Over 250 portacabins still used as classrooms in north
A total of 252 portacabins are to be used as classrooms when Turkish Cypriot children return to school at the end of the summer holiday on Monday, the north’s ‘education ...
North slams EU resolution on arrested Greek Cypriots as ‘slander’
The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Friday night decried the resolution passed by the European parliament earlier in the week on the arrests of five Greek Cypriots in the north, ...
EU Parliament condemns detention of Greek Cypriots in north
On Thursday, the European Parliament overwhelmingly adopted a resolution condemning the illegal and continued detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north, calling for their immediate and unconditional release.
The ...
North to be without Turkish water for four days due to malfunction
The north will be cut off from Turkish water for four days from Tuesday due to a fault at the pumping station in the Kyrenia district village of Panagra, where ...
Court rules remand of arrested Greek Cypriots in north illegal
The north’s supreme court on Friday ruled one of the remand orders handed down to the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July to be ...
Erhurman, others incensed by arrest of Greek Cypriots’ lawyer
Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Thursday expressed his distaste at the arrest of Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested ...
Committee mulls new fund to pay Greek Cypriots for property in north
The House refugees committee on Tuesday discussed the creation of a new national fund to reimburse Greek Cypriots who lost access to their immovable property as a result of being ...
Arrested Greek Cypriot taken to hospital in north
One of the five Greek Cypriots arrested in the north in July was taken to hospital on Tuesday at the end of the day’s court hearing.
The five appeared ...
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Trial of Greek Cypriots arrested in the north to continue on Tuesday
The five elderly Greek Cypriots who were arrested for alleged espionage in the north on July 19 are due to appear before court in the north for the proceedings of their ...
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Defence grills crossing point police in Greek Cypriots’ case in north
The police officer who was working at the crossing point booth at which the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month crossed before being arrested, appeared ...
Turkish Cypriot elections
Erhurman responds to Tatar’s ‘angry’ statement, invites him to TV debate
Turkish Cypriot opposition election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Friday responded to his opponent and incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s late-night attack on him, describing the statement as “angry ...
Cult figure Kirdag announces Turkish Cypriot election candidacy
Cult figure and perpetual candidate Arif Salih Kirdag on Tuesday announced that he will once again stand for election as Turkish Cypriot leader when the election takes place on October 19.
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Plans unveiled for Dubai-style artificial islands off north
Plans were unveiled on Sunday for artificial islands to be constructed off the coast of the Karpass peninsula and the Kyrenia district.
The plans were presented by Emrullah Turanli, chairman ...
Yilmaz holds private impromptu meetings with ‘ministers’ in north
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz held a series of closed-door meetings with ‘ministers’ in the north during his visit to the north on Saturday, according to reports in the Turkish ...
Cyprus Olympic Committee set to go to IOC over GCs’ detention in north
The Cyprus Olympic Committee (COC) is set to escalate efforts at the international level for the release of four members of the Keravnos Strovolou sports club, who remain detained by ...
‘Pre-election restrictions’ begin in the north ahead of October vote
The ‘pre-election restrictions’ came into effect in the north on Sunday, officially marking the beginning of the process ahead of the upcoming ‘elections’, scheduled to take place on October 19.
According ...
North coop strike over as ruling coalition backs down over austerity measures
The strike called on by employees of the north’s Koop Bank and its subsidiaries last week was brought to an end on Friday as a deal was struck by ...
Govt: ongoing detention of five Greek Cypriots in north a ‘gross violation’ of rights
The continued unlawful detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north constitutes a flagrant breach of fundamental legal principles and human rights, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis told the Cyprus News ...
Steps underway to reunite missing Syrian boy with family in Turkey
Turkish Cypriot authorities in the north are moving ahead with procedures to reunite 13-year-old Syrian boy Majed Alashtar – who had disappeared from a shelter in Nicosia last week – with his ...
US report cites ongoing human rights concerns in Cyprus
Significant human rights issues, including cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, persisted in the Republic of Cyprus in 2024, according to a US State Department report released on Wednesday.
While ...
North’s water consumption ‘at levels not expected until 2043’
The amount of water being consumed in the north is already reaching levels which were not expected until 2043, ‘agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus said on Wednesday.
“We used 44 million cubic metres ...
North promised power cuts will end on Thursday
The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s general manager Dalman Aydin on Wednesday promised that the power cuts which have been plaguing the north since an explosion at a substation ...
Turkish Cypriot police call for info on Greek Cypriot missing
The Turkish Cypriot police on Wednesday issued a call for information regarding Greek Cypriots who went missing during the intercommunal conflict which broke out on the island in the 1960s ...
North’s energy woes ‘would have been much worse’ without Greek Cypriots’ help
The continuous power cuts faced by the north after an explosion at a substation on Friday “would have been more widespread” were it not for the Republic stepping in to ...