.
Tsitsikostas replaces the outgoing ...
Two on bail after attempting to smuggle meat to north
Two men have been released on bail after being found in the buffer zone attempting to smuggle meat to the north.
The pair will be tried in a Turkish military ...
Crossing point queues cause ‘torture’ for workers
The interior ministry is set to hold a meeting next week with the aim of “evaluating and taking measures to facilitate people crossing at crossing points”.
In addition, the issue ...
Neonatal intensive care unit to be ‘strengthened’
The Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Limassol general hospital is set to be “strengthened” with new equipment and machines, with the funding coming from the Madame Figaro Woman ...
Supporting columns ‘cut’ in earthquake hotel where Turkish Cypriot children died
Supporting columns had been “cut” at the Isias hotel in Adiyaman, Turkey, which collapsed during February’s earthquakes in the area and killed 24 Turkish Cypriot children, according to a report ...
Giorgallas pledges ‘undivided support’ for Armenia
Defence minister Michalis Giorgallas pledged his “undivided support for the people of Armenia” in a telephone call with his Armenian counterpart Suren Papikyan, on Thursday.
The pair held the telephone ...
North wakes up to 4G mobile internet for first time
4G mobile internet is now available in the north for the first time, after telecommunications company KKTCell began providing the service at midnight on Wednesday.
KKTCell, a subsidiary of Turkish ...
Former British foreign secretary calls for two-state solution to Cyprus problem
‘Unhealthy’ relations between Russia and Cyprus
The international community must “commit itself to a two-state solution” to the Cyprus problem if negotiations for reunification fail yet again, according to former ...
Michael Polak ‘assisting’ British tourist in Ayia Napa rape case (Updated)
‘Justice abroad’ director Michael Polak has announced that he is going to represent the 20-year-old British tourist who reported she was gang raped at her Ayia Napa hotel.
Polak previously ...
Arrests after north’s database hacked and residence permits issued
Two people have been arrested in the north after allegedly “entering the database” of the north’s ‘interior ministry’ and giving residence permits to 103 people.
The pair, who are both ...
North’s first 4G network to switch on with tender worth €43m
The north’s first 4G mobile network is set to be switched on Thursday, with the north’s ‘government’ set to earn 1.25 billion TL (€43 million) from the associated tendering process.
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TC girl murder case transferred to high criminal court
The trial of Sefer Bugra Altundag, who stands accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur in January, has been transferred to the Trikomo high criminal court.
The ...
Slovakia celebrates 30 years of diplomatic relations with Cyprus
The Slovak embassy in Nicosia celebrated the central European nation’s Constitution Day and 30 years of diplomatic relations between the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Cyprus with an event ...