occupied north

Society of Cypriot Studies turns 90, museum holds 5,000 folk objects

By Sotiroula Vassiliou The Society of Cypriot Studies, founded in 1936 to document and promote internationally the Greek identity and...

Erhurman says rotating presidency cannot be a confidence-building measure

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday he had refused to discuss a rotating presidency as a confidence-building...

Inside Cyprus’ buffer zone: 10,000 residents, 183 km, and around 1,000 incidents a year

Last Wednesday’s incident in the Deneia buffer zone was not the first and is unlikely to be the last...

Fixated on conditions, wedded to deadlock

Tufan Erhurman, leader of the secessionist entity, has flown to New York for talks. Tomorrow, Saturday, once the UN...

Why don’t they ask the comrades here?

Occupying Turkey's usual launderers pile in every five minutes to attack anyone who doubts the intentions of whichever Turkish...

Court of Appeal again refuses to free German woman in Kyrenia property case

Cyprus's Court of Appeal has again rejected an appeal by a German woman accused of usurping Greek Cypriot properties...

New vessel joins search for Kyrenia shipwreck victims

The Optimus Prime, a vessel specialising in deep-water search and rescue operations with specialised technical equipment, began work today...

UNFICYP pledges more visible Deneia presence to curb violations

UNFICYP will try to maintain a more visible presence in the buffer zone near Deneia, to help curb violations...

Tourism boom threatens to erase occupied Akanthou, refugee warns

Occupied Akanthou is being transformed into a tourism destination akin to Ayia Napa, with large numbers of holiday properties...

Occupied Koutsovendis landfill fire could burn for weeks, Loizidis says

The bicommunal Technical Committee on Environment has been on alert since a fire broke out at the landfill in...

Two more bodies identified in Kyrenia boat disaster as death toll rises to 12

The bodies of two women found on Friday morning in the wreck of a ship off Kyrenia have been...

Entik case: 43-year-old Sokpa to be remanded, faces “military court”

A Turkish Cypriot media outlet reports that 43-year-old Alexei Sokpa, who is wanted by Greek authorities over the murder...

Von der Leyen rules out EU farm payments in occupied north

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has stated categorically that no compensation from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)...

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