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Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots held a protest on Tuesday over the economic situation in the north that is leading people to poverty. The protest took place outside ‘parliament’ in the ...

Customs said Friday they have seized 240 cartons of cigarettes wrapped as presents during a routine check at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point. A statement said officers found 48,000 Parliament cigarettes in ...

Turkish Cypriot media reported on Monday that up to 90 per cent of illegal substances found in the north are transported there through the government-controlled areas. The chairwoman of the Turkish ...

An international body running ports and airports in the north could end its isolation and help conditions for a solution One of the basic mistakes that have been consistently committed – ...

The coalition ‘government’ in the north has offered its resignation to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar after it lost its majority in ‘parliament’, its ‘prime minister’ said on Wednesday as ...

The Republic has provided the north around 4,000 MW of power in six days, as it struggled with power production, the transmission system operator (TSO) said on Wednesday. Transmission of power ...

A parallel state of the Republic in northern Cyprus is one where it is not power that is shared with the RoC, but values, laws and system of governance Searching ...

The new administration in the north has so far granted around 2,500 ‘citizenships’, reports said on Monday, while a probe was launched after reports of bribery. During a session in ‘parliament’, ...

Arrivals from overseas to the north will be subject to wearing electronic bracelets within their own homes to carry out their coronavirus quarantine, it was reported on Monday. The change ...

Scores of Turkish Cypriots participated in a protest rally on Monday against the economic protocol the north signed with Turkey arguing that such agreements only consolidate Ankara’s grip. The ...

Another 20,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine arrived in the north by plane from Turkey on Thursday morning, raising their total amount received to 100,000. Fifteen per cent of the population will ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar kick started the vaccinations against coronavirus in the north on Friday after receiving the first jab of Chinese firm’s Sinovac batch sent this week ...

Tensions rose in the northern part of Nicosia on Monday during a protest by Turkish Cypriots working in the south against the measures that prevent them from getting to their ...

Police in the north are investigating the deaths of a couple and their 14-year-old son who were found with gunshot wounds in their home in Lefkoniko, reports said on Friday. ...

Vaccinations in the north will start on January 15, with Sinovac, the Chinese vaccine to be delivered to the Turkish Cypriot community by Turkey, it was reported on Monday. In the ...

One death and 18 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the north on Friday. Turkish Cypriot authorities announced on Friday that an 84-year-old man with coronavirus who also had serious underlying ...