North ‘minister’ to ‘MP’: you don’t have the capacity to understand
The north’s ‘energy minister’ Olgun Amcaoglu caused a stir on Monday at the ‘parliamentary’ debate regarding his ‘minstry’s’ budget after he told an ‘MP’ who asked him a ...
EU Green Line trade One Stop Shop opens
The European Union’s One Stop Shop for Green Line trade commenced its operations on Monday.
The One Stop Shop, which is located on Deligiorgi Street in Nicosia, aims to ...
North celebrates 40 years since UDI
Turkish officials on Wednesday issued statements celebrating the 40th anniversary of the declaration of the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)’.
Among the officials attending the celebrations in the north ...
Friday prayers in north to be dedicated to people of Palestine
Friday prayers in the north are to be dedicated to the people of Palestine, following an announcement from the Religious Affairs Directorate.
“The days we are going through will take ...
Biologists warn against complacency as Kioneli reservoir dries up
Biologists Niyazi Turkseven and Hasan Sarpten warned on Sunday against complacency among Turkish Cypriots regarding the island’s water supply after the Kioneli reservoir dried up.
Turkseven and Sarpten reported ...
North airport passenger numbers up by almost a third
The number of passengers arriving at and departing from the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport increased by almost a third in the first nine months of 2023, compared to the same ...
Turkish Cypriot political parties unite to condemn Israel
All four political parties in the north’s ‘parliament’ as well as independent ‘MPs’ united on Monday to release a joint condemnation of Israel.
The statement, which accused Israel of ...
Interpol fugitive fled to northern Cyprus
A Russian wanted by Interpol for embezzling large amounts of money from a company he worked for has been found to have been residing in northern Cyprus, it emerged on ...
North’s electricity tariffs increase by nearly a third
Electricity tariffs in the north are set to increase by a third from Wednesday, following an announcement from north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek.
For residential properties paying the flat-rate tariff, ...
Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ throw order papers at each other in dairy debate
Two Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ threw order papers at each other in ‘parliament’ on Monday as tensions rose in a debate over a budget for the Cyprus Turkish Dairy Industry Institution (...
Restoration works carried out at Famagusta’s Venetian Palace
The walls of the historical Venetian Palace in Famagusta’s old town are being reinforced, after some feared they may collapse.
An agreement was signed by the north’s Famagusta ...
Yialousa high school a quagmire after rain
Yialousa high school has been reduced to a flooded, muddy quagmire after rain hit the Karpasia region on Thursday morning.
The school is currently partly housed in portacabins after the ...
North cancels new electric generator tender after receiving no bids
The north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek) cancelled a tender for the purchase of two new generators on Wednesday after no bids for the tender were received.
The tender would have ...
Third lewd videos on north’s ‘agriculture ministry’ Facebook page (update 2)
A third lewd video involving Japanese women appeared on the official Facebook page of the north’s ‘agriculture ministry’ at around midday on Tuesday.
The video, the most explicit yet, ...
Five arrested in north in ‘prostitution operation’
Five people have been arrested in the north as part of a “prostitution operation” conducted by Turkish Cypriot police.
Police found three women, all citizens of Nigeria, in an apartment ...
Former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ arrested in fake prescriptions scandal
Former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Sibel Siber was arrested on Thursday as part of the ongoing investigation into the “fake prescription scandal”.
Siber, a qualified doctor, was arrested alongside a ...
North’s ‘PM’: I know the north’s population, but I cannot say
Unal Ustel, the north’s ‘prime minister’, said on Tuesday evening that he knows the north’s population, but that he cannot say.
“We know the population,” he said, speaking ...
Sener Levent acquitted in ‘insulting’ Erdogan case
Turkish Cypriot journalist and editor Sener Levent was acquitted in northern Nicosia on Wednesday of “insulting a foreign statesman” and “driving a wedge between the TRNC and Turkey”.
The case ...
Kyrenia harbour businesses ‘will not open’ if demands are not met
Businesses in the Kyrenia harbour said on Wednesday they will not reopen when renovations to the harbour are complete unless demands made to the north’s ‘tourism ministry’ are met.
...
Serdar Denktash ‘considering’ creating new political party
Serdar Denktash, the son of late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, said on Wednesday he is considering establishing a new political party.
Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he confirmed that ...
Another Greek Cypriot arrested in north for fake car insurance
Another Greek Cypriot has been arrested in the north after attempting to pass the Ayios Dometios crossing point with counterfeit car insurance documents.
The man, aged 42, was arrested on Monday ...
Greek Cypriot in court in north over fake car insurance documents
A Greek Cypriot appeared in a Turkish Cypriot court on Monday accused of using counterfeit car insurance documents while entering the north at Ayios Dometios.
The man was arrested at 10:24...
Arrests after north’s database hacked and residence permits issued
Two people have been arrested in the north after allegedly “entering the database” of the north’s ‘interior ministry’ and giving residence permits to 103 people.
The pair, who are both ...
North’s first 4G network to switch on with tender worth €43m
The north’s first 4G mobile network is set to be switched on Thursday, with the north’s ‘government’ set to earn 1.25 billion TL (€43 million) from the associated tendering process.
‘...