Turkish moves to open up fenced-off Varosha were condemned by the Summit of Heads of State of the Commonwealth in Kigali, Rwanda. Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides participated in the Summit, representing the
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.
The Cyprus Journalists Union has condemned the jail sentence – in absentia – handed to Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent for insulting Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Head of the CJU
Greek Cypriot Armida Books published a debut novel by a Turkish Cypriot author in a move described as a collaborative demonstration of tolerance and reconciliation. Metin Murat’s ‘The Crescent Moon Fox’ is
The United Nations confirmed that an incident involving a Greek Cypriot farmer and Turkish soldiers took place in the buffer zone, at Dhenia village, in Nicosia district, on Tuesday. Nicosia said it
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has asked for EU sanctions against Turkish airlines that systematically carry irregular migrants to Turkish-occupied Cyprus, crossing the divide into the republic. Nouris supported the need for active
The news that Turkey and Armenia had a first round of talks in Moscow to establish diplomatic relations and open their borders reminded me of the phrase “a wind of change” used
The Turkish lira remains volatile as traders digested measures proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish central bank to guard local currency savings against the drop in value. On Tuesday, the
The Turkish Lira has reached another record low, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refers to Islamic usury doctrine to defend his insistence on his unorthodox low-rates policy. The currency, which has lost
Turkish Cypriots are eyeing a transition to the euro as the tumbling Turkish Lira is destroying their economy as they see their earnings vanish while inflation spirals. As prices for essential goods
