North signs agreement on undersea electricity cable
An agreement signed between Turkey and the north for the construction of a new two-way undersea electric cable was signed by Turkish vice president Cevdet Yilmaz and the north’s ‘...
Incompetence reigns in historic Kyrenia renovation works
Architects resign as harbour revamp months behind and contract not followed
A baffling combination of incompetence and lack of coordination and controls in the renovation and restoration project of the ...
North’s minimum wage set at 15,750TL
The north’s minimum wage determination commission met on Wednesday, adjusting its monthly minimum wage for the first time since January to a net figure of 15,750TL.
The new minimum ...
Turkish Parliament speaker visits north
Turkish Parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus visited the north on Tuesday and met with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, ‘Prime Minister’ Unal Ustel, and the north’s ‘Parliamentary’ speaker Zorlu Tore.
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TC lawyer shot in his office in Kyrenia
A 21-year old man was arrested at Ercan airport on Tuesday in connection with the shooting of Turkish Cypriot lawyer, Seyhan Yildirim in his office in Kyrenia on Tuesday morning.
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Multiple deaths in traffic accident in north (update 2)
Four people have died as a result of a head-on traffic collision which took place in the north this morning.
The incident happened at 3:40am on the road between Kyrenia ...
North’s electricity deal with Turkey as elusive as ever
The north suffered a total of 5,277 power cuts in 2022, two times worse than in Pakistan
Plans to create an electricity cable link from Turkey to the northern part of Cyprus ...
North ‘government’ given jolt by CTP by-election win
The social-democratic CTP party’s candidate Sami Ozuslu won a surprise victory in the north’s ‘parliamentary’ by-election on Sunday.
Ozuslu won 44 per cent of the vote, beating conservative UBP ...
Stricter controls for those trading in fuel from the north (Updated)
The government is due to announce stricter controls at crossings to clamp down on abuses related to the purchase of fuel from the north, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on ...
Turkish Cypriots head to the polls for by-election on Sunday
A by-election is set to be held in the north on Sunday to fill the a vacant seat in ‘parliament’.
The seat has been vacant since last year when former ‘...
Trial of TC girl’s killer postponed
The trial of a man accused of killing 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot Zehie Helin Reessur in the north in January has been postponed after a key report which was due to ...
Turkish vice president talks electricity on visit to north
Newly appointed Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz used his visit to the north to speak about the creation of a new electricity cable link to Turkey on Sunday.
The visit ...
Error leaves airport police ‘homeless’ at north’s new terminal
New Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz was due to arrive in the north on Sunday evening to inspect the work at the new terminal at Tymbou (Ercan) airport, which reports ...
Our View: He came, he provoked, he left
There were no surprises in store during President Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the north on Monday, the first place he visited since his re-election. It was nevertheless an illegal ...
Sheep and goat pox outbreak detected in north with 35 animals infected so far(Update 3)
Thirty-five animals have so far been infected following an outbreak of sheep and goat pox in the north, with the number expected to rise even further, Turkish Cypriot media said ...
Easy student visas in north are driving human smuggling
Many students never attend university and are either trafficked or enter the Republic
By Esra Aygin
The ease with which student visas are issued, the inadequate legal framework, and the ...
Greek Cypriots thwarting north’s attempts to produce halloumi
The EU has claimed that halloumi/hellim production will form a ‘mini-reunification laboratory’. There is no sign of that yet
By Fahri Zihni
The much loved hellim/halloumi is perhaps ...
Foreign arrivals and property purchases in the north up
A 48 per cent increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting the north was recorded during the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year, ...
Turks in north back to the ballot for round two in Turkey elections
Voting for Turkish citizens begins on Saturday in the north in view of the second round of Turkey’s presidential elections on May 28, which will last for five days from ...
Voters in north gave Kilicdaroglu their backing
Although the race for a president in Turkey has gone to a second round, Kemal Kilicdaroglu got the backing of voters in the north of Cyprus on Sunday.
Among Turkish ...
Scramble to authenticate, or debunk, reports of hotel sales in Varosha
Authorities scrambled on Friday to get to the bottom of reports in the north that Greek Cypriot owned hotels and buildings in Varosha had been bought by an unnamed Turkish ...
Turkish side ‘will take action’ over Aphrodite drilling
The Turkish Cypriot side will take action along with Turkey against the Cyprus government over a confirmatory drilling set to take place in the ‘Aphrodite’ gas field block 12, as they ...
Over 7,200 applications lodged at IPC
Over 7,200 applications have been filed to the immovable property commission (IPC) in the north, reports in Turkish Cypriot media said on Wednesday.
To date compensation of £382,541,826 has been awarded for 1,233 ...
North launches airline, plans international flights
The north launched a new airline on Tuesday as Fly Kibris’ maiden flight saw an Airbus A320 travel from Tymbou (Ercan) to Istanbul, with flights scheduled later for Iran, Kosovo, ...