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Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in a written statement has slammed members of the “racist and fascist Elam for burning a ‘TRNC’ flag during demonstrations...
Tatar says aim is to open Varosha by end of 2020
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ersin Tatar announced that the aim was to open the closed-off town of Varosha in Famagusta by the end of next...
Kurdish man arrested crossing to the north, accused of being PYD member
A Kurdish man crossing from the south of the island to the north was arrested during the weekend on the accusation that he is a...
Turkish experts arrive in north to investigate plane crash
A team of experts arrived on Wednesday from Turkey to investigate the cause of the plane crash in the north on Tuesday in which two...
Two die in air training accident in the north (updated)
Two Turkish Cypriot pilots, both 46, died when a training aircraft crashed near Lefkoniko airport in the north, reports said on Tuesday. According to Turkish...
Akinci hits back at new criticism from Cavusoglu
Turkish Cypriots do not wish to become a minority of the Greek Cypriot community nor do they want an unhealthy and unbalanced relationship with Turkey,...
Recorded Aids cases increase significantly in the north
Registered Aids cases increased almost threefold in the north of the island so far this year, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Monday. Turkish Cypriot newspaper...
Disy hopeful freeze on direct trade regulation will be extended next week
It appears as if the EU will extend the freeze on the 2004 regulation that would allow direct trade between the bloc at the north...
Greek Cypriot driver held in north after hitting and killing pedestrian
A Greek Cypriot aged 59, was remanded into custody for three days by a court in the north on Saturday after he hit and killed...
Disy completes contacts in Brussels to squash direct trade regulation
A delegation of ruling Disy, led by party leader Averof Neophytou, completed their contacts in Brussels on Thursday in a lobbying drive to keep suppressed...
Customs seize goods worth €35,118 coming from the north during September
Customs seized over 63,000 cigarettes, 115,860 grammes of rolling tobacco and hookah and 110 cigars brought over from the north during the month of September,...
North offers to fill gaps left by cancelled Thomas Cook flights
Turkish Cypriot ‘tourism minister’ Unal Ustel offered help to the southern part of the island following the collapse of tour operator giant Thomas Cook, which...
Arrested mother and daughter freed by court in the north (Update 2)
The mother and daughter arrested on Sunday for taking photos in Morphou have been freed, authorities in the north announced. They reportedly appeared before a...
Blasts rock ammunition depot near Kyrenia, 12 injured (update 4, video)
Blasts rocked an ammunition depot on Thursday after a fire broke out at a military zone east of Kyrenia, with shattered glass injuring twelve people....
Archbishop will talk to secret service about Russian church in north
Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Friday he would seek information from the Secret Service (KYP) on the number of Russians living in Kyrenia after reports on...
Electricity workers in north to go on strike
Workers of the ‘electricity authority’ in the north have announced a work stoppage for Wednesday and an indefinite strike for Friday in protest over reported...
Overseas Cypriots discuss ‘Islamisation of north’
The ‘Islamisation’ of the north of the island was the topic of a round-table discussion at the 20th World Conference of Overseas Cypriots in Nicosia...
Rise in violence against women reported in the north
The north has seen a surge in cases of violence against women, particularly cases involving serious bodily harm, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Tuesday. In...
Archbishop says Russian church in the north ‘unacceptable’
Archbishop Chrysostomos said the presence of a self-proclaimed Russian Orthodox Church in the north is unacceptable but nothing can be done to remove it as...
Man with West Nile virus dies in the north, health advisory issued in south (Updated)
A 62-YEAR-OLD man who had been diagnosed with the West Nile virus and was in the intensive care of a hospital in the north died...