Turkey’s Trojan horse policy
Çavuşoğlu’s promise of easier ‘TRNC’ citizenship for Turks in the north has deepened concerns among Turkish Cypriots By Esra Aygin Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu...
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Stateless children: the fight for Cyprus citizenship
Small victory for children born of Turks and Turkish Cypriots, but still a long legal battle ahead By Esra Aygin A recent court decision about...
Bicommunal couple’s children granted citizenship on ‘humanitarian grounds’ (Updated)
The cabinet on Wednesday said it would grant Cypriot citizenship on humanitarian grounds to two children with a Greek Cypriot mother and Turkish Cypriot father...
Cabinet to resolve citizenship issue of children of bicommunal couple (updated)
Cabinet will decide on Wednesday on the naturalisation of the two children of a bicommunal couple who have so far been refused Cypriot citizenship even...
High profile individuals will be next before passport inquiry
The three high profile individuals who appeared in the al Jazeera network expose will be the next to testify before the panel investigating passports granted...
Government failing the public’s-right-to-know test
From the numbers of expats waiting years for citizenships to the environmental impact of development projects, the Cyprus Mail put the new freedom of information...
Cyprus among top EU countries granting citizenship
Cyprus granted citizenship to 2,900 people in 2019, the European statistical service said on Monday, as 706,400 people in total obtained an EU passport, a...
New bill lays out revised criteria for naturalisation
Basic knowledge of the language, history and culture of Cyprus will be among the new stricter criteria to be fulfilled before the granting of Cypriot...
The long road to citizenship
Years after they have applied for citizenship people who have met the criteria are still waiting. Is there any excuse for this? A former minister...
Authorities go after luxury villa of fugitive businessman
An order freezing the luxury Ayia Napa villa owned by fugitive businessman Jho Low, who was granted a Cyprus passport in September 2015, has been...
