Greek Cypriots arrested in the north face new charges
All five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month now face charges of privacy violations, trespassing, and breaching the peace, after appearing at the Trikomo district court ...
SBA police release Greek Cypriot man who says he crossed into north by accident
Police in the Dhekelia British bases have released from custody the 32-year-old Greek Cypriot man who claims he accidentally crossed into the north near Strovilia before fleeing back into SBA ...
EU concerned over ‘attempts to undermine freedom of expression’ in northern Cyprus
European Commission executive vice president for cohesion Raffaele Fito on Wednesday said the European Union “views with concern attempts to undermine freedom of expression and media pluralism in the Turkish ...
North reacts to EU criticism of ‘so-called judicial system’
Oguzhan Hasipoglu, the secretary-general of the north’s largest political party, the UBP, on Tuesday night said he and his party “strongly reject” a European Commission’s spokesman’s comments ...
Cyprus welcomes UK trade envoy’s resignation over north visit
The Cyprus foreign ministry on Saturday welcomed the resignation of the UK trade envoy to Turkey Afzal Khan after his recent visit to unrecognised northern Cyprus, saying it sent a ...
Turkish Cypriot diagnosed with mad cow disease
A Turkish Cypriot has been diagnosed with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, commonly known as mad cow disease, prompting the north’s veterinarians’ association to demand “urgent biosecurity measures”.
People can contract ...
North accuses Republic of ‘misleading the public’ over arrests of Greek Cypriots
The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Thursday night accused the Republic of Cyprus of intending to “mislead the public” in its reaction to the arrest of five Greek Cypriots in ...
Greek Cypriots arrested in north to remain in custody another week
The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month were remanded for another seven days on Thursday and will likely enter pleas on August 21.
All five briefly ...
Striking workers break into bank’s headquarters in north
Employees of the north’s Koop Bank and its subsidiaries who went on strike after not being paid their salaries for the month of July on Tuesday broke into the ...
Ustel goes on attack over north power cuts
The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Sunday evening levelled criticism at political opposition and the Republic of Cyprus as the north suffered a third day of power cuts ...
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 ...