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Turkish Cypriot halloumi producers should be able to export their product to the standards of the protected designation of origin (PDO) by June, the European Commission’s Cyprus Settlement Support ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar met with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on Monday. The meeting took place during an official visit by Tatar to Kyrgyzstan, in which he also gave ...

Many families are surviving on less than the hunger threshold of €557 a month A growing number of Turkish Cypriots live below the poverty threshold, while the income inequality between the ...

The north’s ‘state’ budget for 2024 passed through the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee stage on Friday evening with the votes of the majority of the committee’s members. The budget foresees ...

The Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in Famagusta apologised to a student after erroneously opening disciplinary proceedings for a student for “kissing his girlfriend” on Friday. The university’s rector’s ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said in an interview released on Monday that the north’s official population is 410,000. Tatar was speaking to website My Kibris during his trip to ...

Residents of the village of Mora reacted angrily to news that the north’s ‘government’ is planning to open a new detention centre for migrants in the village. The ‘government’ ...

The trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces ten years in prison for “insulting” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was postponed for the third time on Monday. The ...

The UBP, the largest political party in the north, is set to hold its next party conference in September. The move was announced on Saturday by party leader and ‘prime ...

Demolition work began on Saturday at Kythrea’s health centre, after the building was deemed unsafe during earthquake proofing checks. Speaking at the commencement of demolition works, the north’s ‘...

A Greek Cypriot woman appeared in court in the north on Saturday, accused of robbing the Erulku supermarket in Neo Chorio. According to the Turkish Cypriot police, the woman entered ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci has reacted furiously after the north’s ‘labour ministry’ removed the Istanbul convention from northern Nicosia’s violence against women protocol. The Istanbul convention ...

Serdar Denktash, the son of late Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktash, said on Thursday that the north’s ‘government’ “has not done one good thing” during its time in office. “...

There has been a total of 831 complaints of violence against women in the north so far this year, according to the Turkish Cypriot police’s Violence against Women Intervention branch. ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Wednesday after attempting to smuggle two people to the Republic. He had been arrested on Tuesday while driving between Nicosia and ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday he will “raise the issue” of Israelis buying property in the north with the Turkish Cypriot authorities. Fidan was quizzed by the ...

The north’s ‘energy minister’ Olgun Amcaoglu caused a stir on Monday at the ‘parliamentary’ debate regarding his ‘minstry’s’ budget after he told an ‘MP’ who asked him a ...

The European Union’s One Stop Shop for Green Line trade commenced its operations on Monday. The One Stop Shop, which is located on Deligiorgi Street in Nicosia, aims to ...

The families of the 24 Cypriot children killed when the Isias hotel in Adiyaman, Turkey, collapsed, have demanded those held criminally responsible for the deaths be charged with intentionally killing all 24 ...

Turkish officials on Wednesday issued statements celebrating the 40th anniversary of the declaration of the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)’. Among the officials attending the celebrations in the north ...

The annual budgets for the ‘prime minister’s’ office and public broadcaster BRT passed through the committee stage of the north’s ‘parliament’ on Friday evening. The pair of committee ...

Friday prayers in the north are to be dedicated to the people of Palestine, following an announcement from the Religious Affairs Directorate. “The days we are going through will take ...

Some schools in the north receive just 0.12 toilet rolls per pupil per year from the ‘education ministry’, according to Cyprus Turkish Teachers’ Union (Ktos) General Secretary Burak Mavish. Speaking to ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar met with Pakistani Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar on Wednesday. The pair met on the sidelines of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO)’s summit ...