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Greek Cypriot Mother and Daughter Arrested in the Occupied North
A Greek Cypriot woman and her daughter were arrested in the occupied north on Sunday and are expected to appear before a military court on Monday, charged with taking photos in the town of Morphou.
According to Turkish Cypriot reports, the...
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Turkish-Occupied Morphou Municipality Protests Religious Prohibition to UN and EU
The Turkish-occupied Municipality of Morphou is sending on Thursday a letter to the United Nations and the European Union, to protest a decision by the Turkish Cypriot side not to allow a religious service at the church of Ayios...
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Morphou Calls on UN and EU to Exert Pressure on Turkey
The United Nations and the European Union must exert pressure upon Turkey to change its attitude and work towards a just solution to the Cyprus problem and the restoration of the basic human rights of all Cypriots, the Municipal...
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4.4M Earthquake Strikes Just off the Coast of Cyprus
A quake registering at a magnitude 4.3, before rising to 4.4, reportedly struck 62km north-west of Morphou yesterday evening, according to a tweet from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80km and its epicentre was...
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Cypriot President Wants Morphou to be Returned to Greek Cypriot Owners
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has said that the Turkish occupied town of Morphou is among the areas that must be returned to the Greek Cypriots, under their administration, once a settlement of the Cyprus problem is achieved.
Speaking during an...
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Morphou Residents Demanding to Return to Turkish Occupied Town
The Mayor of the Turkish occupied town of Morphou, members of the Municipal Council, leaders and representatives of political parties and other associations of the occupied town have reiterated their determination to continue their struggle for the reunification of...
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President Pavlopoulos: The Return of Morphou to Greek-Cypriot Control Is a 'Fundamental Condition' to Settling the Cyprus Issue
The return of Morphou to Greek-Cypriot control is a "fundamental condition for a mutually acceptable, comprehensive and final settlement of the Cyprus issue," President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Monday, during a ceremony in Nicosia naming...
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Turkish-Occupied City's Mayor: Morphou Is Not a Bargaining Chip
Morphou "is not and will never become a bargaining chip," says the Mayor of the Turkish-occupied city, Charalambos Pittas, in reply to statements from the Turkish-Cypriot side.
Hüseyin Özgürgün, the self-styled "prime minister" of the illegal regime on the island's Turkish-occupied...