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The European Union consistently defends the rights of Cyprus and Cypriot citizens, Nacho Sanchez Amor, member of the European parliament and its rapporteur regarding the European Commission’s 2023 and 2024 reports ...

Two Turkish Cypriots were arrested in the space of two days last week for separate incidents involving the smuggling of large quantities of tobacco from the north into the Republic, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will move into his new official residence in Ayios Dhometios on May 3, he said on Tuesday night. Speaking at the opening of a new museum, ...

Children wearing hijabs should be escorted into Turkish Cypriot schools by the police, the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Friday, as what some in the media have ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday welcomed a selection of Turkish Cypriots to the presidential palace to speak about next week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Monday said his ‘government’ is to begin “serious work” to allow Turkish Cypriots abroad to vote in the north’s elections. Speaking during ...

Turkish embassies across the world will now provide consular services to Turkish Cypriots, following the ratification of a agreement between Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot authorities by the Turkish parliament’...

The 39-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the death of a 24-year-old Pakistani national in the Nicosia district village of Potamia appeared in court on Thursday and was ...

Two of the three Turkish Cypriots who were declared wanted by the Republic of Cyprus’ police in relation to the shooting of a 24-year-old Pakistani national on Wednesday publicly denied ...

School students from all over Cyprus staged protests to mark the 41st anniversary of the north’s unilateral declaration of independence on Friday. The largest protest of the day took ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new EU-funded initiative aimed at promoting sustainable energy practices in Turkish Cypriot local communities. The contract amounts to €245,000 and will be ...

Three in five people in the north want a solution to the Cyprus problem, a survey conducted by the migration, identity and rights studies centre (CMIRS) in September found. The ...

Earlier this month, the European Commission adopted the “2024 Annual Action Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community to facilitate Cyprus’ reunification and to support the socio-economic development of the community”. But 20 ...

The European Commission on Tuesday announced the provision of just over €39.5 million of aid for the Turkish Cypriot community as part of its latest “annual action programme”. It said the ...

Turkish Cypriot high jumper Buse Savaskan qualified for the Olympic final by finishing in joint fourth place in her heat at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. Savaskan, who competes ...

The north is to update the format of its vehicle registration plates, ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Thursday. Speaking to news website Bagimsiz, Arikli explained that by the end ...

A Turkish Cypriot who was held captive in Limassol by Greek Cypriots for 93 days after Turkey’s invasion of the island has opened up about his experience on the eve ...

The European Commission on Wednesday launched the ‘eunite: SME’ project designed to support private sector development in the Turkish Cypriot community and boost Green Line trade. In an announcement, the ...

Turkish Cypriots on Monday started to react to the loss of their sole MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek, who failed to win re-election on Sunday. Among the first to react was journalist ...

Three buses departed from towns in the north to take Turkish Cypriots to the Republic to vote in the European parliament elections on Sunday morning. The buses departed at 9am ...

Turkish Cypriot participation in Sunday’s European parliament elections will play a critical role in who will get elected to fill the six seats allocated to Cyprus although the community ...

By Robert Morgan Some 103,269 Turkish Cypriots are registered to vote in the 2024 EU parliamentary elections despite residing in areas not controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, though Turkish Cypriot voter ...

One of the north’s three ruling political parties, the DP, on Wednesday begged Turkish Cypriots to not go out and vote in Sunday’s European parliament elections. A total ...

The owners of a hotel in the north on Tuesday denied rumours that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy owns the property. It had been rumoured that Zelenskiy owned the Vuni Palace ...