North airport holding company posts 1bn TL loss, pays no tax
The holding company of the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport, T&T, posted a loss of more than 1 billion TL (€29.8 million) for 2023, and as a result, did not pay ...
North ‘has right to rip up contract with Aksa’ over Turkey cable delays
The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek has the right to cancel its 15-year procurement contract with Turkish energy company Aksa over contract breaches with regard to the planned subsea electricity ...
Ronaldinho lands in northern Cyprus
Two-time Fifa world footballer of the year Ronaldinho landed at northern Cyprus’ Ercan (Tymbou) airport on Thursday night.
Ronaldinho was pictured making his way through the airport’s arrivals hall ...
Man arrested for taking money to illegally take migrants to north
A man was arrested after taking a total of €2,000 on the promise that he would help illegally transport migrants from the Republic to the north.
He was summoned by the ...
‘100 people’ living in squalor in Morphou report being trafficked to north police
A total of 100 people who were revealed to have been living in squalor in a camp near Morphou filed reports to the Turkish Cypriot police that they had been trafficked, ...
North ‘paid Republic $2m for electricity’ in July
By Tom Cleaver
The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek paid the Republic’s electricity authority (EAC) a total of $2 million (€1.8m) for the supply of electricity during the month of ...
Report reveals squalid living conditions of migrant fruit pickers in north
An exposé released on Monday revealed that migrant fruit pickers in the north are living in squalid conditions in a camp near Morphou.
The report, released in newspaper Ozgur Gazete, ...
Koumis decries ‘unfair’ tourism competition from north
Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis on Monday decried what he described as “unfair competition” from the north in the tourism sector.
Questioned by Politis Radio over tour operator Tui’s ...
Arikli suggests Greek Cypriots using Turkish Cypriot property be arrested
The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Friday suggested that Greek Cypriots who use Turkish Cypriot-owned property vacated between 1963 and 1974 be arrested should they set foot in the north, ...
Tui denies ending day trips to north
Tour operator Tui on Friday denied reports that it had struck a deal with the Republic of Cyprus to stop providing day trips for its holidaymakers in Cyprus to the ...
Greens call for tough action against exploitation of properties in north
The Greens on Thursday called on the government to do more to prosecute those dealing in Greek Cypriot properties in the north, releasing a long list of suspects and suspected ...
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Turkish soldier dead, 11 more injured, after military vehicle crash
A Turkish soldier died and 11 more were injured on Thursday after a military vehicle overturned near Morphou.
The vehicle was travelling towards Morphou from the village of Argaki.
According to ...
Justice pledge for Turkish Cypriots killed in Turkish earthquake
Those held responsible for the deaths of 35 Cypriots when the Isias hotel in the Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed during last year’s earthquakes “will get the punishment they deserve”, ...
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Retaliation threatened in north over Tui ‘deal’ with Republic
The Cyprus government and the Turkish Cypriot leadership are in a furious row over a decision by tour operator Tui to stop daytrips to the north, with leader Ersin Tatar ...
Five fined for dumping raw sewage at Famagusta tip
The Turkish Cypriot Famagusta municipality on Wednesday announced it had issued a total of five fines for drivers of sewage tankers which had been caught dumping raw sewage at the ...
Generator fuel to arrive in north as power station repairs continue
A shipment of 12,000 tonnes of diesel is expected to arrive in the north on Wednesday to power the Teknecik power station, as repair work continues on its broken and dysfunctional ...
Georgian woman arrested in north after Interpol warrant
A Georgian woman was arrested in the north, after it was found she was wanted by Interpol, the Turkish Cypriot press have reported.
The woman, Shehriban Toptal, is wanted for ...
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Two would-be hitmen arrested in Kyrenia
Police in Kyrenia arrested two would-be hitmen on Wednesday night, with the pair having allegedly travelled to the north to kill a “businessman”.
Police officer Cemal Sanlier explained in court ...
Greek Cypriot ‘caravan thief’ in intensive care in north
The Greek Cypriot man who was arrested on suspicion of having stolen two caravans in the north was admitted to intensive care after falling ill, it was revealed on Thursday.
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Union leader arrested, then released, on night of drama at north’s power station
Ahmet Tugcu, the leader of the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s employees’ trade union El-Sen, was arrested on Thursday night as chaos ensued over late-night attempts to fix faulty ...
Almost 1,400 applications for north’s migration amnesty so far
There have been almost 1,400 applications for the north’s “migration amnesty” so far, the north’s ‘labour minister’ Sadik Gardiyanoglu said on Thursday.
Speaking to Gunes Web TV, he said ...
Registration at north’s unis down by 11 per cent
The number of new students being registered at the north’s universities this academic year is 11 per cent lower than last year, it was revealed on Tuesday.
A total of 12,180 ...
Tacoy cries foul over voter registrations for UBP leadership
Turkish Cypriot politician Hasan Tacoy on Tuesday cried foul over the processes of voter registration for the leadership election taking place within his party and the north’s largest party ...
University shareholder in north back in court over fake diploma scandal
Serdal Gunduz, the 30-per-cent shareholder and secretary-general of the now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou, who stands accused of 98 charges of fraud, falsifying documents, money laundering, ...