JRCC ‘ready’ to help Kyrenia ferry rescue operation
Larnaca’s joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC) on Sunday said it is “ready” to help the search-and-rescue operation launched in the north following the capsize of a passenger ferry off ...
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Seven confirmed dead after Kyrenia ferry capsizes
A total of seven people are confirmed to have died after a a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of Kyrenia, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel confirmed on Sunday ...
Met office cannot ban boats from setting sail, rep. says after Mavropoulos death
The met office cannot ban boats from setting sail in bad weather, its representative Andreas Chrysanthou said on Sunday, as investigations into the death of Limassol businessman Dimi Mavropoulos aboard ...
Passenger ferry capsizes off Kyrenia
A passenger ferry capsized early on Sunday afternoon shortly after departing from Kyrenia for the Turkish port of Tasucu.
The boat capsized around two kilometres north of the coast of ...
Christodoulides ‘stands by’ air traffic controllers, Turkish Cypriots say issue must not be politicised
President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said he stands “by the side” of Greek Cypriot air traffic controllers in their endeavours to manage the disputed airspace above and around Cyprus, while ...
Man arrested after lighting lighter at petrol station
A 38-year-old man has been arrested after taking out a lighter and lighting it while filling a car up with petrol at a petrol station, the police said on Sunday.
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19-year-old female arrested after trying to set car on fire
A 19-year-old female has been arrested after allegedly trying to set a car on fire, the police said on Sunday.
According to the police, the car’s 63-year-old male owner ...
Christodoulides: No to measures which normalise the current illegal state of affairs
President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said that he had told Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman that he would say “no” to any confidence-building measures which “normalise the current illegal state ...
Erdogan extends wishes to Turkish Cypriots on Turkey’s Victory Day
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extended his wishes to the Turkish Cypriot people as Turkey celebrates Victory Day, the 104th anniversary of the victory of Mustafa Kemal’s forces over ...
Today’s weather: Calm after the storm
Sunday’s weather is expected to be mostly sunny across most of the island for most of the day, though increased cloud cover and isolated rain showers are forecast for ...
Pension reform will leave some pensioners below poverty line, unions say
Trade unions on Friday warned that the government’s planned reform to the pension system may leave some pensioners below the poverty line, following a four-and-a-half-hour meeting of the government, ...
Pafos FC to host Hearts, travel to Atalanta in Conference League
Pafos FC will host Scottish side Heart of Midlothian and travel to Italy to face Atalanta during the league phase of this season’s Conference League, with the draw having ...
Erhurman: Efforts are being made to make Turkish Cypriots walk away from table
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday described recent efforts made by the Greek Cypriot side to dissuade diplomats in Nicosia from attending a briefing given by his undersecretary Mehmet ...
EU air traffic union calls on Cyprus, Turkey, EU to engage to keep island’s skies safe
The air traffic controllers’ European unions coordination (Atceuc) on Friday called on the authorities in Cyprus, Turkey, and the European Union, as well as the international civil aviation organisation, to ...
Omonia to host Besiktas in star-studded Europa League fixture list
Cypriot champions Omonia will host Turkish giants Besiktas in this season’s Europa League league phase, with the Istanbul-based side featuring on a star-studded fixture list for Henning Berg’s ...
EU’s Costa to visit Cyprus next Friday
European Council President Antonio Costa will visit Cyprus next Friday as part of his “tour des capitales”, during which he will visit the capital city of every one of the ...
Exports from north’s airport ‘grind to halt’
Exports to Turkey from the occupied north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport have all but ceased, according to reports on Friday, with no specially designated controlled section having been created for ...
European Commission sidesteps question on Barcelona camp in north
The European Commission has declined to pass comment on the matter of the cancellation of a children’s football camp organised in the occupied north under licence by Spanish footballing ...
Ustel: Is the goal to isolate Turkish Cypriots from the world?
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Thursday offered criticism for the efforts made in Greek Cypriot political and sporting circles in recent days to force the cancellation of a ...
Next leaders’ meeting to take place on Wednesday
President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will next meet next Wednesday, with the meeting marking the first of the weekly comings together to which the pair had ...
HIO defends actions after boy dies of meningitis
The health insurance organisation on Thursday moved to defend itself from criticism after a four-year-old boy died of meningitis, with his family claiming that he had not been diagnosed in ...
Govt announces increased benefits for disabled people
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday announced that an extra €106 million had been allocated to increase state benefits for disabled people between this year and 2028.
“Simply put, more support, without ...
Civil society steering committee members named
The ten members of the steering committee of the civil society consultative body were named on Thursday, after President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman agreed to do ...
Letymbiotis on Barcelona camp: We are doing exactly what a recognised state should
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday insisted that in making efforts to ensure the cancellation of a children’s football camp which was due to be organised under licence on ...