Electricity cable from Turkey ‘will mark a new era’
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 ...
Foreign ministry condemns Erdogan’s ‘provocations’
Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned the “provocative statements” by Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, describing them as evidence of an ongoing threat to the Republic.
With this year ...
All decision making on Cyprus made in Ankara – Kombos
Nicosia detects no difference in the stance of the Turkish Cypriot leadership and Turkey on the Cyprus issue during the new efforts undertaken by the UNSG’s personal envoy, Foreign ...
Turkey rejects Cyprus’ Navtex warning
Turkey on Wednesday issued an anti-Navtex to Cyprus’ initial navigational warning about studies being carried out in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) by Ankara’s ships.
The original ...
Govt issues anti-navtex, refuting Turkish claim
The government on Sunday issued an “anti-navtex” in response to a Turkish navtex message regarding maritime research in the sea off Cyprus’ northern coast.
Turkey had earlier issued a navtex, ...
Tatar reaffirms he is Christodoulides interlocutor not Turkey
President Nikos Christodoulides “is trying to look cute for Turkey”, Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Thursday.
Tatar was speaking to Kibris in reaction to comments from Christodoulides regarding ...
Greek minister: half of Cyprus is Turkish
Greek Shipping Minister Christos Stylianides caused controversy on Tuesday evening when he said, “half of Cyprus is Turkish”.
Stylianides, who is originally Cypriot, was speaking in Greece’s parliament regarding ...
Aliyev: ‘TRNC president’ invited to Turkic states meeting
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said on Monday that “the president of the TRNC will attend” an upcoming summit of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) in his country.
Aliyev was ...
Both sides chide Britain over Cyprus problem comment (Updated)
By Jonathan Shkurko and Tom Cleaver
Deputy government spokesperson Yiannis Antoniou on Monday described as “unacceptable” the position of the British High Commissioner in Cyprus, who said that Turkish Cypriots ...
‘Expanding bounds of diplomacy’ to solve Cyprus problem
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday his country is “trying to solve the Cyprus problem by expanding the bounds of diplomacy.”
Fidan was speaking to Turkish television channel ...
Canada drops weapons export controls to Turkey, including drone technology
Canada on Monday said it had dropped weapons export controls to Turkey, including drone optical technology, according to a notice posted online, saying that from now on it would review ...
‘No need to try anything except the two state solution’ – Turkish VP
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said on Thursday that there are two separate states in Cyprus and there is no need to try things that had been tried repeatedly.
Opening ...
Kombos says dialogue with Turkey on natural gas welcome
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Sunday that he would welcome a dialogue with Ankara on natural gas, before solving the Cyprus problem, only if it was between the Republic ...
President called on UN to intervene over Turkish buffer zone violations
President Nikos Christodoulides requested the UN intervene on Cyprus’ behalf to stop Turkish violations in the buffer zone, it emerged on Sunday.
In a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General ...
Blinken to meet Turkish and Greek leaders as Gaza diplomacy tour begins
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was meeting the leaders of Turkey and Greece on Saturday at the start of a week-long trip aimed at calming tensions that have ...
Isias hotel owner to remain in custody, next trial hearing set for April (Updated)
Ahmet Bozkurt, the owner of the Isias hotel in the Turkish city of Adiyaman, and his two sons Mehmet Fatih Bozkurt and Efe Bozkurt, saw their applications for release rejected ...
Cypriot journalist released after arrest in Turkey (Update)
Cypriot journalist Guren Tilki was released late on Friday evening, after having arrested in Turkey earlier that day for allegedly insulting the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a ...
Isias hotel case: ‘The defendants are spreading lies in court’
Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ and head of the north’s ‘parliamentary’ justice committee Oguzhan Hasipoglu made an extraordinary intervention to reporters on Friday regarding the trial of those held responsible for ...
Blinken heads back to Middle East amid regional escalation fears
U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken will return to the Middle East on Thursday, continuing the Biden administration’s intense diplomacy over Israel’s three-month long conflict with Hamas, as ...
Trial begins over hotel collapse that killed 35 Turkish Cypriots (updated)
The trial of 11 suspects held responsible for deaths of 24 Turkish Cypriot children and 11 of their teachers and coaches when a hotel they were staying in collapsed began on Wednesday.
The ...
North’s minimum wage less than in Turkey for first time
Workers earning the minimum wage in the north are earning less than the equivalent salary in Turkey for the first time, it appeared on Tuesday.
Upon returning to work after ...
Greece and Turkey parked the Cyprob, launch era of peace
Deaths in ongoing wars have resulted from the mistakes of a handful of politicians. When will they ever learn?
Alper Riza’s review of 2023
Reviews of the year are obviously ...
Turkish court refuses to release jailed MP despite top court ruling
A Turkish court refused on Wednesday to release the newly elected opposition lawmaker Can Atalay despite a Constitutional Court ruling that his rights to security, liberty and to be elected ...
Turkey retaliates at home, abroad after troops killed in Iraq (Updated)
Turkey said on Monday its air force “neutralised” 26 Kurdish militants in strikes in Syria and northern Iraq in response to the killing of soldiers at the weekend, while authorities also ...