Cyprus says it arrested Kurd facing prosecution for terrorism in Germany
Cyprus said on Saturday it had arrested, on the basis of a European arrest and extradition warrant, a Kurd with Turkish citizenship who faces prosecution...
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Turkish national goes after ex with a knife following Facebook block
By Lizzy Ioannidou A Turkish national was detained by a court in the north on Friday after he admitted to threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend...
Sides missed historic opportunity to resolve division, Guterres says
A historic opportunity was missed in Switzerland to settle the Cyprus problem earlier this year, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, and it would...
Lebanese kite surfer held in north
A man from Lebanon was arrested on Friday by ‘authorities’ in the north while he was kitesurfing over the Kapparis area in Famagusta. It appears...
Five arrested in migrant boat landing (Update 3)
Following a tip-off early Wednesday that a group of migrants in a boat had landed illegally in Cyprus at Pigenia near Kato Pyrgos, police rushed...
Turkish Cypriot police find burnt Gulen books in Famagusta landfill
Police in the north said on Tuesday they were carrying out investigations after they were informed by municipal workers who put out a fire at...
Anastasiades tweets Ramadan message in Turkish
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday extended his wishes for a happy Ramadan in Turkish through his Twitter account. The tweet said “a Happy Ramadan, with...
Cypriot man makes it into Europe’s newly-launched ‘Most Wanted’ list
A Cypriot man, a convicted rapist and murderer, has been included on the EU’s ‘Most Wanted’ list, launched this weekend. Among the 45 suspects currently...
Hopes high to gauge solution financing interest at Davos
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said the attendance of the two leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in Switzerland would help gauge...
Positive response to Turkish EU language move
By Andria Kades THE news that President Nicos Anastasiades was moving to make Turkish an official language of the European Union has been hailed by...
