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Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday elected to refer to the north’s judiciary a controversial law passed by the north’s ‘parliament’ last month which will see Turkish ...

Turkey says it ‘will not hesitate’ to act over Cyprus as regional conflict continues By Tom Cleaver Turkey “will not hesitate” to act against “hostile attitudes” shown towards the Turkish ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday launched an investigation into the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Ziya Ozturkler, after he was reported to the police in January over allegations that he ...

The Turkish Cypriot cabinet was called to an emergency meeting over the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran by ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Saturday. Ustel’s ...

A Turkish combat drone, likely a Bayraktar TB2 or a Bayraktar Akinci, was circling in the skies above Cyprus on Saturday afternoon, east of Kyrenia, near the village of Ayios ...

The annual inflation in the north stood at 39.5 per cent at the end of 2025, while tourist arrivals increased by 17.2 percent compared to the previous year, the north’s central bank ...

Former Turkish Cypriot Famagusta police chief Baris Sel appeared in court on Friday in the latest hearing of his trial regarding a master’s degree he obtained, allegedly under false ...

The customs department, in cooperation with police, has launched an investigation into a 75-year-old individual for the illegal trafficking of hay and animal feed from the north. The inquiry follows ...

There is “no understandable reason” to say that a new crossing point in the eastern Nicosia suburb of Mia Milia would only benefit Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ...

Trade union Peo on Friday offered its support to the striking workers at Ektam, the north’s producer of Pepsi and other soft drinks, paying a visit to the picket ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman visited the Greek Cypriot middle school in Rizokarpaso on Wednesday, meeting pupils and teachers from both that school and the town’s Greek Cypriot primary ...

A total of 10,000 doses of the foot and mouth disease vaccine sent to the Republic by the Turkish Cypriots have been delivered and received, the north’s ‘agriculture ministry’ said ...

The veterinary services confirmed on Wednesday that the foot-and-mouth disease virus detected in livestock units in government-controlled areas is of the same serotype as that circulating in the north. The ...

Cases of foot and mouth disease in livestock units in Larnaca most likely originated in the north, head of the Turkish Cypriot Veterinary Association Burak Toskoy said on Tuesday. “It ...

The Turkish Cypriot legislature on Monday night voted to ratify a controversial deal which will see Turkish telecommunications company Turk Telekom bring fibreoptic internet to the north. The agreement, signed ...

The involvement of the Pancyprian Veterinary Association and restrictions on hunters’ movements in affected areas were among a series of measures decided at a broad meeting held on Monday morning ...

Customs officers on Sunday seized 12 grammes of cannabis, 50 packs of heated tobacco sticks, six cartons of cigarettes and 1.5 kilogrammes of rolling tobacco at the Ayios Dhometios checkpoint. In a statement, ...

Authorities have placed large swathes of the Larnaca district under strict quarantine after veterinary services confirmed that the epicentre of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak lies in Oroklini, with linked infections ...

The north’s ruling coalition was accused by opposition political party CTP ‘MP’ Erkut Sahali on Friday of treating the island’s northern third like “the spoils of war” as ...

A case of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed within the government-controlled areas of Cyprus, after veterinary authorities on Friday detected the disease at a cow-breeding unit in Livadia, in the ...

Action to secure the release of a Greek Cypriot who has been held in the north since last Tuesday is being taken, the government confirmed on Monday. “Actions are being ...

Workers at Ektam, the north’s producer of Pepsi and other soft drinks, on Friday announced that their strike is now “indefinite” after representatives of both Ektam and PepsiCo’s ...

Trikomo’s Greek Cypriot mukhtar-in-exile Iacovos Hadjivarnavas on Friday expressed fury at the planned transfer of Israeli prisoner Simon Aykut to the country of which he holds citizenship to serve ...

Famagusta’s Eastern Mediterranean University on Thursday confirmed that Yusuf Alemdar, the Turkish mayor who claims to have studied at it, never did. “In recent days, various news reports and ...