North’s electricity woes continue into third day
Sporadic power cuts across the north continued into a third day on Sunday after an explosion at a substation on Friday had caused the entire grid to collapse.
The north’...
All of north’s electricity goes out after substation explosion
All of the north’s electricity went out on Friday morning after an explosion at a substation caused the grid to completely collapse.
The explosion occurred at around 5am at ...
Talat on arrests of Greek Cypriots: I’ve only seen three-month remands for murders
Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, who served in post between 2005 and 2010, on Tuesday expressed surprise at the ongoing detention of five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the ...
‘No tolerance for arbitrary detentions’, Metsola’s spokesman says
There can be “no tolerance for arbitrary detentions”, European parliament president Roberta Metsola’s spokesman Juri Laas said on Monday in response to the arrest and continued remand of five ...
Greek Cypriots arrested in north to remain in custody for 13 more days
The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on suspicion of espionage in the north last month in the early hours of Saturday morning learned that they will remain in custody ...
Arrested Greek Cypriots in north spend more than ten hours in military court
The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on suspicion of espionage in the north last month spent more than ten hours in a military court in northern Nicosia on Friday.
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Greek Cypriots arrested in north remanded for three more months
Two of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested near the village of Galatia, near Trikomo, on suspicion of espionage, were all remanded in custody for a further three months ...
Israeli murder suspect arrested in north
A 36-year-old Israeli man appeared in court in Kyrenia on Thursday after having been arrested the previous day following an Interpol red notice in his name, after he was accused ...
Turkish Cypriot elections
Energy firm furious over ‘fake’ Turkish Cypriot election poll
Turkish energy company Aksa reacted with fury over reports that it had financed a Turkish Cypriot leadership election poll which showed opposition candidate Tufan Erhurman to hold a 14-per-cent lead ...
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 ...