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Turkish Drones in Occupied Cyprus Deepen Tensions in the Region

An air base in northern Cyprus is currently hosting drones from Turkey, causing tensions to rise throughout the region. Cyprus, politically divided after the Turkish invasion of 1974, has felt that the Turkish government is reproducing its "expansionist agenda"...

Mystery Over Unidentified Object Crashing in Occupied Northern Cyprus

An unidentified object that may have been a missile crashed north of the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, early on Monday, but no one was hurt on the ground, Turkish Cypriot officials said. Mustafa Akinci, the Turkish Cypriot leader, linked the object...

Elderly Greek Man's Return to Northern Cyprus Sparks Outrage

The return of 78-year-old Nikolas Skourides to his property in the occupied village of Larnaka tis Lapithou after over four decades, has sparked an outrage, Cyprus Mail Online says. Skourides; who was born and grew up in Larnaka tis Lapithou,...

Four-Party Coalition Government in Turkish-Occupied Northern Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı approved a new four-party coalition government on Feb. 2. The Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader Tufan Erhurman will be the prime minister of the  new coalition government, taking over from Huseyin Ozgurgun. Though his National Unity...

Crowds Ransack Turkish Cypriot Newspaper Offices

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan was accused of incitement on Monday, after a mob in northern Cyprus ransacked the offices of a newspaper critical of Ankara's current military offensive in Syria. A flag-waving crowd attacked the first-floor offices of Afrika...

Russia Urges Its People to Refrain from Buying Property in Occupied Cyprus

By Christina Agathou The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned Russian citizens about the dangers of buying land in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus. In a public statement, Deputy Director of Press and Information Department, Maria Zakharova, stated that the administration...