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A total of 448kgs of meat smuggled from the Republic were found by local police in Famagusta on Wednesday, the town’s Turkish Cypriot municipality said. The meat, all of ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Dogus Derya was branded a “terrorist” by pro-‘government’ demonstrators on Monday night after she threw water at the man the north’s ruling ...

Opposition ‘MPs’ in the north “will not allow” Ziya Ozturkler, the man the ruling coalition declared as ‘parliament speaker’, to attend discussions over next year’s ‘state’ budget, ‘parliamentary’ finance ...

Ahmet Tugcu, the leader of the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s employees’ trade union El-Sen, on Friday announced he had filed two lawsuits against ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel over ...

The five hospital workers who were arrested in connection with the accidental feeding of ethanol to seven babies, killing one, were released on bail on Thursday. The five appeared in ...

Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Yasemin Ozturk broke ranks with the coalition’s stance on last month’s ‘parliament speaker’ election, declaring that the three votes which the ‘...

Three of the six babies who survived being fed ethanol while being treated on the neonatal intensive care ward in northern Nicosia’s emergency hospital were discharged from hospital on ...

The woman who was arrested for pouring boiling water on her husband’s scrotum appeared in court in Trikomo on Monday, while her husband remains in hospital. In court, police ...

The fifth week of the north’s political crisis began on Monday with opposition ‘MPs’ attempting to open ‘parliament’ under the authority of ‘deputy speaker’ Fazilet Ozdenefe. Ozdenefe, who belongs ...

Bottles containing ethanol and water were kept side by side at northern Nicosia’s emergency hospital, it was heard in court on Thursday, as investigations continue into the death of ...

A total of 12.5 billion TL (€336 million) for the year 2025 was allocated to the north by Turkey’s president’s office as part of its annual financial programme on Wednesday. The ...

The north’s ‘health minister’ Hakan Dincyurek was on Wednesday reported to the police over the death of a 20-day-old baby who was fed ethanol with her formula milk. Dincyurek ...

Turkish Cypriots on Tuesday are marking the 101st anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, which took place on October 29, 1923. A ceremony is set to take place in ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman described the north’s ‘government’s’ conduct as “extremely unserious” on Monday, as the political wrangling over attempts to appoint a ‘...

All football in the north was cancelled over the weekend after a referee was kicked in the head by a footballer during a match on Saturday. The incident occurred during ...

There are 436,000 vehicles registered in the north, ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Wednesday. Speaking to Kibris Postasi TV, he said around 3,000 new vehicles are being registered in the north ...

The election of Ziya Ozturkler as the north’s ‘parliament’ speaker was placed into the north’s ‘government’ gazette on Wednesday, sparking fury among opposition figures, who claim he was ...

The trial of the 11 people held responsible for the collapse of the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman, which killed 24 Cypriot children, 11 Cypriot adults, and 37 others during ...

An 89-year-old Greek Cypriot man died on Friday night at a casino in Famagusta. The man, named as Loizos Kosma, fell ill at the casino at around 11pm before dying ...

The ongoing crisis at the heart of Turkish Cypriot politics was frozen on Monday with many ‘MPs’ having travelled to Turkey to be present for the resumption of proceedings regarding ...

A coalition of Turkish Cypriot organisations on Monday demanded the release of businesspeople arrested by the Republic of Cyprus on the charge of developing or promoting the development of Greek ...

A 75-year-old Turkish Cypriot man died aboard a boat which was evacuating people from Lebanon to Turkey on Thursday night. The man, named as Said Ezbek, originally hailed from the ...

Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Zorlu Tore declared himself the winner of the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ election shortly before midnight on Thursday after five rounds of voting ...

Zisan Saltukhan, the mother of 16-year-old Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur, who was murdered in January last year, on Thursday demanded the “harshest punishment” for her daughter’s killer. Speaking ...