FM Ertugruloglu pays visit to London
Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertugruloglu, has left for London to hold high level contacts. The FM will visit the Turkish Embassy in London and meet with the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations in...
View ArticleGreek Cypriots need to drop their phobia about TRNC recognition: Akinci
President Mustafa Akinci received the Acting Director General, Defence and Intelligence at the British Foreign Office Jonathan Allen at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on Thursday morning. Turkish...
View ArticleNo time to waste to restart negotiations: Akinci
Referring to the social dinner he will have with Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday, President Mustafa Akinci has said that they will discuss a timetable for the period ahead, as time...
View ArticleWhat is the population of North Cyprus?
The last population census in the TRNC took place in 2011 and according to which, the population of the TRNC was 286,257 people. Columnist Dervis Dogan writing for Turkish Cypriot daily ‘Star Kibris,’...
View ArticlePresident of Galatasaray FC wants to invest in North Cyprus
President of Galatasaray FC Dursun Ozbek, who is currently carrying out contacts in the TRNC, met with the Prime Minister Huseyin Ozgurgun. Ozbek, who also visited the chairman of the Turkish Cypriot...
View ArticleAkinci to meet UNSG Antonia Guterres next week
President Mustafa Akinci will meet with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Brussels on Tuesday. President Akinci will be departing for Brussels on Monday and will stop over in Istanbul on his...
View ArticleTRNC to host 2nd European Football Championship in June
The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) will be hosting its 2nd European Football Championship tournament in the TRNC in June. Prime Minister Huseyin Ozurgun who received the...
View ArticleSOS Children’s Village raffle tickets on sale now
Tickets are on sale now for the SOS Children’s Village 23 April National Sovereignty and Children’s Day Raffle. A range of prizes are up for grabs and tickets cost 7.50TL each. The raffle will be drawn...
View ArticleFormer Varosha/Maras residents looking to return
Former residents of Varsosha (Maras) will meet to discuss the idea of returning to their former homes in the North, with or without a Cyprus settlement. The move is being led by Andreas Lordos,...
View ArticleLeaders meet for dinner but no date set for restarting negotiations
President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci met for dinner in Nicosia for four hours on Sunday evening. No date was set to resume the Cyprus negotiations which stalled in...
View ArticlePharmacy opening hours change today
Opening hours for pharmacies in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are changing as of today. According to a statement released by the Cyprus Turkish Pharmacists Association, pharmacies across the...
View ArticleLack of results at leaders’ dinner meeting not positive
Failure to agree to restart the Cyprus negotiations at the leaders’ social dinner meeting on Sunday evening did not look positive, South Cyprus government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides has said. “To...
View ArticleNEU to participate in EFL conference in Glasgow
The Near East University (NEU) will be represented at the 51st annual conference and exhibition of the International Association of Teachers of English Language as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) which...
View ArticleAuthorities blamed for dragging their feet over border crossing openings
The delay in opening the Lefke-Aplic bordering crossing is the fault of the Greek Cypriot administration and lack of will on the part of the UNDP, says a local NGO platform. In a written statement, the...
View ArticleTRNC looking for bigger share in world health tourism market
The TRNC will participate in HESTOUREX, the World Health, Sport, Tourism Congress and Exhibition, which will be held in Antalya, Turkey, between 6-9 April 2017. Minister of Tourism and Environment...
View ArticleIsrael hopes to sign gas deal with Turkey this summer
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz stated that he hopes to sign an agreement with Turkey this summer, to supply natural gas via an undersea pipeline. The pipeline which is planned to be constructed...
View ArticleAkinci to meet UNSG Antonio Guterres today
President Mustafa Akinci left the TRNC for Brussels on Monday where he will be meeting with the UN Secretary- General Antonio Guterres. The meeting between President Akinci and the UN Chief Guterres...
View ArticleNegotiations will resume on 11th April
President Mustafa Akinci made a statement after a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, saying that talks would restart on 11 April. Akinci said: “We have had the opportunity to convey...
View ArticleAkinci too passive and Greek Cypriots not motivated: Ozersay
Chairman of the People’s Party (HP) Kudret Ozersay, criticised the Greek Cypriots regarding the breakdown of the Cyprus negotiations [they will resume on Tuesday 11 April] and also the Turkish Cypriot...
View ArticleSouth Cyprus signs drilling rights for foreign energy companies
The first round of contract signing with an energy consortium took place today in South Cyprus. Last month, the Greek Cypriot government approved contracts with France’s Total, Italy’s Eni, Exxon Mobil...
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