Turkish lira falls as coalition talks fail
The Turkish lira fell yet again on Thursday after coalition talks between Turkey’s majority AK Party and opposition party CHP failed. After the meeting between Turkey’s acting prime minister and leader...
View ArticleGuarantees an anachronism: Christodoulides
Presidents Nicos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci are scheduled to meet on 1st September. Top of the agenda will be one of the most critical issues to be negotiated, that is one of territorial...
View ArticleKyrenia Dog Show to be held on 20 September
The Kyrenia Canine Club will hold their 4th Kyrenia Dog Show on 20th September. Club board member Husnu Tokatlioglu said that they had contacted the World Canine Federation FCI and noted that judges...
View ArticleAnother search for mass grave begins
Work has begun in Kızılay (Trachonas) by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) to locate a mass grave, believed to contain the remains of Greek Cypriots, who went missing in 1974. Kızılay is a small...
View ArticleGreek Cypriots selling off properties in North
Greek Cypriots are selling their property in the North to other Greek Cypriots at prices higher than those determined by the Turkish Cypriot Immovable Property Commission (IPC) but lower than the...
View ArticleAll eyes on Turkey as Davutoğlu to return mandate today
All eyes are on Turkey as interim Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is expected to hand over a mandate for government to President Erdoğan today. With the 23rd August deadline looming, there is growing...
View ArticleH4C educational activities for autumn and winter
Home for Cooperation continues to bring people together on the island through various artistic and educational activities in Autumn-Winter 2015. For adults and youth, the Turkish, Greek and English...
View ArticleBRS asks Akinci about expat property rights
The British Residents Society “one of the largest and oldest legally recognised expatriate organisations” in North Cyprus has sent a letter this month to President Mustafa Akinci requesting a meeting...
View ArticleFree wifi for Ercan departure lounges
Free wifi which has been available to passengers arriving at Ercan airport is to be extended to departure lounges. Mobile telecoms company KKTCell expanded its growing market by offering wifi at Ercan...
View ArticleCasinos contribute millions of dollars to TRNC
Casinos in the TRNC contribute 600 million dollars annually to the TRNC economy, Casino Businesses Administrators Union coordinator (CIB) Ayhan Saricicek has said. Saricicek, answering stiff criticism...
View ArticleENI/KOGAS ask to extend research drilling
ENI/KOGAS consortium has asked for an extension of their exploration drilling license to re-evaluate geological data for blocs 2, 3 and 9 of South Cyprus’ Aphrodite gas fields. The consortium initiated...
View ArticleKyrenia launches e-ID card
Minister for the Interior and Labour Aziz Gurpinar visited Kyrenia district office to see the launching of the new e-ID card and to speak to officials. Kyrenia District Governor Mehmet Envergil said...
View ArticlePrivate company to invest in fish farming in TRNC
Private Turkish company Kilic Deniz is currently in the TRNC with the intention of establishing fish farming. The sea products company which breeds sea bream and sea bass and is also involved in saline...
View ArticleChinese businessman plans building project in Yeni Iskele
A Chinese businessman who has visited the TRNC for holidays in the past, intends to make a large investment in the Yeni Iskele area. Impressed with the area’s beauty, You Fei Ma who is the...
View ArticleOver half of TRNC workers on minimum wage
Around 50% of workers in the TRNC are only paid the minimum wage, Labour Minister Aziz Gurpinar has said. He noted that that figure should only be 10% and that in the private sector, the figure was...
View ArticleElectricity project for TRNC should be not be state funded: Yildiz
Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz, has said that they want to transfer electricity to Cyprus using the private sector and that they had spent several years, preparing a...
View ArticleHope for guarantors’ meeting at UN
A five party meeting between the guarantor powers, Turkey, Greece and the UK might take place, if sufficient progress in the Cyprus negotiations is made. Spokesman for President Akinci, Baris Burcu,...
View ArticleWater from Turkey to reach TRNC in October
TRNC Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Food Onder Sennaroglu, has said that water via the Turkish pipeline will reach the TRNC on 28th October. Sennaroglu who is currently in Ankara, met...
View ArticleKIB-TEK chairman unaware of Turkey’s electricity plans for TRNC
Turkish energy minister Taner Yildiz’s statement regarding supplying electricity to the TRNC using private finance has given rise to indignant reaction from KIB-TEK chairman Ismet Akim. Akim stated...
View ArticleErdogan to call for snap election
President Erdogan has said that he will hold a snap election on 1st November and in the meantime form an interim government. Turkey’s election committee will set the official timing of the election...
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