#Famagusta

Famagusta Mayor Simos Ioannou has requested a meeting with the UN Secretary-General’s envoy Maria Holguin, filing his request with President Nikos Christodoulides, who he met earlier on Tuesday. Ioannou ...

No potato shortage is expected after heavy floods caused by heavy rain in Famagusta last week, potato farmers association head Andreas Karios said on Tuesday. “It seems that the damage ...

More than 40 per cent of potato crops in the Famagusta area were damaged by the bad weather, the head of the potato producer’s association Andreas Karyos said on Wednesday. ...

The fire services dealt with a total of 47 incidents in Famagusta overnight following heavy rains in the district, spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Tuesday. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, Kettis ...

An explosion rocked a tanker vessel transporting fuel off the coast of Famagusta in the north on Tuesday. According to Turkish Cypriot reports, two individuals aboard the vessel, named Akasya, ...

A 39-year-old resident Famagusta arrested for a slew of burglaries and thefts under investigation will appear before the district court on Friday. According to police, the man is suspected of ...

Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, responsible for peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, will visit the green line in Pyla and also occupied Famagusta on Thursday. On Wednesday Lacroix met ...

The walls of the historical Venetian Palace in Famagusta’s old town are being reinforced, after some feared they may collapse. An agreement was signed by the north’s Famagusta ...

Former Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos announced on Friday his intention to run to be the first elected Famagusta Governor. He has called for his party, Disy, to endorse him. “I ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced several multi-million-euro projects in the municipalities and communities of the Famagusta district, highlighting the government’s commitment to the area’s development, during a gathering at ...

The north’s ‘cabinet’ approved a bill to privatise its ports on Thursday evening. The move was published in the ‘official gazette’ on Friday morning, with tenders set to be ...

The institution of the environmental inspector will commence in the government-controlled area of Famagusta, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Thursday. He expressed his belief that this initiative will prove ...

European Parliament (EP) President Roberta Metsola on Saturday sent a message to Famagustians that the EP’s position on the reunification of Cyprus remained unwavering. According to an announcement by ...

The five Israeli nationals, aged between 19 and 20, accused of raping a 20-year-old British tourist in Ayia Napa on September 3, will remain in custody for one more day, the Famagusta district ...

Turkish Cypriot Famagusta mayor Suleyman Ulucay met with the mayor of the London Borough of Bexley, Ahmet Dourmoush on Monday. The pair discussed the possibility of cooperation between the Famagusta ...

Three people were arrested in two separate cases after a total of 7.3 kg of cannabis were detected in Famagusta and Nicosia on Tuesday. Customs authorities carrying out checks ascertained that ...

Police on Sunday arrested four people following the arrival by boat of 86 irregular migrants in Famagusta. The arrest of the four, aged 18, 23, 27 and 30, was made after coast guard radar detected ...

Hoteliers in the Famaguta area are projecting a very good August for tourism, president of the region’s hoteliers association Panayiotis Constantinou said on Sunday. With occupancy levels of between 85 ...

A necessary prerequisite for a solution to the Cyprus issue is having a coherent internal front, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, addressing an anti-occupation rally, organised by Famagusta Municipality ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will be the main speaker at the Famagusta municipality’s anti-occupation event being held on Saturday, to commemorate the fallen in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The ...

The politics of outrage and negativity, which are an integral part of the Cyprus problem, were displayed this week, after it was revealed that the Turkish Cypriot mayor of Famagusta, ...

Controversy broke out on Thursday following the Famagusta mayor’s invitation to Turkish Cypriots to an anti-occupation event which will take place in the municipality on Saturday. Elam, Edek and ...

The Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Famagusta is hosting the architecture exhibition Famagusta M[in]d Maps, which presents the results of the dissertation research project of the architect ...

A man died after jumping from a balcony on the eighth floor, following an explosion in his apartment in Famagusta in the early hours of Monday morning, police in the ...