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People born in the north to one Cypriot parent and one non-Cypriot parent on Monday took to the streets to demand that they be given citizenship of the Republic of ...

Wednesday’s parliamentary session on controversial protest legislation abruptly ended after too few MPs turned up to begin the debate. A key discussion on a bill to replace Cyprus’ current ...

Every time a bill aimed at promoting law and order and helping the police do their job, is discussed, either in public or at the legislature, there will be some ...

We talked to Louis Allan, a Cypriot on a six-day hunger strike (from May 5-10) to protest the blockade and famine in Gaza, who’s also going to be perched ...

Activist Louis Allan has announced the launch of a ‘hunger strike’ and tree sit-in protest aiming to draw attention to the ongoing ‘siege conditions’ in Palestine with the strike set ...

A couple of hundred people gathered at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point in western Nicosia on Saturday morning to protest against the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to ...

For the third time since April 8, thousands of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets to protest against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs ...

Dozens of people gathered outside the presidential palace in Nicosia on Friday evening to protest against the president’s upcoming trip to Israel and his scheduled meeting with Israeli Prime ...

The north’s ruling coalition on Friday morning took measures to order the postponement of strikes in essential services as Turkish Cypriot workers began a day-long general strike on Friday. ...

Trikomo on Monday night became the fifth town in the north to host a protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at ...

The final day of the second week of protests in the north against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools saw ...

There were fires lit and dancing on the street as Morphou became the fourth town to hold a protest against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the ...

Fires were lit in Famagusta on Wednesday evening on the eighth consecutive weekday of protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday lit a fire outside Kyrenia town hall as nightly protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to ...

The village of Elia, near Lefka, on Saturday night lit its own fire in protest against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by ...

The first week of nightly protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools drew to a close on ...

Fires were lit outside the north’s ‘parliament’ for a fourth day in a row on Thursday in protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘education minister’ Ahmet Derya took to the stage outside the north’s ‘parliament’ to condemn the incumbent ruling coalition as fires were lit for the third day ...

The latest hearing in the case against 22 Turkish Cypriot teachers who stand accused of “battering” police officers during a protest in 2022 took place in northern Nicosia on Wednesday. Little progress ...

The north’s ruling coalition was described as “Ankara’s parrot” by one speaker as fires were lit outside ‘parliament’ for the second day in a row in protest against ...

An estimated 2,000 Turkish Cypriots gathered outside the north’s ‘parliament’ on Monday evening for the first of the planned nightly lighting of fires to protest against the ruling coalition’s ...

Around 300 people on Wednesday evening joined a march to the Turkish embassy in northern Nicosia organised by the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli to show “respect to the motherland”, ...

An estimated 13,000 Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of northern Nicosia on Tuesday evening to protest against the ruling coalition’s attempts to legalise the wearing of hijabs and other ...

An odd coincidence took place last week. First came the controversy around a government bill on the right to protest – the proposed ‘Public Gatherings and Parades Law of 2025’, essentially seeking ...