The five seniors, arrested last July 19, were initially charged with 'espionage', which 'prosecutors' in the occupied areas later saying one had failed show an ID card at a 'green line' entry point, and the other four charged with 'abetting'

Tufan Erhurman’s victory in Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus sparks renewed hopes for reunification talks, as Greece and Cyprus welcome his pro-federalist stance and call for a swift return to UN-led negotiations

After all of the ballot boxes were counted in the Turkish Cypriot pseudo-state, Erhürman led with 62.76% to Tatar 35.61%, while everyone of a handful of other candidates each pooled below 1%

Yannis Maniatis, the vice-chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists in the Europarliament, cited a reference to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" and an illegal maritime agreement in a report by the European Defence Agency