Turkish Cypriots pay tribute to Asil Nadir
High-profile figures within the Turkish Cypriot community on Monday issued statements remembering the life of businessman Asil Nadir, who died on Sunday night at the age of 83.
Turkish Cypriot leader ...
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Enlarged Cyprus problem meeting to go ahead in Geneva next month
An enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, involving both the island’s communities as well as all three guarantor powers and the United Nations, will go ahead in the Swiss ...
Asil Nadir dead at 83
Controversial Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir died on Sunday night at the age of 83.
Nadir rose to prominence in the United Kingdom when he transformed textile company Polly Peck into ...
17,000 Russians apply for consular service at north office
A total of 17,000 Russian nationals have applied for consular services at the office in northern Nicosia which provides those services, the country’s ambassador in Nicosia Murat Zyazikov said on ...
Fury in north as union demands more religion in schools
Trade unions and political parties in the north have reacted with fury after the Cyprus Turkish educators’ union (Kibtes) sent a six-page report to Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz demanding ...
Unions to study govt proposal for new teacher evaluation system
Teachers’ trade unions are to study the government’s proposal for a new system of evaluating teachers, they said on Saturday.
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou had unveiled the proposal on ...
Hosting Eurobasket ‘an investment in Cypriot sport’
Hosting this year’s Eurobasket is an “investment in Cypriot sport”, President Nikos Christodoulides said,
Speaking to Greek sports website Sport24, he spoke of his love for basketball and the ...
Christodoulides ‘intensifying pressure’ on Turkey over missing persons
President Nikos Christodoulides is “intensifying pressure” on Turkey on the issue of Cyprus’ missing persons, the government’s humanitarian affairs director Anna Aristotelous said on Saturday.
Addressing a meeting of ...
Police investigating attempted murder of dog walker in Limassol
The police on Saturday said they are investigating what they believe to be an attempted murder carried out in the Limassol district village of Souni the previous day.
The incident ...
Chance of a major earthquake in Aegean ‘remote’, professor says
The chance of a major earthquake hitting in the Aegean sea at present is “remote”, professor Emmanuel Scordilis of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki said on Saturday.
Speaking to the ...
‘Foreign language uni programmes will undermine Pancyprian exams’
The introduction of undergraduate programmes in foreign languages at Cyprus’ public universities will “undermine” the Pancyprian examinations, unions said on Friday.
Teachers’ unions Oelmek and Oltek, the secondary school parents’ ...
Cyprus signs statement of support for International Criminal Court
Cyprus was on Friday one of 79 United Nations member states to sign a joint statement expressing their support for the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The statement was issued the day ...
Cyprus to introduce landfill tax
Cyprus is to impose a “landfill tax” on its local authorities, charging them money to dispose of waste at landfill sites, the environment department said on Friday.
Following a study ...
Man dead after motorway crash
A 62-year-old man died on Friday afternoon after being involved in a traffic accident on the motorway between Limassol and Paphos, near the Paphos district village of Koloni.
Paphos police’...
European Council presidency ‘an opportunity for Cyprus to leave its mark’
Cyprus’ forthcoming term as the holder of the European Council’s rotating presidency in the first half of next year is “a unique opportunity for our country to leave its ...
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North ‘MP’s’ son arrested over central bank tender document forgery
Ugur Tosunoglu, the son of Turkish Cypriot independent ‘MP’ Hasan Tosunoglu, was arrested in the north in connection with an ongoing investigation into the forging of documents to win a ...
USS The Sullivans returns to Cyprus
The United States navy’s guided missile destroyer the USS The Sullivans returned to Larnaca for the second time in two months on Friday, the country’s ambassador in Nicosia ...
Turkish Cypriots mark two years since deadly earthquakes
Turkish Cypriots on Thursday commemorated the second anniversary of the two devastating earthquakes which hit southeastern Turkey in 2023.
A total of 49 Cypriots were among the more than 50,000 people recorded dead ...
Asil Nadir not dead, doctors say
Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir is not yet dead, doctors said on Thursday, after widespread reports to the contrary.
Northern Nicosia’s Kolan Hospital’s chief physician Celal Bolukbasi said ...
Suspect points finger at north ‘MPs’ in fake diploma scandal hearing
Serdal Gunduz, the secretary-general and 30-per-cent shareholder of Morphou’s Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU), on Wednesday pointed the finger at ‘MPs’ from the north’s largest party ...
Limassol school board questioned on installation of padel courts
Limassol’s school board was on Wednesday questioned over its installation of padel courts at schools by the House education committee.
The padel courts are operated by private firms, with ...
Limnes migrant centre ‘to be complete by end of year’
The new migrant centre in Limnes, near the Larnaca district village of Menoyia, is to be completed by the end of the year, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Wednesday.
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Man arrested for forging documents to win tender for new north central bank building
Huseyin Tufekci, the director of Turkish Cypriot construction company the Tufekci Group, was arrested on Wednesday, accused of forging documents to win a tender for the construction of the north’...
Cabinet approves free bus travel for owners of immobilised cars
Cabinet on Wednesday approved the provision of free bus travel for people whose vehicles have been immobilised as part of government decrees related to faulty airbags and other faults on ...