7 d. ago Ustel slams Christodoulides’ ‘aggressive, terroristic attitude’ on property

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Sunday decried President Nikos Christodoulides’ “aggressive, terroristic attitude” on the matter of property, in light of recent arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north. He said Christodoulides’ attitude is “obvious”, and that he “neglects the principle of responsibility […]

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9 d. ago Joint operation nets six people smugglers, five irregular migrants

In a joint operation targeting the trafficking of irregular immigrants between the British bases (SBAs) and the Republic, six suspected people smugglers and five undocumented migrants were arrested in the early hours of Thursday while attempting to cross from the north. According to the SBA and the customs and immigration department, the men are all […]

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1 week 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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1 week 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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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Property issue ‘not raised’ at Christodoulides’ meeting with Holguin

The issue of property and the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north was not raised by United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin during her meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. Speaking to journalists after the meeting, […]

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2 w. 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 Property arrests ‘will certainly not stop, no matter what Tatar says’

The arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north “will certainly not stop, no matter what Tatar says”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists outside the general assembly of the Cyprus shipping chamber in Limassol, he ruled out the prospect of calling […]

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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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