Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Tuesday told Turkish Cypriot media that two people have been fired over the use of the wrong photo on lottery tickets.
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Australian fugitive and underworld boss Mark Buddle is set to be extradited to his native country after he was arrested in the north on Saturday and taken to Turkey, according ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not be visiting the north of Cyprus on 20 July, the anniversary of the invasion, according to Kibris Postasi newspaper.
This has dampened speculation in ...
The Turkish Cypriot side recorded 2,251 new Covid cases and one death in the past week.
The ‘health ministry’ said that from June 29 to July 5, some 18,869 tests were performed.
The total ...
Power cuts continued to grip the north on Tuesday, impacting the operation of hospitals, which are currently running on emergency generators.
On Monday, the Republic’s government received a request ...
The government has received a request to transfer electricity to the north because one of its two power stations stopped working, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Monday.
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Former Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has been admitted to a private hospital in the north with high blood pressure and heart issues, it was reported on Sunday.
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Observers draw attention to the fact that all seven Turkish Cypriots, who were deported, are intellectuals or opinion leaders who advocate a federal solution in Cyprus
By Esra Aygin
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Cyprus would like to function as a regional hub to coordinate responses of neighbouring countries to fires, President Nicos Anastasiades has said.
In an interview with Politis following the devastating ...
By Elias Hazou and Christodoulos Mavroudis
The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Thursday called the armaments activities on the Greek-Cypriot side a provocation and a threat to stability on the ...
Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay was in the north on Thursday to bolster Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar whose election “had shown the desire of Turkish Cypriots for a ...
Turkish Cypriot authorities on Thursday have reintroduced the mandatory use of face masks in indoor spaces to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The new rule, effective immediately, concerns places such ...
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is “disappointed” at being excluded from the visit to Cyprus of the Earl and the Countess of Wessex, which begins on Monday and said it ...
Çavuşoğlu’s promise of easier ‘TRNC’ citizenship for Turks in the north has deepened concerns among Turkish Cypriots
By Esra Aygin
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğ...
Cyprus cannot fall into the trap of “revisionist rhetoric” adopted by the Turkish president to serve his own purposes, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters following a ...
We will continue our efforts to resolve the Cyprus issue without bending to any threats or challenges, and always according to international law, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Monday.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived in the north on Saturday night for meetings with the Turkish Cypriot leadership on Monday, reports said.
Cavusoglu is due to remain in the ...
Turkish Cypriots on Friday continued demonstrating against price hikes, the new protocol on financial support from Turkey, and what they consider interventions on their free will, with support from political ...
A number of items produced in the north have been added to the Green Line Regulation, reports said on Thursday.
Citing Turkish Cypriot media, the Press and Information Office said ...
Turkish Cypriot parties, unions, NGOs and media have openly slammed the financial aid protocol signed by the north’s regime and Turkey, which will restrict democratic rights and freedoms by ...
All-encompassing protocol seen by Turkish Cypriots as formalising annexation
By Esra Aygin
A controversial financial aid protocol signed recently between the northern part of Cyprus and Ankara has enraged large ...
A new protocol on financial support for the north from Turkey was branded a ‘betrayal’ and ‘surrender’ to Ankara by Turkish Cypriot labour unions on Tuesday as a discussion in ‘...
Electricity woes in north puts waste treatment plant out of action leading to sea pollution
By Esra Aygin
The European Commission has banned the sale of fish from Famagusta in ...
Three feral donkeys in the Karpas peninsula died after being hit by a car, the Turkish Cypriot media reported on Saturday.
Reports said the car was driven by a Greek ...