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There were no surprises in store during President Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the north on Monday, the first place he visited since his re-election. It was nevertheless an illegal ...

Thirty-five animals have so far been infected following an outbreak of sheep and goat pox in the north, with the number expected to rise even further, Turkish Cypriot media said ...

Many students never attend university and are either trafficked or enter the Republic By Esra Aygin The ease with which student visas are issued, the inadequate legal framework, and the ...

The EU has claimed that halloumi/hellim production will form a ‘mini-reunification laboratory’. There is no sign of that yet By Fahri Zihni The much loved hellim/halloumi is perhaps ...

A 48 per cent increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting the north was recorded during the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year, ...

Voting for Turkish citizens begins on Saturday in the north in view of the second round of Turkey’s presidential elections on May 28, which will last for five days from ...

Although the race for a president in Turkey has gone to a second round, Kemal Kilicdaroglu got the backing of voters in the north of Cyprus on Sunday. Among Turkish ...

Authorities scrambled on Friday to get to the bottom of reports in the north that Greek Cypriot owned hotels and buildings in Varosha had been bought by an unnamed Turkish ...

The Turkish Cypriot side will take action along with Turkey against the Cyprus government over a confirmatory drilling set to take place in the ‘Aphrodite’ gas field block 12, as they ...

Over 7,200 applications have been filed to the immovable property commission (IPC) in the north, reports in Turkish Cypriot media said on Wednesday. To date compensation of £382,541,826 has been awarded for 1,233 ...

The north launched a new airline on Tuesday as Fly Kibris’ maiden flight saw an Airbus A320 travel from Tymbou (Ercan) to Istanbul, with flights scheduled later for Iran, Kosovo, ...

The inauguration of the new terminal at Ercan (Tymvou) airport in the north, has been postponed, reports said on Tuesday as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was due to open the ...

Widespread blackouts in the north are continuing, while a tense situation arose between employees of the Turkish Cypriot El-Sen union, and the private Turkish company Aksa, which the ‘government’ instructed ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected in the north on April 18, where he is set to officially open the new passenger terminal at Tymbou (Ercan) airport. But according to ...

The recently reviewed state welfare scheme for people living in certain villages in the north is off to a good start, parliamentary representative for the Maronite community Yiannakis Moussas said ...

The north was hit by severe electricity blackouts – lasting for over 12 hours in some areas into the early hours of Tuesday – which the ‘electricity authority’ claimed may have been caused ...

People in the north will retire at 65 as authorities are looking to raise the minimum retirement age in the public sector. Under a new ‘bill’, the minimum retirement age for ...

Over half of young Turkish Cypriots want to leave the north, a study published on Tuesday revealed, as most were concerned about their futures there. According to the study run ...

A total of 8,686 earthquake victims from Turkey are currently in the north, according to figures published on Tuesday. The PIO reported that the information was relayed by the head of ...

One school in the north that started operating with tent ‘classrooms’ on Monday was swiftly flooded following heavy rain in Lefkoniko images on social media showed. According to Yeni Duzen, ...

North is 140th on the corruption index along with Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Cameroon A comprehensive study on corruption conducted in the northern part of Cyprus has revealed that it is ...

Authorities in the north are sending mixed messages about the number of Turkish earthquake victims that have arrived in the area, reports said on Wednesday. According to reports in Yeni ...

‘Parliament’ in the north descended into a shouting match on Tuesday after ‘Foreign Minister’ Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu was called a rude, disrespectful traitor over the ongoing row on the ...

Buildings in the north have more resilient construction than those in Turkey, ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Monday, despite criticism over the weekend that many school buildings were old ...