Enosis Day vote was a poor decision Anastasiades concedes
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday that the overreaction in the north to the Greek Cypriot parliament’s decision to introduce an annual commemoration of the 1950 referendum on the island’s...
View ArticleAnastasiades has one eye on the forthcoming presidential elections: Akinci
President Nicos Anastasiades is distracted by the thought of the upcoming presidential elections next year, President Mustafa Akinci has said. Akinci told Greek daily ‘Kathimerini’ that were dark...
View ArticleTRNC attends World Tourism Forum in Istanbul
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has attended the World Tourism Forum at the Istanbul Congress Centre, one of the most prestigious tourism forums in the world. A delegation from the TRNC...
View ArticleTurkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu arrives in TRNC today
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrives in the TRNC on Monday to discuss the current stage of the Cyprus negotiations. He will meet with President Mustafa...
View ArticleBoth community police forces must be free to co-operate to fight crime
Three months after a joint police operation to shut down illegal gambling dens in the mixed community village of Pile, locals are concerned that illegal gambling operations have re-emerged. Co-Chair of...
View ArticleSouth invites President Akinci back to the negotiating table
After the Enosis Day debacle last week, the south Cyprus government has called on President Akinci to return to the negotiating table. The south’s government spokesperson Nicos Christodoulides said...
View ArticleTurkish FM meets with President Akinci today
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is meeting with President Mustafa Akinci today. Following which delegations from the TRNC negotiation team and the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs will...
View ArticleThe notion of enosis is damaging to all Cypriots
Presidential Spokesman Baris Burcu has said that it is in the hands of the Greek Cypriot leader to overcome the crisis brought about by the south’s vote on ‘Enosis Day’. The negotiations had not...
View ArticleThe ball is in Anastasiades’ court: Akinci
It is up to the Greek Cypriots, whether or not the Cyprus negotiations resume, said President Mustafa Akinci, two days before the scheduled community leaders’ meeting. “It was wrong that the door was...
View ArticleSurvey shows how people would vote in referendum on Cyprus
A survey conducted using face to face interviews with 2,178 persons in the TRNC, for Turkish Cypriot daily ‘Detay’ during February 2017 was published yesterday. According to the survey’s results, the...
View ArticleAnastasiades blames Turkey for breakdown Cyprus talks
President Nicos Anastasiades has blamed Turkey for the collapse of the Cyprus negotiations because Ankara is waiting for the referendum to be held on 16th April on an executive-style presidency. “The...
View ArticleUncertainty over community leaders’ meeting on Thursday
UN Special Representative and United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) chief Elizabeth Spehar will know later on Wednesday if the meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and President...
View ArticleLeaders’ meeting cancelled
Thursday’s meeting between President Akinci and President Anastasiades has been called off because President Akinci has refused to attend, south Cyprus government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides has...
View ArticleNew date for leaders’ meeting possible if Anastasiades remedies situation
Presidential Spokesman Baris Burcu referring to the cancelled leaders’ meeting for Thursday, has said that, “We hope that the necessary steps will be taken soon and a new meeting date will be set.” The...
View Article2.3 million trees planted in the TRNC this year
A total of 2.3 million tree saplings were planted in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the past year, the Turkish Minister of Forestry and Water Works Veysel Eroğlu has said. In a written...
View ArticleTRNC delegates visit International Casino Exhibition at Excel Centre
A delegation from the Casino Businesses Administrators Union, and the TRNC Gaming Union held several contacts in London at the International Casino Exhibition, which was held at the Excel Centre in...
View ArticleThe only Women’s Shelter in TRNC closed
The Women’s Shelter House, which began operating in 2011 with the support of volunteers and Social Violence Prevention Foundation (SORÖV), closed today. SORÖV, which has been trying to keep the only...
View ArticleMajority of Turks not in favour of executive presidency polls show
Public support for an executive-style presidency in Turkey is lukewarm at best, according to an article in Time magazine. President Erdogan is in the middle of a tub-thumping campaign to persuade...
View ArticleUnions agree altered working hours with government
The trade unions have finally reached an agreement with the government on adjusting working hours in all state and public offices. According to the deal reached, public offices in winter will be open...
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Rocks Hotel continues to build sun deck seawards with no permission
The Rocks Hotel continues to extend to its sun deck without permission from the Ports Authority. Despite repeated calls for Kyrenia District Governor Mustafa Erişen to take some action and respond – he...
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