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The Turkish Cypriots’ future “lies in European values”, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday. Erhurman was speaking in ‘parliament’ about the north’s relationship with international law, ...

Turkish Cypriot social media journalist Serdinc Maypa was released on bail on Monday, after having been charged with violating individuals’ right to privacy. Maypa had been arrested on Thursday and ...

Police in the north have uncovered thousands of dollars’ worth of counterfeit American money in recent days. On Sunday, they announced the arrest of a 36-year-old man in Kyrenia, having ...

The north’s former ‘interior minister’ Ziya Ozturkler on Tuesday denied having taken bribes from a university amid continued investigations and arrests in relation to the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”. ...

The death of a 27-year-old man in Kyrenia on Sunday may have been caused by a physical altercation in which he was involved the previous week, it was heard in ...

A total of 64 kilograms of meat smuggled from the Republic was found and seized by police in the north on Tuesday night. The meat was found in a house in ...

The north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of granting an amnesty for those who obtained fake diplomas but did not use them. Speaking in ‘...

Russian citizens living in the north are able to vote in the country’s Presidential elections, according to Kibris Postasi. A ballot box has been opened in the building in ...

The north’s ‘government’ on Monday night ordered a 60-day suspension of strike activity at Ercan (Tymbou) airport after air traffic control staff had walked out earlier in the evening. ...

Over 70 per cent of people in the north are overweight or obese, the north’s ‘health minister’ Hakan Dincyurek said on Monday. Speaking on the occasion of World Obesity Day, ...

Opposition party says not given adequate information before a vote on airport’s contested future The protocol between the north Cyprus and Turkey regarding the handing over of Lefkoniko airport ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party TDP Leader Zeki Celer said on Sunday he would “close all these university-looking places” in the north if he came to power. He was speaking to ...

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) “is continuing to injustice the Turkish Cypriot people,” Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Saturday. Speaking to the Anadolu Agency ahead ...

The price of a loaf of bread in the north has been put back up to its historical high of 15TL (€0.44), the north’s Bakers’ association chairman Omer Cirali said ...

All 19 people accused of taking part in a mass brawl on northern Nicosia’s popular Zahra Street last week were released on bail on Wednesday. In court, police officer Emin ...

The dentistry faculty at Morphou’s Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) had its licence to teach temporarily revoked on Wednesday. The north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak) ...

A total of 140 kilograms of beef smuggled from the Republic were seized by police in the north on Thursday, with two arrests made. The first arrestee, a 55-year-old man, was ...

Orange farmers staged a protest at the roundabout next to the Morphou bus station on Tuesday over a raft of problems hitting the north’s citrus industry. Protestors poured hundreds ...

A carer who allegedly beat a 100-year-old man who resided at the care home at which she worked in Famagusta was released on bail on Monday. In court in Famagusta, ...

The 47-year-old man accused of attacking two others with a machete sent threatening texts to the girlfriend of one of his victims, it emerged on Friday. The nature of the ...

A leading figure in north coalition party the YDP has claimed she was “threatened” by party leader Erhan Arikli after endorsing his opponent Talip Atalay for the upcoming party leadership ...

High-level Turkish Cypriot politicians on Wednesday evening congratulated Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on his victory in the Caucasian nation’s Presidential elections. Initial results show Aliyev having won over 92 per ...

Funerals were held on Wednesday for the four bodies which were found washed up on the coast of Karpasia in recent weeks. The bodies remain unidentified, though clothing found on ...

A 34-year-old man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Wednesday, accused of stealing a football jersey with the name “Ronaldo” and the number seven on its back. The man ...