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A new record of 552 pieces of plastic were found inside the digestive system of a dead juvenile turtle during a post-mortem on Wednesday. The turtle died after becoming entangled in ...

The creation of a planned Russian consular office in the north was on Wednesday unclear, with no side willing to give much away regarding progress. Both the Russian ambassador in ...

The militaries of the north and Turkey are carrying out joint exercises this week. The exercises, which have been given the official name “Martyr Captain Cengiz Topel Mediterranean storm exercise-23”, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has been ordered in court to pay 20,000TL (€1,036) in damages to the Ozgur Gazete newspaper for inflammatory remarks made about the newspaper. The court case ...

The Left in the European Parliament, a left-wing political group of the European Parliament established in 1995, condemned Ankara on Tuesday for denying entry to Turkish Cypriots, under the “vague pretext ...

The new airport in the north provides a window for visitors to see the place, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said on Tuesday arriving for a two-day visit. Yilmaz said ...

The north plans to increase the number of producers who have the PDO certificate, allowing them to export their halloumi/hellim to Europe and beyond, it emerged on Tuesday. Speaking ...

Two men have been arrested in the north after one bought a ‘TRNC’ identity card from the other, before sticking his own picture on it and using the card he ...

Estimates suggest that about 50 per cent of foreign transactions are not recorded Some 7,000 permissions were given to foreigners to buy property in the northern part of Cyprus since January 2021. According ...

The trial of Sefer Bugra Altundag, who stands accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur in January, began in Trikomo on Wednesday. The trial had been adjourned ...

The electricity supply of public institutions in the north will be “cut off” if their debts to the electricity authority Kib-Tek are not settled next week, a trade union leader ...

Few eyebrows were raised when the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel made his latest cabinet reshuffle on August 11. It had been expected for some time that he would banish ...

Victims of domestic of violence were on Monday encouraged to speak out and not hesitate to file complaints by chief the Turkish Cypriot police’s Violence against women intervention unit ...

Russia is set to “partially recognise” the north upon the opening of its consular office there, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Saturday. Speaking in a TV interview, he ...

The north’s chief prosecutor has filed a case against left-wing Turkish Cypriot journalist and trade unionist Ali Kismir for “insulting and defaming the morality of the TRNC Security forces ...

A prison warden has been put on leave pending an investigation after he was accused of leaving work while on shift to smuggle cigarettes from the north. Initial findings confirm ...

Build ‘em fast, build ‘em cheap, build ‘em high seems to be a once-sleepy village’s new mantra Anyone who has been near Trikomo in recent years will have noticed ...

The north’s cost of living increased by 9.9 per cent in the month of July, according to figures released by its statistics office. The figures, calculated in Turkish Lira, work ...

Two men died in Trikomo on Tuesday while carrying out maintenance under a hotel. The men, 41-year-old Mohammad Shayeste and 33-year-old Mohamad Aghjeloo, were working in a corridor three metres ...

The north’s ‘deputy prime minister’ and ‘tourism minister’ Fikri Ataoglu has moved to deny claims that a new hotel will be built in the Karpasia region. He moved to ...

The north’s current ‘labour minister’ Hasan Tacoy announced on Tuesday his intention to challenge ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel for the leadership of the UBP. Speaking in a televised interview, ...

Turkish Cypriot economists fear a “blow” to the north’s tourism industry after Turkey introduced new regulations on overseas credit card spending for its citizens. On Monday night, Turkey’s ...

Secularism under threat as summer courses for children offered in mosques “Today, the tyranny of secularism [in the northern part of Cyprus] has matched the tyranny of Greek Cypriots. This ...

A large quantity of illegal cigarettes, tobacco and dairy products have been seized from a barber shop in Nicosia, police said on Sunday. The shop owner, aged 73 was arrested, fined ...