Ship runs aground in rough seas
A Tanzania-flagged cargo vessel that was anchored outside the port of Famagusta in the north has run aground due to the adverse weather conditions, it...
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Turkish Cypriots detain Syrian migrants
Turkish Cypriots in the north have detained 33 Syrian men who arrived in Cyprus by boat the previous day. The men, aged between 20 and...
Turkey-north fresh water pipe has burst
An underwater pipeline carrying fresh water from Turkey to the north of the island has burst and could take two months to repair, it emerged...
Demo to protest road tax rise, bad roads in north
A protest will take place on Wednesday in the north over the steep rises in road taxes, while the bad state of roads remains the...
British pensioner dies in fire in north hotel
Turkish Cypriot authorities are investigating the cause of a fire at a hotel in Lapithos in the north in which a British tourist died. A...
Flight from Istanbul to north cancelled after woman’s threats
A flight from Istanbul to Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north was cancelled after a woman threatened to blow up the aircraft on Wednesday morning,...
Drones in north provide ‘a crucial role in providing support’ for Turkish vessels (Updated)
The first Turkish drone aimed at aiding the search for hydrocarbons by Ankara in the Eastern Mediterranean landed at Lefkonkio (Gecitkale) airport in the north...
Turkish drones to fly out of breakaway Turkish Cypriot airport-reports
The breakaway Turkish Cypriot state has designated an airport in the north as a base for Turkish drones seeking hydrocarbons in the eastern Mediterranean, a...
British MP regrets that his TC constituents can’t fly direct to the north
British Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith said he supports the desire of his Turkish Cypriot constituents for direct flights to the north of the island....
Turkey slams silence over burning of ‘TRNC’ flag, Elam calls condemnation a ‘badge of honour’ (Updated)
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,...
