Nadir family say learned of Lefkoniko airport status from media
The wife of Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir has said that she first learned from the media that the airport at Lefkoniko in the north...
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Electricity being sold to the north
Electricity has been sold daily to the Turkish Cypriot community through the interconnected power grid for the last few days, due to the problem that...
Inauguration of Cetinkaya stadium postponed
The scheduled inauguration of the Cetinkaya football club in the UN-controlled buffer zone did not go ahead as planned due to ongoing works, reports from...
Serdar Denktash preparing to run for Turkish Cypriot leader
Serdar Denktash, son of former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Raif Denktash, is preparing to run in the next elections for the north’s leadership, reports said...
Call for religious affairs head in north to be removed (updated)
Turkish Cypriot politician Dogus Derya on Wednesday called for the ‘head of religious affairs’ in the north Ahmet Unsal to be removed from his office...
‘Marry and multiply’ women in the north reportedly told
Women should marry and reproduce, ‘head of religious affairs’ in the north Ahmet Unsal reportedly told a seminar in occupied Famagusta, it emerged on Tuesday....
Local elections in north jolt leadership
‘The ruling coalition has offended Turkish Cypriot voters’ Local elections in the northern part of Cyprus, branded as a competition between the “pro-Turkey and the...
Former Akinci adviser said he and his family came under intense pressure from Turkey in 2020
Ali Bizden, adviser to former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, said on Saturday that he and his family were under intense pressure from Turkey, during...
Three countries reportedly interested in direct flights to the north
Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan are ready to carry out direct flights to the north, transport ‘minister’ Erhan Arıklı said on Wednesday. According to Turkish Cypriot...
Groups raise issue of Islamification in the north
Islamic organisations are attempting to proselytise in north seeking the Islamification of the Turkish Cypriot community, reports said on Wednesday, pointing to some organisations that...
