Akkuyu PR manager resigns over safety concerns
The Regional Head of Public Relations for Turkey’s first ongoing nuclear plant project at Akkuyu, Faruk Uzel has resigned after four years employment. Faruk Uzel, on 1st September, sent a text to press...
View ArticleWest responsible for Mediterranean graveyard: Erdoğan
Turkish President Erdoğan lashed out at EU states for turning the Mediterranean into a cemetery for migrants, accusing Europe of abandoning the criteria of human rights and freedoms it had set. On...
View ArticleTwo missing boys believed to be in TRNC
Two boys at the centre of a family court case have gone missing, lawyers say. Social services officials think that Charlie Clift, five, and Kaiton Warnes, two, are in North Cyprus with their mother...
View ArticleFour charged with deaths of 12 Syrian migrants
Four Syrians have been remanded in custody by a Turkish court on Friday after a prosecutor charged them over the deaths of at least 12 people, including a 3-year-old boy, whose boat capsized as they...
View ArticleStranded refugee boat rescued off Cyprus
Rescue services came to the aid of a small fishing boat in distress off the south east coast of Cyprus. The boat was packed with 114 refugees from Syrian, Lebanon and Palestine, authorities said. “On...
View ArticleRunaway mother vows to remain in Cyprus
A women who fled the UK to Cyprus with her children who were under the protection of social services has vowed never to return with them. The father of one of the children is pleading with Amelia...
View ArticleWomen’s Shelter to be established in TRNC
The Council of Ministers had decided to establish a Women’s Shelter, which will provide a place of temporary refuge and support for women exposed to domestic violence, Prime Minister Ömer Kalyoncu has...
View ArticleTurkey releases two British journalists
Two British journalists arrested on suspicion of having links with the PKK have been released, however, their Iraqi translator will remain under arrest in Turkey. British journalists, Jake Hanrahan and...
View ArticleMore human remains found in Nicosia dig
The remains of 5 more people along with pieces of combat and civilian clothing, has raised the number of remains of missing persons discovered in excavations carried out near the central prison in...
View ArticleNorth Nicosia scheduled to get Turkish water supply in October
The Turkish funded project to annually bring 75 million cubic meters of water from Turkey to the TRNC with pipelines has been completed. According to Onder Sennaroglu, TRNC Minister of Agriculture,...
View ArticleSandstorm hits Cyprus
The whole of the island has been under a veil of dust since yesterday afternoon. A sandstorm from Saudi Arabia arrived yesterday afternoon, effecting the whole island. The Met office forecasts that the...
View ArticleSecurity for Turkish Cypriots is paramount
Security for the Turkish Cypriots in any Cyprus settlement was paramount, Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu said on Monday. The guarantor countries would need to be involved in...
View ArticleBomb attack kills 14 policemen
At least 14 police officers have died after a police bus was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) laid on a road by outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the eastern Turkish...
View ArticleTulips thanks supporters for generous contributions
Tulips/Help Those with Cancer Association would like to say thank you to Janine and Keith Hutchinson who had their Wedding blessing at the Kybele Restaurant on 26th August 2015. Janine and Keith asked...
View ArticleLocal airport schedules back to normal
Flight schedules at Larnaca and Paphos airports are back to normal, after the high concentration of dust in the atmosphere, with no flights being redirected or cancelled, reports the Cyprus News...
View ArticleOzersay set to form new political party
Sources close to former Turkish Cypriot negotiator Kudret Ozersay say that he plans to form a political party together with a very close friend of his. Ozersay will announce the formation of his party...
View ArticleCyprus negotiations at an intensive stage
President Mustafa Akinci who met with a delegation from the Eastern Mediterranean University (DAU) said that they are working towards achieving a Cyprus settlement of which both communities will...
View ArticleTRNC seeks investors despite weak lira
The Minister of Economy, Industry and Commerce Sunat Atun (l), met with a delegation from the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce (KTSO), headed by its chairman Fikri Toros (r). Speaking prior to the...
View ArticleNew bi-communal Europe Direct Centre opens
Head of the European Commission Representation in Cyprus, Georgios Markopouliotis, and the Mayor of North Nicosia Mehmet Harmancı presided over the opening ceremony of the new bi-communal Europe Direct...
View ArticleProspect of solving Cyprob clearer by year’s end: Mavroyiannis
There will be a clearer picture as to the likelihood of a Cyprus solution by the end of the year, Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis said yesterday. The continuing negotiations aim to...
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