Call for money-laundering clampdown in north
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 ...
North municipality to conduct local census
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 ...
Electricity cable from Turkey ‘will mark a new era’
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 ...
Lieutenant colonel arrested in north’s fake diploma scandal
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 ...
Tatar’s daughter insists diploma is real
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar’s daughter Canev Tatar insisted on Thursday that the diploma she obtained from the now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) is real.
Tatar ...
Woman arrested in north scandal handed public sector job
Meray Durust, who was arrested as part of investigations into the north’s “fake diploma scandal”, has begun work in a new public sector role.
Durust was arrested alongside her ...
Turkey fined over Cypriot conscientious objector
The Republic of Turkey received a €9,000 fine on Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for the imprisonment of a Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector.
The ECtHR ruled that ...
Private investigator arrested for ‘stalking’
A private investigator appeared in court on Monday, charged with “stalking” the person he was investigating.
In court in northern Nicosia, police officer Yilmaz Sevdali said the investigator had received 90,000...
Eyes on ‘MP’ in north’s fake diploma scandal
Attention turned to a sitting ‘MP’ on Monday as the scandal engulfing the north’s education sector regarding “fake diplomas” rumbled on.
The ‘MP’ in question is ruling coalition party ...
Tatar moves to fire education chief
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar filed a case with the ‘supreme court’ in the north to have the head of higher education committee (Yodak) Turgay Avci fired, it emerged on ...
Four arrested in fraudulent college investigation
Four people were arrested on Friday as part of the north’s ongoing investigation into a college which is believed to be linked to a large criminal network. The four ...
Arikli brands CTP ‘MP’ racist
The north’s transport minister Erhan Arikli branded a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ racist on Wednesday.
In a Facebook post, Arikli took umbrage at opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Ceyhun Birinci having ...
North’s authorities ‘did not even call’ relatives of washed up body
The son of a man whose body was found washed up on the north’s coast last month said on Tuesday the north’s authorities “did not even call” him ...
Zahra street fight suspects ‘were handing out golf clubs’
Two of the suspects accused of being a part of a mass brawl which took place on Zahra street in Nicosia’s old town in the north “were handing out ...
Turgay Avci’s degree is real, university says
The diploma obtained by Turgay Avci, chairman of the north’s higher education standards authority (Yodak), is authentic, his university said on Wednesday.
Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, a spokesperson ...
Aliyev: ‘TRNC president’ invited to Turkic states meeting
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said on Monday that “the president of the TRNC will attend” an upcoming summit of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) in his country.
Aliyev was ...
Man arrested for robbing asylum seekers
A man appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of robbing six asylum seekers who had been smuggled with his help from Turkey to northern Cyprus.
In court, ...
North’s education standards chief insists own degree is real
Turgay Avci, chairman of the north’s higher education standards authority (Yodak), insisted on Monday that his own degree is real.
Avci had faced allegations that his degree, which he ...
Man arrested for breaking elderly mother’s nose
A man appeared in court in the north on Wednesday, accused of having broken his 76-year-old mother’s nose.
The police officer speaking in court explained that the man, who ...
Ozersay reveals university’s ‘illegality’
Former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem has revealed a document allegedly showing a university in the north, of which the rector was invited to meet ‘education minister’ ...
Booking.com warns tourists entering Cyprus from the north
Turkish Cypriots are concerned about changes on travel website booking.com, which has updated travel information to Cyprus, warning tourists to take care over arriving in northern Cyprus.
According to ...
Plans to turn Varosha into ‘Las Vegas of the Med’
Varosha could be turned into the ‘Las Vegas of the Mediterranean’ reports suggested on Monday, following revelations that a plan has been seen in the UK from billionaires all over ...
Arrest for impersonating police and stealing £1,000
A man appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of having impersonated a police officer to steal £1,000 (€1,171) from a bureau de change.
Speaking in court, police officer Alpaslan ...
Statue found in sheep pen ‘may be 2,600 years old’
The statue found in a sheep pen in Marathovounos was determined to be a “goddess” originating from the late archaic period, between 600 and 480 BC, the north’s ‘antiquities department’ said ...