PDO application for Hellim published in Greek and Turkish
The European Commission has published the application to register the names ‘Χαλλουμι’ (Halloumi)/‘Hellim’, in Greek and Turkish, as Protected Designations of Origin for a cheese produced in all the...
View ArticleAKP genuinely wants solution to Cyprob: Anastasiades
Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has been interviewed by Turkish ‘Daily Sabah’ journalist Emre Diner (L). This is the first time he has spoken to the Turkish media following the reunification...
View ArticleKIB-TEK to cut power to defaulters
KIB-TEK has said that consumers with outstanding bills of 469TL and over will have their electricity cut off automatically. The electricity authority has been implementing a new Automatic Meter...
View ArticlePresidents attend musical event at Othello’s Tower
President Nicos Anastasiades and President Mustafa Akinci arrived in the midst of a loud round of applause and cheering, to attend a concert on Tuesday evening. The concert, which was given in the...
View ArticleAKSA power plant filter has been tested
Head of the government’s Environment Commission Hakan Dincyurek, has issued a press release with regard to the chimney filter at AKSA. Dincyurek said that recently, there had been a lot of reports in...
View ArticleEarthquake measuring 4.9 felt this morning
An earth tremor measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale in the Mediterranean sea, was measured off the coast of Karatas and Adana in the early hours of the morning. According to the seismic survey centre,...
View ArticleMore bi-communal cultural events planned
Several more cultural events are in the pipeline, approved by both Cypriot presidents as confidence building measures. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday, Androulla Vassiliou, co-chair of...
View ArticleAdding the name Hellim to PDO application “criminal mistake”
South Cyprus’ Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis has announced measures worth 35 million euros aimed at supporting sheep and goat farmers for the next three years following Cyprus’ official...
View ArticleIsland wide human trafficking continues
A new report published by the US Department of State states that the TRNC “continues to be a zone of impunity for human trafficking”. It said that the TRNC authorities “do not fully comply with the...
View ArticleTeknecik power station must have filters fitted now
BKP party General Secretary Abdullah Korkmazhan has called on the KIB-TEK management to fit a filter on the power plant’s chimney without further delay. In a written statement, the MP said that despite...
View ArticleLimit property return to preserve bi-zonality
Leader of the UBP coalition party, Hüseyin Özgürgün has said that they wanted to be kept up to speed on developments in the Cyprus negotiations on a daily basis. Speaking on BRT’s morning show,...
View ArticleOzersay claims some statements by leaders are confusing
Former Turkish Cypriot negotiator Kudret Ozersay has expressed his concerns with regard to the progress of the Cyprus negotiations and saying that although the talks seem to continue in a positive...
View ArticleProperty rights will also cover current occupants
President Mustafa Akinci’s spokesman Baris Burcu has said that property rights under negotiation in the Cyprus talks, will cover not only dispossessed owners but in particular, current occupiers of...
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KADS makes generous donation to SOS Children’s Village and KAR
Kyrenia Amateur Dramatic Society (KADS) presented a donation of 2,435TL to SOS Children’s Village. In the presentation ceremony at Girne Municipality, on Wednesday 29th July, 2015, KADS also presented...
View ArticleBi-zonal Cyprus Trade Forum created
The Turkish Cypriot Businessmen’s Association (ISAD) and its Greek Cypriot counterpart, the Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) signed a joint protocol at an event held in Nicosia...
View ArticleAkinci and Eide discuss latest developments in talks
UN Special Advisor Espen Barth Eide met with President Mustafa Akinci on Friday morning. The latest developments in the Cyprus negotiations were discussed during the meeting attended by the UN...
View ArticleTurkish Airlines plane makes emergency landing
A Turkish Airlines (THY) plane flying from Istanbul to San Francisco had to make an emergency landing in Warsaw after what a Polish television channel reported as a suspicious package was found on...
View ArticleVarosha will most likely be bulldozed
Speaker of the Greek Cypriot Assembly Yianakkis Omirou, has suggested that experts should be allowed into the fenced-off town of Varosha to assess the damage after 41-years of lying empty. Abandoned by...
View ArticleNegotiators to take two week break
Cyprus negotiators Andreas Mavroyiannis and Ozdil Nami will continue their meetings this week, before taking a two-week break. The date of resuming their work is likely to be 25thAugust, when they will...
View ArticleConcerns in the North over property rights
Inaccurate reporting in both the Turkish and Turkish Cypriot press is whipping up concerns over property rights in relation to a solution to the Cyprus problem. UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide has...
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