North’s largest party to be absent from New York amid rumours of rift with Tatar
The UBP, the north’s largest political party, will not send a delegation to this week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in New York, amid rumours of a ...
Journalists’ union calls for support for Turkish Cypriot journalist
The Cyprus journalists’ union (ESK) urged the government on Thursday to support Turkish Cypriot journalist Sener Levent and denounce Turkey for imposing a prison sentence on him.
“ESK has consistently ...
North’s population ‘590,000 excluding students and soldiers’
The north’s population is 590,000, excluding foreign students and Turkish soldiers, ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Tuesday night.
Speaking to Diyalog TV, he said the ruling coalition is working ...
North signs agreement to cap air ticket prices
The Turkish Cypriot authorities on Monday announced that an agreement has been struck with both Turkish Airlines and subsidiary AJet to cap air ticket prices to and from the north ...
One in three tourists lost to north, Airbnb
One in three tourists arriving in Cyprus stay overnight in the north or opt for Airbnb – licensed or not, Pasyxe chairman Thanos Michaelides told the hotel owners’ association general meeting ...
North court blocks construction of marina in Lapithos
The north’s supreme administrative court on Friday ruled to cancel the tender which had been put out for the construction of a new marina worth €300 million in the Kyrenia ...
Staff shortages force Turkish takeover of north’s air traffic control
Staff shortages at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport forced control over airspace over northern Cyprus to be temporarily transferred to Turkey, the north’s air traffic controllers’ trade union ...
Tatar calls Israel’s Sa’ar ‘impudent and hostile’ over Erdogan and Cyprus comments
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday described Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar’s comments on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Cyprus problem as “deliberate, impudent, and ...
Tatar says opposition ‘turned their backs on unity’ over ‘parliament’ address
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said opposition politicians had “turned their backs on unity” in their disapproval of his behind-closed-doors address to the north’s ‘parliament’ the previous ...
Property arrests ‘a lifebuoy’ for Tatar’s election prospects
The recent arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north are a “lifebuoy” for Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s ...
Iran-Israel
North ‘MP’ in Iran during missile strikes crosses border into Turkey
A Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ who had been in Iran when Israeli missile strikes on the country began has made it safely into Turkey after travelling over land into the country.
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Property issue ‘a legal weapon which can be used’
Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north and the construction of buildings on it without the original owners’ consent is “a legal weapon which can be used”, Green party leader Stavros ...
Case against teachers accused of ‘battering’ north’s police adjourned until October
The case against 22 Turkish Cypriot teachers who stand accused of “battering” police officers during a protest in 2022 was on Wednesday adjourned until October 1.
Wednesday’s hearing was the 12th thus ...
North ‘minister’ promises 28,000 new jobs with casino law change
The north’s ‘economy minister’ Olgun Amcaoglu on Thursday evening promised that “at least 28,000 new jobs” will be created as a result of the decision to relax laws relating to ...
North relaxes casino laws after day of wrangling
The north’s ‘parliament’ voted in the early hours of Tuesday morning to relax its laws relating to the operation of casinos, following a full day of arguments over the ...
Turkish Cypriot elections
Tatar kicks off re-election campaign
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar formally kicked off his campaign to win re-election on Monday evening, bringing together the three political parties which have endorsed his campaign for his first ...
North opens new migration management centre
A new migration management centre was opened in the north on Thursday, with the aim of allowing the Turkish Cypriot authorities to better manage the phenomenon of irregular migration.
In ...
Trial of journalist Kismir adjourned until October
The trial of journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was on Thursday adjourned until October.
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North ‘ministers’ blame each other for school bus crash
The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli and ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Monday blamed each other for the overturning of a school bus in the Karpas peninsula village of ...
Second political party endorses Tatar for re-election
A second political party in the north, ruling coalition party the YDP, on Friday endorsed incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to be re-elected to the role when elections are ...
Court case over north hijab law adjourned until June
Turkish Cypriot teachers’ legal challenge to have the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs at public schools declared unlawful was adjourned until June 12 on ...
Turkish Cypriots protest over school bus crash, demand ‘education minister’s’ resignation
Turkish Cypriots demonstrated outside the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office on Wednesday night against the ruling coalition’s alleged negligence on the matter of school transport in ...
North journalists charged with trespassing after reporting on school crisis
Two journalists in the north were charged with trespassing after reporting on an incident in which teachers were locked out of a school amid souring relations between the ruling coalition ...
North police board bus headed for protest, prevent it from going
The Turkish Cypriot police on Wednesday boarded a bus which was due to take schoolchildren to a protest outside the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office and prevented ...