Half Price sales rife in South Cyprus
As the economic situation in South Cyprus continues to worsen, a large number of shops are closing down and many of the rest are selling their goods at huge discounts. The sales that normally start in...
View ArticleMaras handover proposal from South Cyprus
The South Cyprus government has announced that it will be sending its proposals for Maras to the Turkish government through the European council. The Greek Cypriots have announced that in return for...
View ArticleIstanbul’s Gezi Park to be demolished
The ‘stay of execution’ over Gezi Park has been reversed by an Istanbul court of administration. This allows the demolition of the park ahead of the proposed construction of a shopping mall. The...
View ArticleTurkey plans oil exploration off South Cyprus
Trouble may be brewing following the announcement made by the Turkish Minister of Energy Taner Yildiz that Turkey will search for gas and oil in the exclusive economic zone claimed by South Cyprus. The...
View ArticleCrowds gather in protest at Kalecik
Major protests took place at Kalecik over the weekend. NGO’s and individual citizens gathered in front of the AKSA power generation plant Sunday morning in protest at the oil spill that resulted as oil...
View ArticleKalecik Oil Spill: 1st report
A team of experts from the Middle East Technical University yesterday published their initial findings on the environmental impact of the oil spill at Kalecik. The director of the Institute of Marine...
View ArticleKyrenia has an open air hotel
Smells coming from a large apartment block in the Kasgar neighbourhood of Kyrenia are causing concern with the locals. The block is unfinished and in fact construction work stopped on it many years...
View Article64 journalists under arrest: CHP
Turkish opposition leader of the CHP, Kemal Kilicdaroglu has said that the Turkish Journalists’ Labour Union (TGS) reports that as of July 22nd, 59 journalists have been ‘removed from their post’ for...
View ArticleTurkey raises interest rates
Turkey’s central bank raised interest rates on Tuesday for the first time in almost two years after the lira slumped to a record low this month. The bank’s Monetary Policy Committee increased its...
View ArticlePetrol Price Hikes
All TRNC petrol and diesel prices went up at midnight last night. Unleaded 95% octane petrol rose 12 kurus to TL 3.29 while 97% rose 16 kurus to Tl 3.45. Euro diesel has gone up 12 kurus to TL 3.44....
View ArticleFirst raft of fines for AKSA
Following the oil spillage at Kalecik, Tourism and Environment Minister Mehmet Harmanci held a press conference earlier today to announce the first fine levied on AKSA. The first fine is a statutory...
View ArticleCustoms Office – no bribery here
The head of the Customs office, GUC-SEN trade union and the Chamber of Commerce have responded to a survey showing that customs is the most corrupt service in the TRNC. They have taken exception to the...
View ArticleErtug speaks to new Greek Cypriot negotiator
A Turkish Cypriot daily has said that Osman Ertug, Special Representative of President Dervis Eroglu held a telephone conversation with Andreas Mavroyiannis, the newly-appointed Greek Cypriot...
View ArticleTurkey refuses compensation for Mavi Mara incident
Turkey has refused financial compensation over the Mavi Mara incident. The reason being that Israel has offered compensation in the form of an ex-gratia payment and not for redressing a wrongful act,...
View ArticleCouncil of Ministers revokes Turkish pipeline land deal
At its latest meeting, the Council of Ministers revoked yet another decision made by the former UBP government. This time PM Sibel Siber revoked the UBP decision to grant to an individual, a huge plot...
View ArticlePresident Eroglu returns from Brussels
President Eroglu returned from Brussels at 9am this morning While in Brussels he met with EU President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Enlargement Minister Stefan Fule. A press conference was held at Ercan...
View ArticleUnions say no to compulsory labour
After a long meeting between Nicosia mayor Kadri Fellahoglu and council workers’ union BES, salaries will be paid tomorrow. However these are for May and a number of employees have already left their...
View ArticleEx-Prime Minister in bitter attack on PM Siber
The leader of the UBP party, and ex-prime minister, Irsen Kucuk launched a bitter attack on the PM of the interim government Mrs Sibel Siber. He said that she would not escape the justice of the people...
View ArticleLast government’s colossal travel spend
A recent review of the spending by the last UBP government has revealed huge travel expenses. The government spent a total of 1,518,000 TL on overseas visits over the last three years. It has also...
View ArticleInternational stars and artists publish protest letter
A bevy of international stars, artists and scholars joined together to publish a letter addressed to to Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan in the UK’s broadsheet, ‘The Times’. The letter roundly condemned...
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