FM Ertugruloglu continues his tour abroad
Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu is continuing with his contacts abroad. Within the framework of his contacts in Qatar he paid a visit to the Turkish Ambassador to Qatar Fikret Özer and thanked him...
View ArticleTurkey begins seismic surveys in the Med
Turkey’s seismic and drilling operations have officially started in the Mediterranean, Turkish energy minister Berat Albayrak. Turkey will perform 3D seismic searches using the seismic survey vessel...
View ArticleNUSAR games commenced today
Nine TRNC universities are participating the 2017 National Universities Search and Rescue Games (NUSAR) which began today. The International Universities Search and Rescue Council’s General Assembly...
View ArticleAnastasiades to refer ‘Enosis Day’ bill to Supreme Court
President Nicos Anastasiades is to refer a contentious bill transferring the power to rule on school commemorations from parliament to the education ministry, to the supreme court on grounds of...
View ArticleNew Adult Education Centre to open this year
Regional Administrator of the Islamic Development Bank Ghassam M.H Almarzouki, is currently visiting the TRNC to inspect an Adult Education and Apprenticeship centre, that is currently under...
View ArticleTurkey may suspend migrant deal with EU
Turkey’s EU Minister Omer Celik has said that Ankara will present a new document in May regarding its visa-free deal with the EU which, if not accepted, would bring the refugee deal with the bloc to a...
View ArticlePoll shows snap election would result in another coalition government
In two sessions of face-to-face opinion polls with the participation of 2,100 persons by Turkish Cypriot daily ‘Detay’, respondents were asked “which party would you vote for if the elections were to...
View ArticleGreek FM accuses Eide of lobbying for the Turkish Cypriots
Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric has said that the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide, who was accused by Greece for lobbying for...
View ArticlePACE condemns Turkey’s slide away from democracy
The Council of Europe’s (PACE) Parliamentary Assembly voted Tuesday to reintroduce a monitoring process for Turkey, initiating fury in Ankara. “We strongly condemn this unjust decision of PACE taken...
View ArticleSouth Cyprus waiting to ambush Turkey following PACE decision
While waiting for the vote by PACE on Tuesday, whether or not to re-subject Turkey to supervision, Turkish Cypriot daily ‘Kibris Postasi’ noted that [South] Cyprus holds PACE’s presidency until the end...
View ArticleMersin 10 Turkey is TRNC’s only exit route: Ozgurgun
The only way for the TRNC to communicate with the world was by using the address Mersin 10 Turkey because of the embargoes imposed on the country, Prime Minister Huseyin Ozgurgun has said. This was the...
View ArticleGreek Cypriots blamed for delay in opening Aplic crossing
The umbrella organisation for Lefke and its Region Civil Society Groups visited President Mustafa Akıncı yesterday, presenting him with a letter outlining their demands. According a statement released...
View ArticleTRNC is not a province of Turkey: Burcu
President Akinci’s spokesman Baris Burcu has slammed President Erdogan’s advisor Yigit Bulut for describing the TRNC as “an overseas province of Turkey.” “The definition of ‘overseas province’ is an...
View ArticleGovernment introduces quality control regulation for Hellim
Minister for Economy and Energy Sunat Atun, has announced that Hellim has been declared a regulated product through the Hellim Executive Order. The executive order aims to introduce market and quality...
View ArticleCitrus fruit growers still have no water from Turkey
The government has done nothing to support the Guzelyurt citrus fruit growers, president of the Turkish Cypriot Citrus Producer Association Ali Alioğlu has said. Over the past 42 years, 44 thousand out...
View ArticleAnastasiades prioritising elections over Cyprus negotiations: Akinci
President Mustafa Akıncı has said that the Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades was moving further away as the elections got closer in South Cyprus. In a written statement issued yesterday, Akıncı...
View ArticleErcan-Akincilar road opens on May 5
Minister of Public Works and Communications Kemal Dürüst has announced that the Ercan-Akıncılar road, currently under construction, will be opened on 5th May. Minister Dürüst who inspected the work...
View ArticleTurkish opposition parties lose appeal against referendum results
Turkey’s Council of State – the highest administrative court in Ankara, has rejected the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) appeal to annul the Supreme Election Board’s (YSK) decision on...
View ArticleLicense to be granted to drill on-shore in Famagusta region
Minister of Economy and Energy Sunat Atun has said that the TRNC has given license to the ‘Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa’ seismic research vessel to re-launch collecting data work in the TRNC’s territorial...
View ArticlePoliticians from both sides inspect Derinya border crossing
Representatives of political parties from the north and the south of the island who attend the round table meetings organised by the Slovakian Embassy paid a visit to the Derinya crossing point...
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