Russian Ambassador Stanislav Osadchiy has assured Nicosia there are no plans by Moscow to conduct direct flights to the Turkish-occupied north. He told Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Kornelios Korneliou that operating such
The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has banned all off-duty military personnel from going to the north following a ‘drunken romp’ at a Famagusta beach involving British soldiers. A UNFICYP spokesperson
The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) said it was investigating allegations that two drunken British soldiers sunk jet skis and misbehaved on a beach in the Turkish-held north of the divided
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has fired back at criticism from presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis over the government laying barbed wire across the buffer zone to prevent illegal migrants. On Friday, Mavroyiannis, backed
Turkish Cypriots are seeing their earnings vanish due to inflation spirals, as the cost of living in the Turkish occupied north has increased by a staggering 110%. According to north’s statistical data,
The vast majority of Turkish Cypriots are unhappy with the way authorities in the north handle the ravaged economy, as only two in 100 people feel content. An opinion poll conducted by
A devastating three-day blaze in the Turkish occupied north was brought under control Friday with the help of firefighting aircraft from Israel, the Cyprus Republic, and the British bases. In comments to
Kyrenia villages in the Turkish-occupied north are being evacuated as a wildfire spreads, with the Israeli and Cyprus governments sending firefighting aircraft to help. The two Israeli aircraft were expected to fly
Authorities in the Turkey-occupied north are not backing down in curbing the freedom of speech, as a Turkish Cypriot cartoonist and columnist faces prosecution for satirising the establishment. Mahmut Anayasa, a well-known
Cyprus will lodge a complaint with the United Nations over Turkey’s new financial assistance deal with breakaway Turkish Cypriots that proves Ankara’s “complete control” over them, President Nicos Anastasiades told CyBC TV.
