Solution could increase TRNC’s economic struggle
A solution to the Cyprus problem will create many opportunities, but also cause difficulties, TRNC Economy Minister Sunat Atun has said. Addressing the assembly on Friday, Atun said that there is...
View ArticleTwo bomb blasts in Istanbul kill 38 people
Two bomb blasts in central Istanbul have claimed a total of 38 lives and another 136 wounded on Saturday. One explosion which came from a moving car, took place near the Beşiktaş’s Vodafone Arena...
View ArticleTwo leaders will continue negotiations Tuesday
President Mustafa Akinci and President Nicos Anastasiades will be meeting on Tuesday in the ongoing Cyprus negotiations, reports said yesterday. This will be the first meeting after their 1st December...
View ArticleDisregard speculative reports in GC press: Burcu
President Mustafa Akinci’s spokesman Baris Burcu has urged the public not to pay heed to speculative reports that have emerged in the Greek Cypriot press regarding the conference on Cyprus in Geneva in...
View ArticleSecurity Council members should be at Geneva talks: Anastasiades
Permanent Members of the Security Council should be present at the international conference on Cyprus in Geneva in January 2017, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday. South Cyprus counts in...
View ArticleSnow forecasts prompt THY to cancel Istanbul flights for Wednesday
Turkish Airlines (THY) announced today that it had cancelled at least 20 scheduled domestic and international flights due to bad weather conditions, Anadolu Agency has reported. THY announced that it...
View ArticleUN Security Council has no place at Geneva Summit: Talat
Former Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat has said that China, Russia and France have no business at the Cyprus international summit that will be held Geneva in January. “If they want to be...
View ArticleArrest warrent issued for owner of Bulut Constructions
An arrest warrant has been issued for the manager of Bulut Insaat (Cloud Constructions) Temel Bulut, who is accused of victimizing thousands of property buyers both in the TRNC and Turkey. According to...
View ArticlePresident Akinci invites party leaders to Geneva Summit
President Mustafa Akinci has officially invited political parties with seats in the TRNC parliament to accompany him to the Cyprus summit in Geneva next month. Akinci sent a written invitation to the...
View ArticleTurkey’s military presence does not contravene EU norms: Ozersay
Chairman of the People’s Party (HP) Kudret Ozersay, commented on social media on the recent statements made by the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Tsipras stated that the “existence of foreign...
View ArticleAkinci condemns Istanbul bomb attacks
President Mustafa Akinci sent a letter of condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which he condemned the recent terrorist attack in Istanbul which killed 44 people and wounded 136...
View ArticleTheresa May demands justice for murder victim George Low
Prime Minister Theresa May has called for the two suspects wanted for the murder in Cyprus of tourist George Low, 22, to be brought to justice. Low was stabbed in the neck during an unprovoked attack...
View ArticleAkinci rejects proposal that UN Security Council attends Cyprus Summit
President Mustafa Akinci has closed the door to the participation of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (Permanent Five) in the Cyprus Summit to be held in Geneva in January....
View ArticleYouth unemployment in the TRNC at 10%
Figures given by the State Planning Department figures show that the number of unemployed in the TRNC is over 12,000. This is the equivalent of 7-8% of the adult population in the north. According to...
View ArticleQuarrying continues to claim the lives of workers
Data from the Geology and Metal Department for 2016, shows that a total of 341 permissions have been granted since 1974 for stone quarries in the TRNC. Currently only 31 of them are in operation....
View ArticleEU representatives to attend security conference in Geneva
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will attend the multi-party conference on Cyprus in Geneva, reports say. They will represent the EU at...
View ArticleStructural Reform Programme launched in TRNC
Prime Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün has announced that the government has put into force the Structural Transformation Programme with the support of Turkey. This is the country’s most comprehensive reform...
View ArticleUnions protest against unecessary road deaths
The Trades’ Union Platform held a vigil this morning, at the site of a road traffic accident which claimed the lives of a school bus driver and two school girls on the Degirmenlik-Kyrenia mountain...
View ArticleRussian Ambassador to Cyprus visits President Akinci
President Mustafa Akinci met with the Russian Ambassador to Cyprus Stanislav V. Osadchiy on Friday morning. The latest stage reached in the Cyprus negotiations and the forthcoming Cyprus Summit in...
View ArticleNo return of Guzelyurt: Ozgurgun
Prime Minister Huseyin Ozgurgun has said that “his party will not support a settlement in which Guzelyurt/Morphou will be given away as a territorial concession”. He said that the UBP’s Party Assembly...
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