‘The opposition to Israel’s actions against Palestinians has turned into an unconscious attack on all Israelis and Jews’
Since the Hamas attack on Israel in early October and Israel’...
Residents of the Lefka district have reacted angrily after a mouflon statue in the village of Karavostasi was desecrated.
Lefka Tourism Association chairman Hasan Karlitas said on Friday that the ...
Turkish Cypriot police said that a total of 74 people have been arrested so far during investigations into the “fake prescription scandal”.
The scandal concerns the alleged writing of fraudulent prescriptions ...
Turkish Cypriot private radio stations owe public broadcaster BRT 10 million TL (€313,427), the corporation’s deputy transmitter coordinator Ugur Buhara said on Friday.
Buhara’s statements come over warnings that private ...
The people of Karpasia have been “forgotten” by the north’s ‘health ministry’, local ‘MP’ Biray Hamzaogullari said on Thursday night.
The opposition party CTP member’s intervention was part ...
There was yet another delay in the trial of Sefer Bugra Altundag on Friday, who stands accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur.
The case had most ...
Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc visited the graves of the Turkish Cypriot children who were killed in February’s earthquakes on Friday.
The visit to the graves was his first ...
Turkish Cypriot teachers expressed their displeasure after it emerged on Thursday that halloumi had been described as “halloumi cheese” in a school textbook.
The offending textbook was the first grade ...
The north’s ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz on Tuesday called for stricter implementation of laws regarding the sale of property to third country nationals.
“The first measure we are trying ...
The Greek Cypriot arrested in the north after police found 10 grammes of cocaine in his underwear was sent to prison pending trial for a period not exceeding two months.
He ...
The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Thursday the north shows “zero tolerance” to organised crime.
Ustel issued a written statement, in which he said “we are continuing ...
Two men were arrested on Wednesday night after smuggling a total of 264 kilograms of beef from the Republic to the north.
The pair were arrested after police discovered the beef ...
Electricity prices in the north have been raised for the second time in the space of a month, following an announcement on Thursday by electricity authority Kib-Tek.
The new tariffs ...
Three Ukrainian nationals appeared in court in Kyrenia on Tuesday over the alleged murder of a Russian national in the town.
Mikhail Kamyshanov, a resident of the north, was found ...
Three baggage handlers at Ercan (Tymbou) airport appeared in court on Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of stealing from passengers’ suitcases while working.
In court, it was heard that ...
Tuesday’s meeting of the north’s Minimum wage determination committee ended without agreement after the involved parties could not agree as to when the minimum wage should be altered.
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Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar hit back on Friday after teachers protested his presence at an event to mark the north’s Teachers’ Day on Friday.
Tatar attended a customary ...
A Greek Cypriot appeared in court in the north on Friday after having been arrested by Turkish Cypriot police at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point with 10 grammes of cocaine in ...
A fire engine rolled over onto its side in Bogazi, near Dikomo, on Friday.
It overturned at around 10:45am on the way back to the local fire station from a ...
Around 300 of the 700 children at the Bekirpasha high school in Trikomo “do not speak Turkish as their first language”, according to local ‘MP’ Biray Hamzaogullari.
Hamzaogullari, who belongs to opposition ...
The north’s new ‘parliament’ building will be ready in 2024, speaker Zorlu Tore said on Friday.
Tore was speaking as ‘parliament’ took receipt of three new service vehicles, which were ...
The north’s ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Thursday he plans to bring in new restrictions to curb the rate at which third-country nationals are buying property.
Speaking to ‘...
A man arrested on Tuesday for masturbating outside a primary school in the north did so “as a joke”, he told police.
The man, a Pakistani national who was arrested ...
Charges were brought against 22 Turkish Cypriot teachers on Thursday for “battering” police officers and “impeding their duty” during a protest which took place last year.
The protest took place on ...