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Ziya Ozturkler, the north’s ‘interior minister’, has announced his intention to construct a ‘migration centre’, aimed at dealing with undocumented and irregular migration. Ozturkler made the announcement after a ...

There were rolling power cuts in the north over the weekend after a ‘malfunction’ was detected at one of its power stations. While the seriousness of the malfunction has not ...

This year many more tourists who arrive at Larnaca airport are going directly to the north for their holidays compared to previous years, according to a tourism industry expert. Head ...

The DP, the second largest party in the north’s ruling coalition, is facing a mass resignation after 63 people left the party on Friday morning. The mass resignation has been ...

Investigations are underway at the land registry over the procedures followed by Afik Group, which has been selling Greek Cypriot property in the north, and whose CEO has a company ...

The north’s first single-use plastic regulation came into force on Tuesday, with the aim of reducing the amount of plastic waste produced. According to the new law, it is ...

The number of Iranians, Russians – and more surprisingly – Greek Cypriots arriving in the north by air and sea has seen a stark increase in the first five months of 2023 compared ...

The law firm co-founded by Cyprus Bar Association chairman Christos Clerides firmly denied on Wednesday a report claiming the firm took up the legal representation of a businessman involved with ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu issued a second condemnation of British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq on Wednesday, following the latter’s alleged comments at a meeting with British ...

The three men who escaped from custody after being arrested in the north were rearrested later on Monday after a search was carried out in the village of Lysi. Ibrahim ...

Two of the three men who escaped from custody after being arrested in the north were rearrested later on Monday – one is still at large. Ibrahim Takimcilar, Aydin Guner, and ...

A Russian man who is listed on Interpol’s wanted list has been found and arrested in the north. Stanislav Mitrushi was arrested by Turkish Cypriot police in Trikomo on ...

Dursun Oguz, the north’s ‘agriculture minister’ made assurances on Tuesday morning that the recent outbreaks of smallpox in livestock are now under control. Cases of smallpox were first detected ...

The ‘presidency’ in the north released a statement on Monday night rubbishing journalist Serhat İncirli’s claims he was ejected from talks between Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and Turkish ...

The north has been steadily increasing its demand for electricity from the Republic over the past three years, as the power needs of the north are not being met by ...

Turkey has requested the north send back a building contractor from Antakya, Turkey who fled following the eathquakes last month, reports said on Wednesday. According to reports in Diyalog, Turkey ...

The air traffic controllers’ union in the north said on Wednesday that the north’s ‘airline’ that will start flights to Turkey next month is in fact a travel agency. ...

The ‘TRNC’ flag was on display at the 146th Inter-parliamentary Union summit in Bahrain, alongside the flags of other countries, images that surfaced on the internet showed on Monday. A ...

The 21-year-old man suspected of murdering a 16-year-old girl in the north surrendered himself to the Greek Cypriot police late on Wednesday. After the crime, Sefer Bugra Altundag fled to ...

Lefkoniko airport will be turned into a Turkish military airbase, the ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Wednesday. According to statements he made to Yeni Bakis, the airport, which is ...

Relatives of murdered Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali have been organising illegal betting in northern Cyprus, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Wednesday. According to statements Soylu made to ...

An overwhelming majority of people in the north of the island believe that corruption there has increased over the past year, while a staggering 90 per cent of those questioned do ...

By Sarah Ktisti and Nick Theodoulou All fires in the north were finally extinguished in the early hours thanks in part to heavy rain that hit parts of the island ...

Firefighting operations resumed early on Friday morning in the north’s Kantara area as flare-ups during the previous night reignited on two fronts. Helicopters were the first to the scene ...