Erdogan’s Varosha visit another spur for rethink over refugee properties
For despairing Varosha refugees, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the fenced-off town on Sunday for a picnic is cruelly provocative, and yet might...
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More than 80 Greek Cypriots have sought compensation for Varosha properties
More than 80 Greek Cypriots sought compensation from the north’s immovable property commission (IPC) to the tune of £1bn sterling for homes and businesses in...
Turkish Cypriot lawyer taking government to ECHR
The Republic of Cyprus may be legally forced to launch its own immovable property commission, modeled on the one in the north, according to a...
‘Inactivity on Varosha will leave it in the hands of Evkaf’
Inactivity on Varosha will eventually leave the Famagusta closed-off area to Turkish Cypriot religious endowment foundation Evkaf, advocate Achilleas Demetriades said on Tuesday questioning the...
MPs start talks on compensating owners of property in north
The House refugee committee on Tuesday launched discussion on a bill proposal by Edek on granting state aid to those with property in the north...
Foreign ministry says it treats ECHR cases ‘with due seriousness’
The foreign ministry on Friday said it was in consultation with the state legal service to handle “with due seriousness” appeals by Greek Cypriots to...
Is the Varosha case like the halloumi case?, lawyer asks in ECHR property case
Lawyer Achilleas Demetriades on Thursday called on the government to duly inform Famagusta refugees if it was a new policy to abandon them and let...
IPC irrelevant to execution of ECHR judgments, Cypriot applicant tells Strasbourg
The immovable property commission (IPC) in the north of the island is irrelevant to the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in...
More cases filed at ECHR after IPC fails to make payouts
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has notified the governments of Turkey and Cyprus of the submission of three more applications concerning the ineffectiveness...
Nicosia satisfied with CoE decisions on GC properties in north
Nicosia said on Saturday that it was satisfied with the decision adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding Greek Cypriot...
Turkey pays Greek Cypriot refugee who sought compensation
Turkey has paid the compensation and legal expenses awarded to a Greek Cypriot refugee by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in a land...
Greek Cypriots report IPC ineffectiveness to Council of Europe
Greek Cypriot owners of land in Famagusta and Kyrenia have written to the Council of Europe to report the ineffectiveness of the immovable property commission...
European Court judgement on IPC ineffectiveness becomes final (updated)
A European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgment which describes the proceedings at the immovable property commission (IPC) in the north as “protracted and ineffective”...
Immovable Property Commission’s mandate extended in the north
The Turkish Cypriot ‘parliament’ on Monday extended the Immovable Property Commission’s (IPC) mandate by two years, but a proposed law aiming to create funding for...
European court dents north property commission’s effectiveness
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday unanimously upheld a complaint filed by a Greek Cypriot refugee against Turkey over the lack of effectiveness...
Greek Cypriot refugee’s follow-up claim rejected by ECHR
In a decision published on Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found inadmissible an application submitted by Greek Cypriot refugee Pavlos Loizou against...
House proposal branded ‘selling air to refugees’
The House refugee committee on Tuesday discussed the possibility of ‘crediting’ Greek Cypriot refugees with the building coefficients assigned to their properties in the north....
Eight applications to IPC so far this year
Eight Greek Cypriots applied to the Immovable Property Commission this year, Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis reported on Thursday. The report indicated that since Turkey cut...
Applications to IPC fell 73 per cent in 2016
Applications made to the immovable property commission by the Greek Cypriots fell 73 per cent in 2016 compared to the figures of 2015, Kibris reported...
Lawyer says it was state, not plaintiff who asked to take part in property case
It was the Republic that asked to take part in a property case against Turkey before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and not...