Three baggage handlers in north arrested for theft
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 ...
Meeting for north’s minimum wage raise ends without agreement
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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Tatar hits back after Teachers’ Day event hit by protests
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 ...
Greek Cypriot arrested in north with cocaine in underwear
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 ...
Fire engine overturns into ditch near Dikomo
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 children at Trikomo school ‘don’t speak Turkish as first language’
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 ...
North’s new ‘parliament’ building to be ready in 2024
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 ...
North’s ‘interior minister’ pledges to restrict property sales to third-country nationals
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 ‘...
Indecent exposure outside north primary school was just ‘a joke’
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 brought against 22 Turkish Cypriot teachers for ‘battering’ police
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 ...
Our View: Cyprus must take some blame for 40 years of rogue state
Turkish Cypriots celebrate the 40th anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) today, the move that set up the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus,’ which has existed ever since ...
Concern that bookings platforms fail to specify if accommodation is in the north
Tourists are being duped into booking holiday accommodation in the north of the island through online sites that don’t distinguish which side of the divided island they are located, ...
Biggest mosque in Cyprus to open in the north
A mosque set to hold up to 10,000 people will open in the north next year, on the Near East University campus, it emerged on Monday.
Turkish Cypriot press reports carried ...
Calls for north’s ‘parliament speaker’ to resign as budget debate heats up
Opposition ‘MPs’ in the north called on ‘parliament speaker’ Zorlu Tore to resign on Thursday evening during rising tensions surrounding the ‘state’ budget.
The controversy arose as ‘parliament’s’ finance ...
Tatar’s office to be given €10.3m budget for 2024
Ersin Tatar’s office is set to be given a 318 million TL (€10.3m) budget for 2024, as part of the north’s ‘state’ budget begin to be discussed in ‘parliament’.
The ...
Turkish Cypriot teachers protest in front of ‘parliament’ and ‘ministry’
Turkish Cypriot teachers staged a protest outside the north’s ‘parliament’ and ‘education ministry’ on Thursday, calling on ‘minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu to resign.
The protests were held over a range ...
Workers demand north’s minimum wage be raised
An official request has been submitted to the north’s ‘labour ministry’ on Thursday that the minimum wage be raised.
The request was submitted by the Cyprus Turkish trade unions ...
One in seven in north living under poverty line
One in seven people living in the north are surviving below the poverty line, according to figures released by the north’s Statistics Institute on Tuesday.
The figures released also ...
Turkish Cypriot ‘minister’ compared to Super Mario
Turkish Cypriot ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz was compared to video game character Super Mario in ‘parliament’ on Tuesday.
The remark was made by opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Fide Kursat, as ...
Killer of Turkish Cypriot teen pleads not guilty to premeditated murder charge
Sefer Bugra Altundag, who is accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur in January, pleaded not guilty to a charge of premeditated murder on Monday.
Altundag appeared ...
North ‘falls short’ on preventing human trafficking
The north “falls short” on implementing its obligations regarding the prevention of human trafficking, according to a report released this week.
The report was released by the north’s Human ...
Stark increase in north’s population
Numbers could be up as much as 40 per cent since 2011
The population of the north may have increased by as much as 40 per cent since the last census in 2011, compared ...
Number of foreigners purchasing property in the north skyrockets
Over 9,500 foreigners have purchased properties in the north in the past four years, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Friday.
The number of foreigners granted the right to buy properties in ...
Harmanci: Half of northern Nicosia’s population are university students
Half of the official population of northern Nicosia are university students, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Tuesday.
Harmanci was speaking at the “100th Anniversary Ankara Urban Development ...