Tulips Ladies Football team achieves its goal
The first ever 2015 Tulips Ladies Football Match raised a stunning total of 6,034TL Sue and Carole at Tulips would like to thank: Kelly-Jo Karlaman and Deniz Hasret coming up with the idea and...
View ArticleTurkey goes to the polls again today
Polling stations opened across Turkey this morning as the country goes to vote in a snap election. The ruling AKP government failed to gain a majority in the election on 7th June and unable to form a...
View ArticleSouth Cyprus and Greece draft new security plans for Cyprus
Greece and South Cyprus are drafting a new formula for security matters as part of a Cyprus settlement. Reportedly, President Nicos Anastasiades has told the Greek Foreign Ministry that a solution to...
View ArticleAKP wins Turkey’s snap election
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has had a convincing win in the 1st November snap election and has secured a clear majority in the Turkish parliament. The national assembly will still consist...
View ArticleIntensive phase of negotiations begins today
The Cyprus negotiations enter an intensive phase this month, with the two Cypriot leaders meeting on Monday. They are expected to hold a further five meetings in November. Top of the agenda will be the...
View ArticleRacially motivated hate crime increasing in the South
Victims of hate crime and racially motivated violence in South Cyprus are hesitant to contact police for fear of making their situation worse or lack of trust that the authorities will investigate...
View ArticleAkinci cautiously optimistic about negotiations
President Mustafa Akinci remains cautiously optimistic about finding a solution to the Cyprus problem. Akinci, who hosted a breakfast for Turkish Cypriot journalists on Saturday, made statements...
View ArticleTRNC at London Tourism Fair
A delegation composed of representatives from the tourism sector, hoteliers and travel agents, is representing North Cyprus at the 2015 World Travel Market, which opened yesterday at the ExCel Centre...
View ArticlePegasus plane landing shakes passengers
Passengers on a Pegasus Airlines flight from Ankara landing at Ercan airport on Monday experienced a somewhat hairy landing when the front tyre of the plane exploded on impact. Firefighters attended...
View ArticleTRNC Assembly approves draft law on residency
The draft law on the permanent residence permit was approved on Monday with a simple majority by the TRNC Assembly. According to the law, foreigners, who have worked for six years in the TRNC, having...
View ArticleNatural gas sales to fund property compensations
Funding for compensation for property will ultimately come from the income from the natural gas reserves lying in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the event of a potential solution to the...
View ArticleMigrants rescued from half-sunk boat off Cape Greco
A group of migrants, mostly women and children, were rescued off Cape Greco on Tuesday. Authorities rescued 26 people including 13 children who were aboard a small boat off the Famagusta coast east of...
View ArticleMayor of Yeni Iskele visits Brussels
The mayor of Yeni Iskele Hasan Sadikoglu has travelled to Brussels for a three-day visit. There he will meet with officials from the EU Commission and the European Parliament. He will also meet with...
View ArticleCost of living shoots up
The state planning organisation (DPO) has announced that the inflation rate for October 2015 was 1.52% and the cost of living increased by 7.39% in the first ten months of this year. Odul Muhtaroglu,...
View ArticleTRNC looks to tourism for its independence
The Minister of Tourism Dr Faiz Sucuoglu, who is in London for the 2015 World Travel Market (WTM), said that they are making efforts to keep autumn and spring tourism alive with the creation of more...
View ArticleTurkish army gives CMP access to 30 areas
President Mustafa Akinci today announced that the Turkish army has given permission for excavations in search of missing persons in 30 locations in military areas in the TRNC. The president made the...
View ArticleSouth could pass bill relating to TRNC land
A land bill ratifying an agreement dating back to 1971, will be presented to the South Cyprus Assembly for voting. The old agreement between the church and the state, both headed by Archbishop Makarios...
View ArticlePresidents held meeting on Thursday
Presidents Akinci and Anastasiades held a three-hour meeting within the framework of the Cyprus negotiations, on Thursday. The UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide was also...
View ArticleCyprus on standby to aid stranded Brits
Aircraft from a number of UK locations have been sent to Larnaca and Paphos airports to bring home British tourists stranded at Sharm el-Sheikh, a Hermes Airports spokesman has said. Stranded British...
View ArticleTurkey compromises on guarantees for Cyprus
Diplomatic sources close to the negotiations have said that in September a high-level Turkish government official had informed all parties involved that Turkey had shifted its stance on guarantees for...
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