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Diko member of the European Parliament Costas Mavrides has called for the International Criminal Court to intervene on the Cyprus problem, accusing Turkey of “war crimes and crimes against humanity” ...

New Turkish Cypriot ‘transport minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu on Monday said that the sinking of a ferry off the coast of Kyrenia last month was “one of the greatest tragedies” Cyprus ...

A deep-sea research and survey ship, named the Optimus Prime, has arrived off the coast of Kyrenia and is expected to join efforts on Monday to recover the 14 people who ...

The Turkish Cypriot legislature voted on Thursday to change their voting system and do away with the “mixed voting”, meaning that voters will now only be able to choose candidates ...

A used car salesman in north Nicosia claims he received repeated threats and a demand for €400,000 before his business was set on fire, with two young men arrested in connection ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The funeral of Ismail Kurt, the first Cypriot confirmed to have died as a result of the sinking of a ferry off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday, was held ...

The deep-sea rescue vessel the TCG Isin arrived off the coast of Kyrenia on Tuesday morning, having been deployed to the area to search for the ferry which sank shortly ...

Nine people appeared in court on Monday after having been arrested in connection with the sinking of a passenger ferry off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday, with eight people ...

German Bundestag member Maximilian Krah, who belongs to the country’s largest opposition party, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), on Tuesday visited the north, holding a meeting with ‘parliament ...

The Turkish Cypriot authorities are to introduce an e-visa for citizens of Armenia, Nigeria, and Syria who wish to visit the north, ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel has said, bringing to ...

Elam on Monday slammed a football training camp for youths organised in the north of the island by Spanish club FC Barcelona, with the party especially outraged with the term ‘...

The transmission system operator (TSO) is on Monday evening providing electricity to the Turkish Cypriot community, assistant operations director Harry Zavallis said, with faults experienced over the weekend continuing to ...

A Greek Cypriot woman appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Monday, accused of having stolen cosmetic goods and orange juice from the Erulku hypermarket in the village of Neo ...

A 45-year-old Greek Cypriot woman arrested at the Ayios Dhometios checkpoint is due to appear before a Turkish military court in Nicosia on Thursday. The woman is being held at ...

A Lithuanian estate agent who stands accused of having “usurped” Greek Cypriot-owned property in northern Cyprus is to be extradited to the island after having been arrested in France pursuant ...

Attempts to “render Turkish Cypriots invisible” are unhelpful to efforts to bring about a solution to the Cyprus problem, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said on Friday, following political pressure ...

The Turkish Cypriot authorities have requested “concrete information” from the BBC over reports that as many as 30 children may have been conceived through in vitro fertilisation using the wrong sperm ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday moved to defend the Immovable Property Commission (IPC), with plans having been mulled in the Republic of Cyprus’ parliament in recent months for ...

The Turkish Cypriot ‘health ministry’ on Thursday called on people who believe their children have been conceived through in vitro fertilisation using the wrong sperm or egg donors at clinics ...

Serbian music company EXIT has withdrawn from the planned Nexus electronic music festival at Kyrenia Castle, Elam MEP Geadis Geadi said on Wednesday, following diplomatic and political pressure over the ...

The Turkish government and the Turkish Cypriot authorities on Wednesday described what was described as an “additional protocol” deal, which aims to iron out creases in the initial deal signed ...