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The north’s ‘government’ on Wednesday night announced the implementation of price controls for lamb. Lamb in the north will now be sold for no more than 550TL (€15.89) per kilogram, ...

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who won a second term in office in a landslide victory on Sunday, was once a footballer in Cyprus. Imamoglu, who was born near the Black ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday there is “no common ground” between Cyprus’ two sides. “The isolations, embargoes, and restrictions imposed on the Turkish Cypriot people must be ...

The Turkish Cypriots’ future “lies in European values”, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday. Erhurman was speaking in ‘parliament’ about the north’s relationship with international law, ...

Turkish Cypriot social media journalist Serdinc Maypa was released on bail on Monday, after having been charged with violating individuals’ right to privacy. Maypa had been arrested on Thursday and ...

Turkish Cypriot politicians on Sunday night and Monday hailed the results of Turkey’s local elections, which saw opposition party the CHP secure an unprecedented victory, trouncing Turkish President Recep ...

Police in the north have uncovered thousands of dollars’ worth of counterfeit American money in recent days. On Sunday, they announced the arrest of a 36-year-old man in Kyrenia, having ...

The Cyprus Integrity Forum on Wednesday called for action over sanctions evasion and money laundering in the north. It was reacting to a Deutsche Welle production, which revealed that Iranian ...

A municipality in the north is set to hold a census, breaking ranks with the current ‘government’ policy of calculating populations via projection and avoiding censuses. The municipality in question ...

The north’s former ‘interior minister’ Ziya Ozturkler on Tuesday denied having taken bribes from a university amid continued investigations and arrests in relation to the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”. ...

The construction of an electricity cable between Turkey and the north will “mark a new era”, Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday evening. He was speaking following an ...

The death of a 27-year-old man in Kyrenia on Sunday may have been caused by a physical altercation in which he was involved the previous week, it was heard in ...

A total of 64 kilograms of meat smuggled from the Republic was found and seized by police in the north on Tuesday night. The meat was found in a house in ...

A lieutenant colonel from the ‘TRNC security forces command’ was arrested in connection with the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”, it emerged on Wednesday. The lieutenant colonel appeared in court on ...

The north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of granting an amnesty for those who obtained fake diplomas but did not use them. Speaking in ‘...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar’s daughter Canev Tatar insisted on Thursday that the diploma she obtained from the now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) is real. Tatar ...

Meray Durust, who was arrested as part of investigations into the north’s “fake diploma scandal”, has begun work in a new public sector role. Durust was arrested alongside her ...

The Republic of Turkey received a €9,000 fine on Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for the imprisonment of a Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector. The ECtHR ruled that ...

A private investigator appeared in court on Monday, charged with “stalking” the person he was investigating. In court in northern Nicosia, police officer Yilmaz Sevdali said the investigator had received 90,000...

Attention turned to a sitting ‘MP’ on Monday as the scandal engulfing the north’s education sector regarding “fake diplomas” rumbled on. The ‘MP’ in question is ruling coalition party ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar filed a case with the ‘supreme court’ in the north to have the head of higher education committee (Yodak) Turgay Avci fired, it emerged on ...

Four people were arrested on Friday as part of the north’s ongoing investigation into a college which is believed to be linked to a large criminal network. The four ...

Russian citizens living in the north are able to vote in the country’s Presidential elections, according to Kibris Postasi. A ballot box has been opened in the building in ...

The north’s transport minister Erhan Arikli branded a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ racist on Wednesday. In a Facebook post, Arikli took umbrage at opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Ceyhun Birinci having ...