9 h. ago Case against teachers accused of ‘battering’ north’s police adjourned until October

The case against 22 Turkish Cypriot teachers who stand accused of “battering” police officers during a protest in 2022 was on Wednesday adjourned until October 1. Wednesday’s hearing was the 12th thus far in the case, with it set to resume after the summer holidays. After the hearing, teachers’ trade union leaders spoke outside court. “We […]

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13 h. ago Available Turkish Cypriot property to be announced every quarter

Turkish Cypriot properties available for use by Greek Cypriot refugees will be made public every three months on the website of the service that manages them, the House refugee committee heard on Tuesday. MPs continued discussions on the regulations for allocating Turkish Cypriot property to eligible refugees with a view to enhancing the transparency and […]

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28 h. ago Mayor calls for expropriation of Turkish Cypriot properties in Nicosia

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Tuesday called on the state to expropriate Turkish Cypriot buildings that are in bad shape, in a move that would revitalise the old part of town and grow building stock. “There is no other way,” the mayor said in remarks during a workshop organised by the Scientific and Technical Chamber […]

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30 h. ago North ‘minister’ promises reciprocal arrests over Turkish Cypriot property

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Tuesday said the Turkish Cypriot authorities would begin to issue arrest warrants for people they accuse of using Turkish Cypriot property in the Republic without the original owners’ consent. Speaking to Kibris Genc TV, he said there would be “some measures” taken in response to the recent arrests […]

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5 d. ago Famagusta municipality upset at north’s refusal to allow Kataklysmos celebrations

The Famagusta municipality on Friday said it “regretted” the Turkish Cypriot authorities’ decision to not allow Kataklysmos celebrations to take place in the town. “This year’s Kataklysmos celebrations will not take place in Famagusta, despite people’s collective efforts and the support that groups of residents of Famagusta have tried to offer and the support we […]

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6 d. ago Christodoulides warns of ‘divisive rhetoric’ in Turkish Cypriot election campaign

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday warned of “daily divisive rhetoric” on the campaign trail ahead of October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership elections. “We are at the beginning, if you will, in the middle of the election campaign in the occupied territories. What will follow, as we have already seen recently, is daily divisive rhetoric, aimed at […]

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6 d. ago Tatar vows to not ‘remain silent’ over ‘hostile’ property arrests

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday said that it is “out of the question for me to remain silent” amid the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north. In a statement released in light of a meeting he had held with the leaders […]

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9 d. ago Turkish Cypriots ‘anxious, intimidated, threatened’ by property arrests

Turkish Cypriots have been rendered “anxious, intimidated, and threatened” by the flurry of arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party the CTP’s foreign relations secretary Fikri Toros said. “These feelings are reviving previous traumas experienced between 1963 and 1974,” […]

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1 week ago Tatar renews call for crossing points in Mia Milia and Louroujina

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday renewed his call for crossing points to be opened in the eastern Nicosia suburb of Mia Milia, and in the village of Louroujina, which is located between Nicosia and Larnaca. Speaking to TV2020, he said the opening of the two crossing points would “reduce traffic congestion”, but that […]

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1 week ago ‘Both leaders expressed willingness to make progress’, Holguin says

Both Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and President Nikos Christodoulides “expressed willingness to make progress” towards achieving and implementing the confidence-building measures agreed upon at March’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin said on Saturday. Having held two meetings each with both leaders during her week-long stay on the […]

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1 week ago Turkish Cypriot negotiator does not budge in meeting with Holguin

An extensive discussion into how the negotiators see the Cyprus problem evolving was held at a meeting on Friday with the UN chief’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin. The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot negotiators, Menelaos Menelaou and Gunes Onar respectively, met with Holguin at Ledra Palace in the buffer zone. According to Cyprus News […]

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1 week ago Turkish gunman arrested in Republic ‘paid €13,497 to fire at house’

The Turkish gunman who was arrested by the Republic of Cyprus’ police and handed over to the United Nations and then the Turkish Cypriot authorities at the Ledra Palace crossing point had been paid 600,000TL (€13,497) to fire shots at a house, he said in court on Friday. He told a court in Kyrenia that […]

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1 week ago ‘No reason for concern’ over Turkish Cypriots demanding their land back

There is “no reason for concern” among Greek Cypriots living on land owned by Turkish Cypriots who are now demanding that the land be returned to them, the interior ministry said on Friday. The ministry insisted that the authorities had taken control of the land, which is located in the Paphos district village of Timi, […]

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1 week ago Turkish gunman arrested by Cypriot police, handed over to north

A 20-year-old Turkish national was arrested by the Republic of Cyprus’ police and handed over to the United Nations at the Ledra Palace, the Republic’s police confirmed on Thursday. A police spokesperson confirmed to the Cyprus Mail that the man had been arrested on suspicion of illegally entering Cyprus after it was found that he […]

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2 w. ago Louroujina crossing point ‘will be the first to open’ after Turkish Cypriot election

The Louroujina crossing point “will be the first to be opened” after the Turkish Cypriot leadership election in October, the village’s Turkish Cypriot mayor Ali Karavezirler said on Wednesday. Speaking to Haber Kibris TV, he explained that his municipality has already lit the road towards the nearby Greek Cypriot village of Lympia with a future […]

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2 w. ago Our View: Neither leader is interested in a resumption of negotiations

Two months before the meeting in multi-party meeting under the UN Secretary-General in Geneva, the process has ground to a halt, in spite of the arrival of the UNSG’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin. It could be described as a deadlock after Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar informed Holguin, when they met on Monday, that […]

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2 w. ago ‘MP’ from Tatar’s party calls on him to meet Christodoulides

Ali Pilli, a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ from the UBP, the party to which Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar belonged, and which has endorsed him again ahead of this year’s elections, on Monday called on him to meet President Nikos Christodoulides and hold discussions with him. Pilli was given his first ever ‘ministerial’ role, that of […]

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2 w. ago Turkish Cypriot leader rules out prospect of tripartite meeting

Turkish Cypriot leader rules out prospect of tripartite meeting  Euronews.com

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2 w. ago Tatar rejects tripartite meeting, slams Greek Cypriot property arrest ‘terrorism’

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday ruled out the prospect of a tripartite meeting involving himself, President Nikos Christodoulides and United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin while the latter is on the island, owing to the arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north. […]

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2 w. ago Joining Schengen will be good for Cyprus’ security, says president

Cyprus’ proposed accession to the Schengen area will first and foremost enhance the country’s security, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. Allaying Turkish Cypriot and some Greek Cypriot concerns that the buffer zone would create a “hard border”, Christodoulides said joining Schengen would “enhance our country’s security”, which was the “main reason” the government took […]

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