Akinci to meet Ban Ki-moon next month
President Mustafa Akinci will meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the 4th June. Akinci will leave for New York on the 2nd June and is expected to return on 7th June. According to reports, the...
View ArticleAkinci gives details of talks with Anastasiades
Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci has said that a good start has been made in the negotiations with President Anastasiades with the aim of finding a solution to the Cyprus problem, but they have...
View ArticleTurkey’s Aid delegation to TRNC should be disbanded
Former Turkish Cypriot president and candidate for the leadership of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP) Mehmet Ali Talat said that the Turkish Aid delegation should be disbanded to be replaced with an...
View ArticleLefke committee welcomes border crossing reopening
The Lefke and regional Civil Society Organisations’ Lefke-Aplic border committee, have welcomed Presidents Akinci and Anastasiades’ decision to reopen the Lefke-Aplic border crossing. A statement...
View ArticleTurkish troops and settlers must leave the island
A solution to the Cyprus problem must include the withdrawal of Turkish troops and illegal settlers, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has said. In addition there must be the guarantee of the...
View ArticleEOKA veterans to sue British government in June
Head of the EOKA veterans’ association, Thassos Sophocleous has said that his association will file a lawsuit against the British government for human rights abuses during the fight for independence...
View ArticleHow much would a settlement cost?
In the event of a solution, the president of the new federal state will have a tough time finding investors for the ghost town of Varosha, Greek Cypriot daily ‘Politis’ reports. According to the...
View ArticleHow to fund Cyprob solution
In response to the thorny question of who would fund a solution to the Cyprus problem, it has suggested that the international community could offer support if the two communities’ main creditors wrote...
View ArticleTurkey ignores international safety guidelines on nuclear energy
Many of the recommendations in a study by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on its bid to acquire nuclear energy, according to a document seen by Turkish daily ‘Hürriyet’, have not yet been...
View ArticleAkinci leaves for New York
President Akinci has left for New York, where he will meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday. Akinici is being accompanied by his wife, negotiator Ozdil Nami, Foreign Ministry...
View ArticleNoble to sell off part of its Aphrodite holdings
US Noble Energy is looking to sell off part of its stake in Aphrodite field. Its Israeli partner, Delek Group is negotiating with Noble to buy an additional 19.9% at a cost of around US$155 million....
View ArticleErdogan threat to Turkish daily draws heavy international criticism
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a criminal complaint against a Turkish newspaper and its editor over a critical news report, hours after he said they would pay a “heavy price,” which comment...
View ArticleGuarantees for as long as Turkish Cypriots want: Cavusoglu
Turkey’s guarantees will continue as long as the Turkish Cypriots want, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said. Speaking at a meeting at the Izmir Chamber of Commerce, Cavusoglu referred to...
View ArticleEU should stay out of negotiations: Ozersay
Former negotiator, Kudret Ozersay says that experience shows that involving the EU in the Cyprus negotiations would be harmful for the Turkish Cypriots. Speaking on Diyalog TV, he said that contrary to...
View ArticleEide in Brussels today
UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide was due in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss developments in Cyprus with President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, Enlargement Commissioner Johannes...
View ArticleBoost in Green Line trade could help reunification
The overall scale of trade across the Green Line in Cyprus remains at a low level, the European Commission said in its eleventh report on the implementation of the Green Line regulation released on...
View ArticleMany TRNC pools and beaches have no lifeguards
A large number of hotels and swimming pools in the TRNC fail to employ lifeguards, despite there being a legal obligation to do so. In some cases where establishments do employ lifeguards, many of them...
View ArticleGC negotiator should not make public statements on property
Former President Mehmet Ali Talat has criticised recent statements made by a member of the Greek Cypriot negotiating team. Speaking on ADA TV, Talat said that remarks on the property issue made by...
View ArticleSchultz and Eide say there is hope for solving Cyprob
EU Parliament President Martin Schultz has given a positive message regarding the Cyprus negotiations. After talks with UNSG Special Envoy Espen Barth Eide in Brussels, he said there remain many...
View ArticleOptical card readers installed at Metehan crossing
Interior Minister Teberruken Ulucay visited the Metehan crossing point today and examined the newly-installed optical card readers. They were being installed at all crossing points from Ercan airport...
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