New museum needed for Famagusta
A new initiative has begun for the construction of a new museum in Famagusta. Five statues that were discovered during excavations in Salamis from 1998-2002, including ten other pieces that were...
View ArticleCasino law needs amendment
Chairman of the casino operator’s union Ahmet Arkin says that there will be an increase in competition when the South begins operating its casinos, after gaming laws were changed. He said that...
View ArticleCorenden Airline to restart flights to the North
Dutch airline company Corendon Airlines, in cooperation with Akmina Travel, will restart flights to the TRNC as of 6th May. The company had launched chartered flights to North Cyprus in 2010, but...
View ArticleTurkey’s aid bureau makes PR move
The Turkish Republic Aid Committee has changed its name to the Development and Financial Cooperation Bureau. According to Kibris Postasi, a sign with the new name was attached the bureau’s building in...
View ArticleNorth not ready to adopt EU standards: Denktaş
The Ministry of Finance is not ready for the European Union in the event of a possible solution to the Cyprus problem, Vice-President and finance minister Serdar Denktaş, has said. He added that many...
View ArticleNEU signs protocol with Yemen University
Near East University (NEU) has signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Science and Technology of Yemen. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi, the agreement envisages academic...
View ArticleVigil held on World Press Freedom Day in Turkey
Turkey has silently marked World Press Freedom Day, a day dedicated to defending media independence and paying tribute to journalists who have suffered consequences due to their journalistic...
View ArticleSiber meets head of Australian-Turkish Chamber of Commerce
Speaker of the Assembly Sibel Siber met yesterday with the chairperson of the Australian-Turkish Chamber of Commerce, Nevin Huseyin. In statements during the meeting, Siber said, inter alia, that...
View ArticleTurkish Cypriots in danger of being sidelined: Ozersay
The Turkish Cypriots will be sidelined, if they do not “do their duty”, Kudret Ozersay, leader of the People’s Party (HP) has said. Referring to Turkey’s decision to lift visa requirements for the...
View ArticleTurkish Prime Minister Davutoğlu to resign
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said that he is stepping down while announcing a congress on 22nd May to choose the AKP party’s future leader. The prime minister and the Justice and...
View ArticleFruit exports going well despite embargoes
Chairman of the Cypruvex Company Ltd.Ugur Kemal Saygili, has said that for the past 15 years, the fruit and vegetable company has exported oranges to the UK and the Netherlands and said that if the...
View ArticleNo mass citizenship to be granted: Ozgurgun
Prime Minister Huseyin Ozgurgun said that his government supports the reunification talks with Greek Cypriots. “The UBP [National Unity Party] government will not fall into a difference of opinion in...
View ArticleLeft wing parties to establish an alliance
Representatives of the New Cyprus Party (YKP) and the United Cyprus Party (BKP) met with the Turkish Cypriot Teacher’s Trade Union (KTOS) to discuss ways to establish an alliance on the basis of...
View ArticleKyrenia ring road to close at weekend
The Kyrenia ring road will be closed to traffic on Saturday for 24 hours because of work on the water pipeline project. A Turkish Cypriot Water Department statement has said that the Kyrenia ring road...
View ArticleAkinci speaks about Turkey lifting visa requirements for EU citizens
Akinci speaking on the decision by Ankara to lift visa restrictions to EU citizens as well as the EU Commission’s recommendation for the same for Turkish nationals wishing to travel to EU countries,...
View ArticleTurkey’s relations with TRNC have worsened: Talat
Turkey’s ties with North Cyprus on the political level have not progressed well in recent years, Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader Mehmet Ali Talat has said. Speaking on Kanal Sim, the CTP leader...
View ArticleQuarrying in Besparmak continues to damage environment
Uncontrolled quarrying in the Besparmak mountains over the past decades has taken its toll of the mountain range. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Diyalog, an unnamed European official told the paper...
View ArticleTurkish journalists get five year jail sentences
Can Dündar, editor-in-chief of Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, and fellow journalist Erdem Gül, its Ankara bureau chief have been sentenced by an Istanbul court to five years imprisonment for ‘procuring and...
View ArticlePoisonous Catfish found in E. Mediterrranean
Increasing numbers of Striped Catfish (Plotosus lineatus) have been seen around the eastern Mediterranean. Lecturer Professor Cemal Turan at the Faculty of Marine Science and Technology at Iskenderun...
View ArticleResidents against new student residence building in Zeytinlik
Zeytinlik residents are protesting against plans to build a 512 bed students’ residence in the area. Eight student residence projects are waiting for building permission from the town planning...
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