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A record high number of passengers used the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport in 2024, the airport’s holding company T&T announced on Thursday.  In total, exactly 4,842,134 passengers either ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Friday night passed its ‘state’ budget for 2025, with 29 votes in favour and nine votes against. The budget foresees a total of 136.28 billion TL (€3.75bn) worth ...

The radar system at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport was broken on Friday night. The north’s civil aviation department’s director Mustafa Soli confirmed that the system was ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday reaffirmed his support for a new crossing point to be opened in Mia Milia, on the eastern edge of Nicosia. Speaking after a ...

The north’s ‘government’ was on Tuesday night challenged in ‘parliament’ over its “silence” regarding the ongoing trial of Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in jail ...

Only 19 schools across the north have been renovated to become earthquake-resistant in the last 22 months, despite funds having been allocated to renovate a total of 127, opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Feliz ...

Turkish language professor Oguz Karakartal was called as a witness on Friday as the trial of Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who stands accused of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Tuesday night called for ‘parliamentary’ elections to be held “as soon as possible”. Speaking to Genc TV, he built on earlier comments ...

Three and a half years since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood inside the former Dianellos cigarette factory which has functioned as the Turkish Cypriot legislature since 1974 and promised a ...

The issue of the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s membership of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Enqa) “must be resolved” before a scheduled ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Hasan Tosunoglu on Wednesday announced that he had left his party, the ruling coalition’s DP, bringing the ruling coalition’s ‘parliamentary’ majority down to six. Tosunoglu ...

The north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s membership of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Enqa) expired on Wednesday, with Enqa confirming that they had ...

The number of people in prison in the north has fallen to 840, ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Friday night. Addressing the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee, where his ‘ministry’s’ budget ...

The north is to import 200 tonnes of potatoes on Monday or Tuesday as the price of local potatoes soars to 140TL (€3.89) per kilogram. ‘Agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus announced the planned ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition figures and trade union leaders on Friday reacted with fury after the north’s ‘government’ submitted a new bill to ‘parliament’ which would give itself new powers ...

Turkish Cypriot left-leaning political parties the CTP and the TDP traded blows on Wednesday night after the latter’s leader Zeki Celer alleged that CTP ‘MPs’ may have voted for ...

The north’s ‘state’ budget for 2025 has been forecast at 136.28 billion TL (€3.75bn) worth of ‘government’ spending, as deliberations begin in the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee this week. The committee had ...

Turkey is on Thursday to open a new military hospital in Kyrenia, with the country’s Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz set to formally open it. The hospital is being built ...

A total of 448kgs of meat smuggled from the Republic were found by local police in Famagusta on Wednesday, the town’s Turkish Cypriot municipality said. The meat, all of ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Dogus Derya was branded a “terrorist” by pro-‘government’ demonstrators on Monday night after she threw water at the man the north’s ruling ...

Opposition ‘MPs’ in the north “will not allow” Ziya Ozturkler, the man the ruling coalition declared as ‘parliament speaker’, to attend discussions over next year’s ‘state’ budget, ‘parliamentary’ finance ...

Ahmet Tugcu, the leader of the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s employees’ trade union El-Sen, on Friday announced he had filed two lawsuits against ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel over ...

Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Yasemin Ozturk broke ranks with the coalition’s stance on last month’s ‘parliament speaker’ election, declaring that the three votes which the ‘...

Bottles containing ethanol and water were kept side by side at northern Nicosia’s emergency hospital, it was heard in court on Thursday, as investigations continue into the death of ...