Tusk in Cyprus to meet both leaders
President of the European Council Donald Tusk arrived in Cyprus late on Thursday night on a two-day visit. Today, Tusk will meet President Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace after which...
View ArticleSouth agrees to rotating presidency, journalist claims
The Greek Cypriot side has accepted the idea of a rotating presidency, but are keeping quiet about it. Journalist Ulas Baris, writing in ‘Kibris Postasi’ claims that the Greek Cypriots do not want to...
View ArticleCentury pipeline to be cleared of sea water
Work to evacuate sea water from the submerged pipeline, which will convey fresh water from Turkey’s Alakopru Dam to the TRNC, begins next week. The project team travelled to the dam at Anamur in...
View Article100 donums destroyed in fire
Fire engines and a helicopter rushed to fight a blaze on Friday night in the border region of Türkeli. Over one hundred donums of forest and land were destroyed by the fire. The cause of the fire is...
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Turkish and Greek Cypriot shipbuilders sign historic deal
Two Cypriot shipyard owners one Turkish, one Greek have signed up as partners in an “historic agreement”. The new partnership is named Ocean Well and comprises the Famagusta Shipyard Company and FAMA...
View ArticleSouth plans to make Kolokas a PDO
South Cyprus plans to apply for Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status for the root vegetable Kolokasi (Taro), after it made the same application for Halloumi cheese. The announcement was made by...
View ArticleNo agreement yet on rotating presidency
President Mustafa Akinci held a press conference after his meeting with President Anastasiades earlier today. Progress was being made, he said but noted that difficult issues remain – those which had...
View ArticleTurkish Lira continues to fall
The Turkish Lira continues to devalue against foreign currencies and has begun the week at a new record low. Political instability and clashes between different factions have caused the Turkish Lira to...
View ArticleWho will manage Turkey’s water supply to TRNC?
The battle over who will manage the water distribution from the Century Project continues. Turkey, which has spent millions of Lira on the project to bring water from South Turkey by undersea pipeline...
View ArticleCTA selling off assets
The now defunct Cyprus Turkish Airways, is selling off its inventory at its offices in Nicosia. Office table, chairs, cupboards, air conditioners, computers, safes, printers amongst others (photo for...
View ArticleTCs suggest computerised system to process property claims
A computerised system to process property claims could be introduced to speed up the process. Reliable sources have said that the yet to be formed new Property Commission will be more easily be able to...
View ArticleNo role for NATO in Cyprus guarantees
Russia fully supports the two Cypriot leaders in their attempts to find a solution to the Cyprus problem, Russian Ambassador to Cyprus Stanislav Osadchiy has said. Osadchiy stated that Russia had...
View ArticleTurkey will not permit South to continue hydrocarbon search
According to a new strategic document issued to the Turkish Naval Forces, Turkey will not make concessions and permit possible drilling operations by the Greek Cypriot sector, in the eastern...
View ArticleStelios Award gets highest ever number of applications
An increasing number of applications have been made to the Stelios Foundation for bi-communal business awards. According to the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, applications have quadrupled this year....
View ArticleAutumn is on its way
It looks like we are heading into autumn and seeing the end of the blistering heat. The Meteorological Office has said that temperatures on the coast will reach a maximum of 34°C inland, 31°C on the...
View ArticleUS continues its support for Cyprus settlement
US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has said that the United States strongly supports a Cyprus settlement by Cypriots for Cypriots and that Washington is encouraged by the leaders’ hard...
View ArticleFunday Fundraiser in Lapta
An evening of fundraising fun is in store next week in Lapta, in aid of two causes. Organised by Lee Hickens, half of the event’s proceeds will go to supporting a seriously ill man, Vic Chappell and...
View ArticleMaronites demand their own region in new federal Cyprus
The four Maronite villages in Cyprus must be unified and administrated by the new federal state as a region, the Maronite community representative in the South’s Parliamentary Assembly, Antonis...
View ArticleTRNC tourist numbers increased
Hotel occupancy rates for August was at 75.3% in the TRNC, the Ministry of Tourism has announced. According to ministry’s statistics, there was an increase of 6.4% in the total hotel occupancy rate of...
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‘Make Them Smile This Bayram’
SOS Children’s Village has launched its Kurban Bayram (Greater Eid) campaign, calling on donations during the month of Kurban to support its family based care and advocacy work. With the slogan, ‘Make...
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