Areas with land mines are secured: Akinci
President Mustafa Akinci has announced that no land mines have been found in 25 out of 28 minefields within coordinates given by Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on 15th May. Addressing a...
View ArticleCash-strapped IPC facing closure
The Immovable Property Commission (IPC), established by Turkey in the TRNC may no longer be able to function as a local remedy because it no longer has the funds to pay compensation. Chairman of the...
View ArticleMore vehicles and more fatal accidents in TRNC
Vehicles numbers in the TRNC have been increased by 60% in the last ten years. According to the police’s Director of Traffic, Ahmet Beserler, there are over 200,000 vehicles in the North which relates...
View ArticleSweatshop scandal revealed in South Cyprus
A gang of Bangladeshis have used forged documents to transfer illegal workers to South Cyprus in a slave trade operation. According to Greek Cypriot daily ‘Phileleftheros’, for a seven to eight...
View ArticleAthens proposal of military coup against Turks in 1983 revealed
British documents have revealed that Athens proposed sending troops to Cyprus in response to the declaration of Turkish Cypriot independence. An armed confrontation between Greek and Turkish soldiers...
View ArticleTRNC government ministers’ cars seized
A number of TRNC government vehicles have been seized in lieu of unpaid compensation by the Immovable Property Commission (IPC). A Greek Cypriot formerly living in the north registered the IPC’s...
View ArticleDerinya Mayor presses for old border road to reopen soonest
The suggestion of building a new road for the border crossing at Derinya near Famagusta has been rejected by Derinya Mayor Andros Karayiannis. He pointed out that there is a minefield on one side of...
View ArticleEide increasingly optimistic about negotiations
UN Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide said yesterday that with each day that passes, he feels increasingly optimistic about a solution to the Cyprus problem. The UN Special Envoys said that he...
View ArticleMinister responds to concerns over gas emissions at AKSA
The Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, Hakan Dincyurek has given assurances to the public with regards to emissions from the AKSA power plant, adding that they are not harmful to human...
View ArticleFour cabin crew injured in heavy turbulence over Larnaca
A Thomas Cook flight approaching Larnaca airport on Wednesday evening hit severe turbulence, resulting in four cabin crew members being injured. Reports say that four of the flight attendants on the...
View ArticleGreek Cypriots reject idea of rotating presidency
According to the Greek Cypriot press, negotiator Andreas Mavroyannis has said that there is a wide gap of consensus between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots on the matter of Governance in the Cyprus...
View ArticleSpecial lay-by introduced for mobile phone users
The Ministry of Works and Transport in cooperation with Telsim mobile phone company have signed off on a project titled ‘Mobile phones are for talking on the phone not on the road’. Together they have...
View ArticlePresidents hold their fifth meeting today
Presidents Mustafa Akinci and Nicos Anastasiades are meeting this morning. Their fifth meeting which began at 9am is being held in the UN buffer zone. UNSG Special Advisor on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide is...
View ArticleBurst main leaves Famagusta region rationing water
Famagusta Municipality has announced that they have been unable to supply water to the Famagusta region because of a burst water main on the Guzelyurt-Famagusta pipeline. In a statement from the local...
View ArticleTurkish Cypriots sue Turkish cheese producers
The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Industry has filed a lawsuit against two Turkish companies, which have illegally produced halloumi-hellim cheese in Turkey. It is said that an amicable settlement is...
View ArticlePM promises to solve IPC problems
Prime Minister Ozkan Yorgancioglu has confirmed that there are problems regarding the budget of the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) which was established by Turkey in the TRNC and added that his...
View ArticleAkinci speaks to press after leaders’ meeting
Speaking after the leaders’ meeting in the UN buffer zone on Friday, President Akinci has said that the EU was an important factor in the negotiations process. However, everyone was aware that the...
View ArticleTurkey’s coalition talks begin next week
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Edogan has said that Turkey needs a coalition government that is able to solve the problems of the day and build the future. Erdogan had commissioned Justice and...
View ArticleErdogan and Gul split becomes more obvious
Speeches given by Turkey’s former President Abullah Gul and current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a communal fast-breaking ceremony for Ramadan (Iftar) highlighted increasing division in the AK...
View ArticleCypriot fraudster asks to finish jail time in Cyprus
A Cypriot convicted for fraud in the UK, Michael Voudouris (47) has asked to be transferred from a Scottish prison where he is currently serving an 11 year jail sentence, to Cyprus to complete his...
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