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A Chinese man who was on the Interpol Red list was declared persona non grata in the north on Thursday after attempting to apply for ‘citizenship’. The man, aged 54, who ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday night that the arrest of Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat is a move on the part of the Greek Cypriot side to ...

A man appeared in court on Monday accused of stealing a lorry and driving it to the north but told the court he was “too drunk to be able to ...

Roads in the north are set to be included in Google Street View, while its profile on Google Earth and Google Maps will also be boosted. The news comes following ...

A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Karavostasi in the north on Wednesday after stabbing two men in the village’s industrial site. The incident occurred at about 9:15am, when the ...

Police on Wednesday confirmed reports of the arrest in Rome of a Turkish Cypriot lawyer over the illegal sales of Greek Cypriot properties in the north. Police spokesman Christos Andreou ...

There are a total of 996,401 registered mobile subscribers in the north, 811,183 of which are active, according to the latest statistics released by the north’s Communications authority (BTHK). The statistics ...

Workers earning the minimum wage in the north are earning less than the equivalent salary in Turkey for the first time, it appeared on Tuesday. Upon returning to work after ...

The father of one of the Cypriot children killed during February’s earthquakes was detained on arrival in Turkey on Tuesday after a case was filed against him for post ...

‘Deterioration in terms of corruption has been evident in our reports’ Multiple bribery allegations surfacing over the past week involving senior Turkish and Turkish Cypriot officials have shaken the northern ...

Turkey’s former Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Thursday he has nothing to do with bribery allegations linking him to Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who was murdered in 2022. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is embroiled in a bribery scandal affecting former Turkish vice-president and Cyprus problem adviser in Turkey Fuat Oktay, according reports on Tuesday that link Oktay ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Nikolaos Prakas Legal measures are being examined to deal with the sale of Greek Cypriot properties in the north, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday. ...

A Belgian man appeared in court in the north on Tuesday after having been arrested the previous day when he illegally crossed from the Republic. The man was found by ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli threatened on Tuesday to issue Ercan (Tymbou) airport’s operating company T&T with daily fines worth $1,000 (€914) over “deficiencies” at the new ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Tom Cleaver Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar called on Russia to recognise north and for Russian President Vladimir Putin to interact directly with it, it emerged ...

‘The opposition to Israel’s actions against Palestinians has turned into an unconscious attack on all Israelis and Jews’ Since the Hamas attack on Israel in early October and Israel’...

Residents of the Lefka district have reacted angrily after a mouflon statue in the village of Karavostasi was desecrated. Lefka Tourism Association chairman Hasan Karlitas said on Friday that the ...

Turkish Cypriot police said that a total of 74 people have been arrested so far during investigations into the “fake prescription scandal”. The scandal concerns the alleged writing of fraudulent prescriptions ...

Turkish Cypriot private radio stations owe public broadcaster BRT 10 million TL (€313,427), the corporation’s deputy transmitter coordinator Ugur Buhara said on Friday. Buhara’s statements come over warnings that private ...

The people of Karpasia have been “forgotten” by the north’s ‘health ministry’, local ‘MP’ Biray Hamzaogullari said on Thursday night. The opposition party CTP member’s intervention was part ...

There was yet another delay in the trial of Sefer Bugra Altundag on Friday, who stands accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur. The case had most ...

Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc visited the graves of the Turkish Cypriot children who were killed in February’s earthquakes on Friday. The visit to the graves was his first ...

Turkish Cypriot teachers expressed their displeasure after it emerged on Thursday that halloumi had been described as “halloumi cheese” in a school textbook. The offending textbook was the first grade ...