Turkey to allow CMP access to 30 suspected burial sites in north
The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) announced on Friday Turkey had granted access to 30 suspected burial sites in military areas in the north without
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Turkish Cypriot police launch crackdown on rising crime
A surge in crime in the north and the strong public outcry has led Turkish Cypriot police to declare ‘a state of emergency’, daily Kibris
Mobile telephony link moves a step closer
Two mobile phone operators in the north have signed separate deals with an overseas telecoms company, it was announced on Thursday, part of efforts to
IPC irrelevant to execution of ECHR judgments, Cypriot applicant tells Strasbourg
The immovable property commission (IPC) in the north of the island is irrelevant to the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in
Titina Loizidou in new push to stop her property case being closed
GREEK Cypriot refugee Titina Loizidou sent a letter on Friday to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe saying she would like her
EC announces €3m innovation project for TC community
The European Commission announced Friday the start of the EU funded Innovative Entrepreneurship and Dialogue, a €3m project that is part of the economic development
Coalition ‘government’ in the north collapses (Updated)
The four-party coalition ‘government’ in the north officially collapsed on Thursday after ‘Prime Minister’ Tufan Erhurman handed in his resignation to leader Mustafa Akinci following
Foreign woman found murdered in north identified
The foreign woman whose body was found near Tymbou (Ercan) airport in January, over whom suspicions were raised regarding the potential involvement of suspected serial
Jordanian father remanded over abduction of his children
A 42-year-old Jordanian man was remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday in connection with abducting his three children from Limassol and fleeing to
More migrants arrive from the north
Two groups totalling 37 migrants arrived from the north on Monday evening in Nicosia and the Morphou area, police said. Nineteen were spotted when they were
New European fund to pay for development projects in north
A renewed European aid fund to the tune of €17.7 million that will go towards economic and social development in the north was announced on
Casinos, offshore banking keeps north on money-laundering radar
Casinos and the offshore banking sector in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the north of the island remain areas of concern for money laundering
Thirty years for father in north who raped his teen daughter
A criminal court in the north on Friday imposed a 30-year prison sentence on a father who was found guilty of raping his underage daughter
Three arrested in the north for people smuggling – reports
Authorities in the north have arrested three men, a Turkish national and two Turkish Cypriots, suspected of smuggling Syrian refugees arriving from Turkey to the
Stolen 300kg church bell found in north sheep pen
Authorities in the north have found the church bell stolen last November from the 17th century Ayios Panteleimonas monastery complex in Myrtou and arrested three
‘Fugitives are only extradited to other states, not the north’
The Turkish Cypriot side has been constantly pressing, during meetings of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Crime and Criminal Affairs, a demand that alleged criminals
Six cemeteries across the island to be rehabilitated as a CBM
The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage announced on Wednesday that it would undertake as pilot projects the rehabilitation of six cemeteries across the island, as
Call for more support for bicommunal committee on cultural heritage
Parts of Kyrenia castle are in need of restoration while many other monuments are crumbling, MPs said on Tuesday while calling for more financial support
Who’s the real target of politician’s arrest in north?
By Esra Aygin Arrest seen as a stark message to the Turkish Cypriots as well as Kurds living in northern Cyprus The Turkish Cypriot community
MPs renew call for review of state’s compensation deal with Hermes
Lawmakers on Thursday again called for a review of a deal whereby the state compensates Hermes – the operator of the two international airports in
