#northern Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Hasan Tacoy promised to “dispel the black clouds” in the north’s largest political party, the UBP, when he formally submitted his candidacy for its leadership on ...

A Syrian national appeared in court in the north on Thursday after having been arrested for crossing illegally from the Republic and then reportedly asking the Turkish Cypriot police for ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Tuesday invoked Greek mythology in a social media post criticising corruption in the north. His intervention centred on the “fake diploma scandal”, which ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Azerbaijan’s approach to recognising the north “has reached the same position” as Turkey’s. Erdogan was speaking at Ankara’s Esenboga ...

A Greek national appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of having left for the Republic via the Ledras street crossing point without having gone through the passport ...

Police have secured an arrest warrant against a German property promoter living in the north, who was expected to provide testimony in an ongoing investigation into the usurpation of Greek ...

A German, living in the north, is due to the questioned on Wednesday in the Republic, regarding the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property. The German suspect, the third in a ...

Israeli Simon Mistriel Aykut, the director of Afik Group, a property developer of Greek Cypriot property in the north, will remain in custody until a court issues a decision on ...

Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut was arrested on Friday while attempting to cross from the north to the Republic. Aykut is the founder of the Afik Group, which has ...

Parts of the north were without electricity for 12 hours on Friday night and Saturday morning, with the suburb of Yenikent, in Kioneli, just outside Nicosia, the worst affected. The outages ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and Turkey’s Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Wednesday signed the latest annual financial protocol covering the coming year’s financial provisions from ...

A total of 30 kilograms of smuggled lamb meat was seized at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point by Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday. They explained on Wednesday that they had pulled ...

In 140th position on the corruption perception index along with Cameroon Turkish Cypriots took the streets on Friday in a march against corruption, demanding that the “swamp is dried and ...

A total of 30 political parties, trade unions, and other organisations in the north will hold a mass protest on Friday evening. Protestors will gather at the top of northern Nicosia’...

A man appeared in court in the north on Thursday, accused of breaking a restaurant owner’s glasses, among other antisocial acts allegedly committed while at a restaurant. According to ...

The European Commission on Wednesday announced the launch of a new programme aimed at supporting Turkish Cypriot businesses. The project will allow Turkish Cypriot small and medium-sized businesses and startups ...

Turkey’s higher education council (Yok) is to prepare a report on the state of the north’s education system in the wake of the “fake diploma scandal”, the north’...

The north’s ‘government’ on Wednesday night announced the implementation of price controls for lamb. Lamb in the north will now be sold for no more than 550TL (€15.89) per kilogram, ...

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who won a second term in office in a landslide victory on Sunday, was once a footballer in Cyprus. Imamoglu, who was born near the Black ...

Turkish Cypriot politicians on Sunday night and Monday hailed the results of Turkey’s local elections, which saw opposition party the CHP secure an unprecedented victory, trouncing Turkish President Recep ...

The Cyprus Integrity Forum on Wednesday called for action over sanctions evasion and money laundering in the north. It was reacting to a Deutsche Welle production, which revealed that Iranian ...

A municipality in the north is set to hold a census, breaking ranks with the current ‘government’ policy of calculating populations via projection and avoiding censuses. The municipality in question ...

The construction of an electricity cable between Turkey and the north will “mark a new era”, Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday evening. He was speaking following an ...

A lieutenant colonel from the ‘TRNC security forces command’ was arrested in connection with the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”, it emerged on Wednesday. The lieutenant colonel appeared in court on ...