TC leadership condemns Limassol mosque attack
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu both condemned the attack on the Koprulu Haci Ibrahim Aga Mosque in Limassol on Saturday.
Tatar described ...
Polarisation efforts go against majority’s will for reunification, president says (updated)
Those who seek to create tension and a negative climate do not reflect the desire of the overwhelming majority of Greek and Turkish Cypriots to reunite the island, President Nikos ...
Arson attack at Limassol mosque
Arsonists targeted a Limassol mosque early on Saturday, only hours after Muslims had gathered there to pray.
Police said an unknown person approached the Jedit Mosque located in the old ...
School and mosque renovated in Kokkina
Efforts to restore the Turkish Cypriot primary school and mosque in the village of Kokkina have been completed, the Turkish Cypriot foundations administration (Evkaf) and the ‘TRNC Security forces command’ ...
Access to religious sites on both sides could improve says State Department
Access to religious sites should continue to be discussed by officials on both sides of the divide, a US state department report on the island said on Tuesday.
It underlined ...
Renovation of Maroni mosque completed
The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage in Cyprus has completed the renovation works on the mosque in the village of Maroni, in the district of Larnaca, a project which Jakhongir ...
Religious affairs head says controversial seminar was not his idea
Following the uproar caused by his misogynistic statements regarding the role of women in modern society the ‘head of religious affairs’ in the north Ahmet Unsal said that the controversial ...
Groups raise issue of Islamification in the north
Islamic organisations are attempting to proselytise in north seeking the Islamification of the Turkish Cypriot community, reports said on Wednesday, pointing to some organisations that have been approaching minors to ...
Oman donates €1m to renovate mosque
Oman will donate €1 million to the renovation works at the Kebir mosque in Limassol, the public works department said on Tuesday.
According to the department, the renovations will cost approximately €1,088,755 ...
Conservation works completed at Orounda mosque
Conservation works on a mosque in Orounda have been completed by the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, the committee announced on Wednesday.
The works were completed through a project funded ...
Children in north enticed to pray with promise of free bicycle
Children in the north are being enticed to pray at the mosque twice a day as part of a religious summer school with the promise of a free bicycle, it ...
Government slams ‘brainless’ hooligans who defaced mosque
The government on Thursday strongly condemned the actions of “some brainless people” who smeared the mosque in Episkopi with ‘patriotic’ graffiti referring to the 1821 revolution, and drawings of Greek flags.
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Coronavirus: Larnaca Municipality 2020 revenue takes €5.5m hit
Larnaca Municipality saw 2020 revenue drop by €5.5m because of the coronavirus pandemic, mayor Andreas Vyras told the Cyprus News Agency on Tuesday.
The municipality had budgeted for revenue of €23.8m ...