#north cyprus

A total of 12.5 billion TL (€336 million) for the year 2025 was allocated to the north by Turkey’s president’s office as part of its annual financial programme on Wednesday. The ...

There are 436,000 vehicles registered in the north, ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Wednesday. Speaking to Kibris Postasi TV, he said around 3,000 new vehicles are being registered in the north ...

The election of Ziya Ozturkler as the north’s ‘parliament’ speaker was placed into the north’s ‘government’ gazette on Wednesday, sparking fury among opposition figures, who claim he was ...

Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Zorlu Tore declared himself the winner of the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ election shortly before midnight on Thursday after five rounds of voting ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ was in crisis on Monday night after spending all day failing to elect a ‘speaker’. The ‘speakership’ was up for re-election following the beginning of a ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Sunday, accused of assaulting two Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ who were attending a peace event in central Nicosia on Saturday. According to ...

A total of 29 kilograms of meat and 10 bags of coal were seized by the Turkish Cypriot police at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point from a car which was attempting to ...

Humanitarian aid packages were delivered to migrant workers living on 10 different sites near Morphou, the north’s Refugee Rights Association (MHD) announced on Tuesday. The MHD described the aid recipients ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s new official residence in Ayios Dhometios will be ready “by the end of the year”, Tatar said on Tuesday. Speaking after the ceremonial opening ...

An appeal filed by business owners against the north’s new minimum wage was rejected by the north’s minimum wage determination commission on Monday. The commission convened on Monday ...

Exactly 6,165 irregular migrants in the north were given amnesty by the ‘government’ as part of its latest “migration amnesty” scheme, ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Wednesday. Speaking to Kibris ...

The holding company of the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport, T&T, posted a loss of more than 1 billion TL (€29.8 million) for 2023, and as a result, did not pay ...

Two-time Fifa world footballer of the year Ronaldinho landed at northern Cyprus’ Ercan (Tymbou) airport on Thursday night. Ronaldinho was pictured making his way through the airport’s arrivals hall ...

A total of 100 people who were revealed to have been living in squalor in a camp near Morphou filed reports to the Turkish Cypriot police that they had been trafficked, ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Friday suggested that Greek Cypriots who use Turkish Cypriot-owned property vacated between 1963 and 1974 be arrested should they set foot in the north, ...

Tour operator Tui on Friday denied reports that it had struck a deal with the Republic of Cyprus to stop providing day trips for its holidaymakers in Cyprus to the ...

Police in Kyrenia arrested two would-be hitmen on Wednesday night, with the pair having allegedly travelled to the north to kill a “businessman”. Police officer Cemal Sanlier explained in court ...

The Greek Cypriot man who was arrested on suspicion of having stolen two caravans in the north was admitted to intensive care after falling ill, it was revealed on Thursday. ...

Ahmet Tugcu, the leader of the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s employees’ trade union El-Sen, was arrested on Thursday night as chaos ensued over late-night attempts to fix faulty ...

There have been almost 1,400 applications for the north’s “migration amnesty” so far, the north’s ‘labour minister’ Sadik Gardiyanoglu said on Thursday. Speaking to Gunes Web TV, he said ...

The number of new students being registered at the north’s universities this academic year is 11 per cent lower than last year, it was revealed on Tuesday. A total of 12,180 ...

Turkish Cypriot politician Hasan Tacoy on Tuesday cried foul over the processes of voter registration for the leadership election taking place within his party and the north’s largest party ...

The man who was arrested on suspicion of having stolen a caravan from the suburb of Yenikent in Kioneli is a Greek Cypriot, it emerged on Monday. The man appeared ...

Two men were arrested in Morphou after throwing stones at an army barracks on Sunday. The pair were arrested at around 1.30am on suspicion of having caused a “general disturbance” ...