Case adjourned over Israeli property developer in north
The trial of Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut, who is accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, was adjourned ...
Greek Cypriot lawyer to face Bar disciplinary board over property sales in north
Former Disy MP, lawyer Rikkos Mappourides is being sent to the Cyprus Bar Association disciplinary council for participating in companies – including in the north – providing managerial services without a permit.
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German woman handed further remand over north property sales
A 49-year-old German woman was remanded for a further seven days on Friday, under suspicion of selling Greek Cypriot properties in the north.
The woman had already served out a ...
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President briefs party leaders in aftermath of UN reports
The island’s political leadership received an in-depth analysis on Friday of the sticky situation into which Cyprus has slipped, with the deadlock set fast and UN reports chastising the ...
‘Perhaps there will be no Turkish Cypriots left’
Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday there may be “no Turkish Cypriots left” in some areas of the north in five or ten years’ time ...
Akan Kursat ‘committed no crime on either side of Cyprus’
Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat, who is currently on bail after being extradited to Cyprus from Italy, “committed no crime on either side of the island,” Cyprus Turkish Bar Association ...
Iranian stripped of residence rights after selling north properties
An Iranian national who held permanent residence in the Republic has been stripped of his residence rights after being found to have been facilitating the sale of Greek Cypriot properties ...
Top level meetings over north property sales
The foreign minister and attorney-general have had recent meetings about Greek Cypriot businessmen and lawyers active in buying property in the north, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday.
Letymbiotis’ ...
Cyprus bar probes members in north property deals
The Cyprus bar association is investigating some of its members and a company associated with them, believed to be involved in buying and selling of property in the north, it ...
Four more Turkish Cypriot lawyers face arrest warrants
Arrest warrants have been issued for four more Turkish Cypriot lawyers for selling Greek Cypriot properties in the north, according to reports released on Friday.
Akan Kursat, a Turkish Cypriot ...
Lefka village ‘on the way to becoming Trikomo’ amid construction boom
The village of Kazivera, near Lefka, is “on the way to becoming Trikomo” amid a construction boom, local residents have warned.
Trikomo has grabbed headlines in recent months and years ...
North’s ‘deputy PM’: We do not desire for non-Turks to buy our land
The north’s ‘deputy prime minister’ Fikri Ataoglu was the latest high-profile politician to weigh in on the matter of property sales in the north on Friday, saying “we do ...
North property sales: ‘If everyone had followed law, this wouldn’t have happened’
The north’s ‘interior minister’ made fresh remarks about property sales to third country nationals on Thursday, telling ‘parliament’ “if everyone had followed the law, this wouldn’t have happened.”
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2,810 foreign nationals bought real estate in the north last year
Last year the ‘cabinet’ in the north granted permits for the purchase of real estate to 2,810 foreign nationals, while during the first three months of 2023 alone about 1,000 such permits were ...
Sales in north to foreign property buyers spiral
Relaxations on the issuance of building permits to foreign nationals living in the north have resulted in a spike in such properties, Turkish Cypriot media are reporting.
According to the ...