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The recent slew of bot attacks on social media accounts belonging to journalists and news outlets in Cyprus has “a famous perpetrator”, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP representative Sami ...

The amount of goods sold southwards over the Green Line fell by over €1 million last year compared to 2024, according to statistics published on Tuesday by the Turkish Cypriot chamber of ...

The situation in the UN-controlled buffer zone near the bicommunal village of Pyla remains tense, with an increased presence of peacekeeping forces and continued monitoring by authorities on the ground. ...

More than three quarters of Turkish Cypriots support a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, according to the results of a poll which were published on Tuesday. The poll was ...

Action will be taken after numerous journalists, news outlets and politicians complained that they had fallen victim to “cyber-attacks” in recent days, Turkish Cypriot telecommunications department chairman Tayfun Aydinli promised ...

The foreign ministry outright rejected on Tuesday what it described as misleading statements from the Turkish government suggesting regional ambitions. In a statement posted on X, the ministry stressed that ...

British Cypriot singer Isin Karaca said she was denied entry to Greece and deported from Athens airport after having attempted to go on holiday to the country. She posted a ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz claimed on Friday that Greek Cypriots are not sincere in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, reiterating Ankara’s support for a two-state solution. Speaking ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Thursday evening put pen to paper on the latest annual financial protocol which sets out the coming ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel travelled to Ankara on Thursday with a view to signing this year’s annual financial protocol with the Republic of Turkey, having had his ...

The decree issued by the north’s ruling coalition which froze payments of the cost-of-living allowance to public sector workers until next year at the earliest was withdrawn on Wednesday, ...

Turkey is determined to protect the security of the north and the rights of the Turkish Cypriot people, Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler said, criticising the build up of EU ...

The Turkish government is to provide 25 billion TL (€486m) worth of funds to northern Cyprus as part of the latest annual financial protocol it is to sign with the Turkish ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Friday moved to play down the seriousness of the throwing of rocks and explosives across the buffer zone at Turkish Cypriots earlier in the week, ...

Rocks were thrown across the buffer zone at Turkish Cypriots in Nicosia on Wednesday, with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman keen to point out that the incident took place on ...

The Nicosia district court has annulled the failure of the interior ministry to act upon a citizenship application concerning a child of a Turkish Cypriot mother and Turkish father, finding ...

Turkish Cypriots on Monday embarked on a general strike over the north’s ruling coalition’s plans regarding the cost-of-living allowance, with thousands of people marching from various points in ...

The need for coordinated action with the Turkish Cypriot community to contain foot and mouth disease was raised on Tuesday during a meeting of the House agriculture committee, as officials ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’, Unal Ustel, accused the Republic of Cyprus on Monday of exploiting tensions from the US-Israeli conflict to strengthen defence partnerships. Speaking at an iftar event ...

A total of 37 Turkish Cypriots who had found themselves stranded in Dubai upon the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East at the weekend returned to the island via Larnaca ...

Serious allegations of corruption and money laundering involving the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and his son surfaced on Tuesday, placing renewed pressure on an administration already facing multiple ...

Turkish Cypriots employed at the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) called off a planned strike on Monday, after receiving their back pay at the last minute. The 50 employees ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s office has launched a Greek-language website and social media accounts. The website’s launch coincided with Erhurman’s first meeting with United Nations Secretary-General ...

A total of 837 Turkish Cypriots are registered to vote in May’s parliamentary election, interior ministry permanent secretary Elikkos Elia said on Saturday. That figure is an increase of three ...