Leaders’ meeting ends without joint statement
President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday ended with no joint statement, with the pair going their separate ways following around an hour and a ...
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Final decision not yet made in Kalogeropoulos murder case
The final decision regarding the apportion of responsibility among four men found guilty of involvement in the murder of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos was on Wednesday delayed until next month.
The four, ...
Three in north test positive for West Nile virus
Three people in the north have tested positive for West Nile virus, the Turkish Cypriot ‘health ministry’ said on Tuesday, with seven confirmed cases already having been detected in the ...
Funeral held for woman murdered by ex-husband
The funeral of Saliha Ozkol, who was murdered by her ex-husband on Monday, was held on Tuesday afternoon in Ayios Georgios, near Trikomo, where she lived.
It was attended by ...
Cyprus, Egypt, Greece declare intention to ‘uphold regional security’
President Nikos Christodoulides, his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday declared their joint intention to “uphold security and stability in the region” after ...
Landfill fire in north ‘may go on for weeks’
The fire at the landfill site near the Kyrenia village of Koutsoventis may continue to burn for weeks, bicommunal technical committee on the environment co-chairman Michalis Loizides said on Tuesday, ...
Ustel, Yilmaz discuss ‘next steps’ of Kyrenia ferry disaster salvage operation
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Tuesday discussed the “next steps” to be taken regarding the salvage operation of the passenger ferry that ...
Christodoulides: I truly believe that Erhurman also wants a solution
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said that he “truly believes” both that a solution to the Cyprus problem is possible, and that his interlocutor, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, also ...
Christodoulides, Sisi meet in El Alamein
President Nikos Christodoulides and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met in the Egyptian Mediterranean coastal city of El Alamein on Tuesday morning, ahead of a trilateral meeting the pair ...
Burnham tells Christodoulides of ‘UK’s intention to get closer to EU’
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Monday told Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides that his country intends to “get closer” to the European Union, six and a half years after leaving ...
Erdogan says nine ships, 11 aircraft continuing search for Kyrenia ferry missing
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said that a total of nine ships and 11 aircraft are participating in efforts to recover the bodies of the 14 people who remain unaccounted ...
Christodoulides ready to meet Erhurman ‘every day’ until UN general assembly
President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday said that he would be ready to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman “every day” between now and when both leaders are set to travel ...
House committee ‘approves €590k budget for new presidential car’
The House finance committee on Monday approved the government’s request that €590,000 be allocated for the purchase of a new armoured presidential limousine, according to reports.
Both newspaper Phileleftheros and ...
Woman stabbed to death by ex-husband near Trikomo
A 61-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her 71-year-old ex-husband in the village of Ayios Georgios, near Trikomo, on Monday morning.
The woman, named as Saliha Ozkol, was, according ...
Suicide teen said father ‘beats everyone, and my mother, and me’
Stylianos Constantinou, the 15-year-old boy who ended his life by suicide in 2019, had told his first-grade teacher that his father “beats everyone, and my mother, and the sheep, and me”, ...
Strongylos missing case differs as ‘victims were kidnapped by Cypriots’
The case of the kidnapping of two men from the village of Strongylos in August 1974, over which the Supreme Court last week awarded the surviving family of the missing men €100,000, “...
Fourteenth body recovered from Kyrenia ferry wreck
A fourteenth body has been recovered from the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Sunday.
He said ...
No more bodies recovered from Kyrenia ferry wreck, authorities pursuing ‘new methods’
No bodies could be recovered from the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia last week, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Sunday, promising ...
One remains in hospital after Kyrenia ferry disaster
A single person remains in hospital six days after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Kyrenia, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Sunday, confirming that 131 of ...
Thirteenth body recovered from Kyrenia ferry wreck
A thirteenth body has been recovered from the wreck of a passenger ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia last week, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on ...
School bus fares set at €5 per month, €30 for whole school year
Children’s school bus fares have been set at €5 per month or €30 for the whole school year, the transport ministry said on Friday night, while also announcing that children belonging ...
Two more bodies from Kyrenia ferry wreck identified, death toll remains at 12
The two bodies which were recovered on Friday from the wreck of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia were identified as Serife Ozdemir and Nazmiye Ozbolat, Turkish ...
Berova named north’s acting ‘transport minister’, three top officials sacked
Ozdemir Berova was on Friday named Turkish Cypriot acting ‘transport minister’, temporarily replacing the dismissed Erhan Arikli, while three top officials from inside the same ‘ministry’ were also relieved of ...
Cyprus hoping for Schengen decision ‘as soon as possible’
The government is hoping for a political decision to be made on whether it will be able to join Europe’s border-free Schengen zone “as soon as possible”, President Nikos ...