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The Cyprus Olympic Committee (COC) is set to escalate efforts at the international level for the release of four members of the Keravnos Strovolou sports club, who remain detained by ...

The ‘pre-election restrictions’ came into effect in the north on Sunday, officially marking the beginning of the process ahead of the upcoming ‘elections’, scheduled to take place on October 19. According ...

The strike called on by employees of the north’s Koop Bank and its subsidiaries last week was brought to an end on Friday as a deal was struck by ...

The continued unlawful detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north constitutes a flagrant breach of fundamental legal principles and human rights, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis told the Cyprus News ...

Turkish Cypriot authorities in the north are moving ahead with procedures to reunite 13-year-old Syrian boy Majed Alashtar – who had disappeared from a shelter in Nicosia last week – with his ...

Significant human rights issues, including cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, persisted in the Republic of Cyprus in 2024, according to a US State Department report released on Wednesday. While ...

The amount of water being consumed in the north is already reaching levels which were not expected until 2043, ‘agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus said on Wednesday. “We used 44 million cubic metres ...

The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s general manager Dalman Aydin on Wednesday promised that the power cuts which have been plaguing the north since an explosion at a substation ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Wednesday issued a call for information regarding Greek Cypriots who went missing during the intercommunal conflict which broke out on the island in the 1960s ...

The continuous power cuts faced by the north after an explosion at a substation on Friday “would have been more widespread” were it not for the Republic stepping in to ...

The Turkish Cypriot Kyrenia municipality on Thursday said there was “no evidence of vandalism” found at the historic Saint Phanourios cave. A spokesperson for the municipality told the Cyprus Mail ...

A former Turkish Cypriot unionist on Monday rejected claims linking him to the controversial sale of Greek Cypriot land in the north, describing the reports as “false, insulting and defamatory”. ...

Lawsuits were threatened in the north over the weekend over an alleged “campaign aimed at discrediting” a man who stood as a defence witness in the case of the five ...

The Cypriot government has strongly condemned the ongoing detention of five Greek Cypriots by the Turkish Cypriot authorities in the north of the island. In a written statement, the director ...

Cyprus Turkish bar association head Hasan Esendagli on Friday said the arrest of five Greek Cypriots in the north on suspicion of espionage is “not something we, as legal professionals, ...

The two Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ who sit as independents have endorsed opposition candidate Tufan Erhurman’s candidacy for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leader. Aysegul Baybars and Jale Refik Rogers, ...

A wildfire which broke out between the Kyrenia district villages of Ayios Amvrosios and Charkeia on Friday has been brought under control. Turkish Cypriot Ayios Epiktitos and Ayios Amvrosios mayor ...

The planned electricity cable which will link Turkey and the north “will not compete” with the Great Sea Interconnector project, which is planned to link Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, energy ...

Serdar Denktash, the son of late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, announced the creation of a new political party, which he has named the ‘Tam Party’. ‘Tam’ is an acronym ...

Turkish Cypriot media on Sunday reported that the five Greek Cypriots “arrested” in the north on Saturday were allegedly found in possession of property deeds, maps, and records naming directors ...

The Foreign Ministry is in contact with the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) regarding the reported detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Theodoros Gotsis ...

A man who was arrested in the north for having allegedly driven into the Republic illegally near the village of Louroujina appeared in court again on Tuesday. Having been remanded ...

Veteran Turkish Cypriot journalist Sener Levent on Friday promised to “never surrender” after announcing that he had been summoned to present himself to the Ankara chief public prosecutor’s office ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has warned of “arrogant behaviour” that has brought the world to the brink of a third world war, while comparing what he called “South Cyprus” ...