Karpaz farmers sell tobacco crops after 12 years
Tobacco harvested from the Karpaz region, has been sent to factories for processing and sold to several European countries. This development has boosted moral in the region because, for the past 12...
View ArticleRevived Turkey-Russia relations boosts TRNC citrus fruit sales
The improved relations between Turkey and Russia is expected to enhance exports of citrus fruits from the TRNC. Turkish Cypriot citrus fruit producers appear optimistic about the production of citrus...
View ArticlePoet donates 8,000TL to SOS Children’s Village
Hüsniye Emel Özer presented a cheque of 8,000TL to SOS Children’s Village. The donation was the collected proceeds from the sale of her poetry book “Nergiz Kokuludur Sevgim” (My Love Smells of...
View ArticleTRNC energy minister repeats call to share energy with South Cyprus
On the sidelines of the 23rd World Energy Congress held in Istanbul, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Berat Albayrak signed an agreement with TRNC energy minister Sunat Atun providing for...
View ArticleTurkey and Israel discuss potential gas pipeline connection
The possibility of building a natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Israel has been discussed, Israel’s energy minister said on Thursday. Speaking after the first Israeli ministerial visit to Turkey...
View ArticleNuland meets President Akinci
US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs Victoria Nuland, was received by President Akinci on Thursday morning. Their meeting, which was held at the presidential palace in...
View ArticleCommunity leaders work to resolve differences
President Akinci and President Anastasiades met again on Thursday to discuss details related to the effective participation of the constituent states in a reunited federal Cyprus, as President...
View ArticleAkinci discussed central government decision making process with Anastasiades
President Mustafa Akinci has said that in Friday’s meeting in the Cyprus negotiations, both leaders focused on the remaining points of the central government’s decision-making process which are yet to...
View ArticleEvkaf opens tenders for building more mosques
Following a request by the Religious Affairs Department, the Evkaf has opened tenders for the construction of mosques in five villages in the north. According to Turkish Cypriot daily ‘Yeni Duzen’, the...
View ArticleHealth and education systems struggling with increased population
National education and culture minister Ozdemir Berova, has said that there are many chronic problems within the education system and his department is trying to overcome them. Responding to criticisms...
View ArticleOpposition party goes to court over illegal granting of citizenships
The Republican Turkish Party (CTP) has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court against the Council of Ministers, asking for the annulment of citizenships, granted recently by the UBP-DP coalition...
View ArticleNorth Cyprus will cease producing its own electricity in future
The Turkish Cypriots will no longer be producing their own electricity once electric power is supplied to the north by undersea cable from Turkey, Energy Minister Sunat Atun has said. Speaking on Genc...
View ArticleCommunity leaders ironed out many divergences: Akinci
President Akinci met with President Anastasiades on Friday. Speaking from the Presidential Palace afterwards, he said that they had discussed three topics during their three hour meeting. “The federal...
View ArticleLeaders discuss citizenship in Sunday’s meeting
Sunday’s meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and President Mustafa Akinci revolved around aspects related to citizenship. Following the four hour meeting, President Anastasiades said the...
View ArticleGuzelyurt residents will not return one inch of land
A demonstration was held at the Bostancı/Zodia border crossing on Sunday, to protest against handing Guzelyurt back to the Greek Cypriots as part of the Cyprus solution. According to CNA, a spokesman...
View ArticleProgress achieved at every meeting with Anastasiades: Akinci
Following Monday’s meeting between the two community leaders, President Akinci said that they had discussed issues that had been agreed upon, what remained and where differences continued. He said that...
View ArticleEU funds restoration of church at Geçitkale
A contract was signed on Monday for conservation works on Archangelos Michael church in Geçitkale (Lefkoniko) by the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, the European Commission and the United...
View ArticleEU grants funds to build youth centre in Kyrenia
SOS Children’s Village is preparing to launch a new EU-funded project targeting young people at social risk in the Kyrenia area. The grant contract for the “Kyrenia Youth & Resource Centre” (GİGEM)...
View ArticleSufficient progress made in talks to move on to territory
Following his meeting with President Akinci in the ongoing Cyprus talks on Monday, President Anastasiades said there is sufficient progress in the negotiations to allow the process to move on to the...
View ArticleAnastasiades blunders settler numbers
President Nicos Anastasiades said that he had mistakenly told reporters that around 90,000 Turkish settlers in mixed marriages, or children of mix marriages would remain in the new federal Cyprus....
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