Future of Derinya crossing looks bleak
There will be further delays on opening the Derinya border crossing point. Work on the most of the road lying in the buffer zone has not yet begun. Derinya is seen as a milestone in confidence building...
View ArticleTurkey issues statement in support of Akinci
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has issued a statement regarding the latest developments in the Cyprus negotiations process. In a press statement released yesterday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry...
View ArticleAn accident waiting to happen
Despite all the warnings, a new act of lunacy was added to the list dangerous behaviours that take lives on the road in North Cyprus. On the Kyrenia mountain road, a perplexed driver took the above...
View ArticleHuman chain formed across Lokmaci crossing
Activists for the Unite Cyprus Now initiative formed a human chain between Ledra Avenue and the Lokmaci crossing at 11 am on Saturday. They carried banners demanding a solution to the Cyprus problem...
View ArticleAnastasiades’ political self-interest undermined talks
“The best ever opportunity for re-unification under reasonable conditions has been squandered by Anastasiades’ loss of nerve at the worst possible time,” an opinion piece in Greek Cypriot daily ‘Cyprus...
View ArticleKyrenia gets new wastewater pumping station
The waste water pumping station on the outskirts of Kyrenia has been replaced. According to a statement made by the Ministry of Tourism and Environment, a new pumping station was built by the...
View ArticleEide to meet Greek and Turkish Foreign Ministers
UN Special Advisor for Cyprus Espen Barth Eide is travelling to Athens today to meet the Greek Foreign Minister, Nicos Kotzias. Kotzias invited the UN envoy to discuss recent developments in the Cyprus...
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Former US Ambassador to Nicosia slams Anastasiades
Reports by Turkish Cypriot dailies Kibris Postasi, Haber Kibris and Greek Cypriot online media tvonenews.com write that former US Ambassador to Nicosia, John Koenig has blamed Greek Cypriot leader...
View ArticleIllegal Turkish fishing vessels return to Karpaz
Turkish registered purse seine fishing vessels have been spotted offshore Karpaz again this year, despite there being a ban on that method of fishing. Local fisherman continue to protest about the...
View ArticleCoalition accused of nepotism
A decision by the UBP/DP coalition government to give land to the family of Deputy Prime Minister and head of the finance department Serdar Denktaş and to the daughter of former President Derviş...
View ArticleTurkish Cypriots being anihilated: KTOS
The education system in the TRNC is failing its pupils because it is filled with reactionary dogma and religious fanaticism disseminated by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)....
View ArticleExpats unite to protest against UK security rule for Ercan flights
Expat groups have agreed to unite against a UK security rule which now means that all Pegasus airlines passengers flying to and from Ercan airport will have to leave the plane when it lands in Turkey...
View ArticleNASA honoured student studying in North Cyprus
Egyptian award winner from 2015’s Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF 2015) Yasmine Yehia Moustafa, has chosen to study Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering at the Middle...
View ArticleUN has not given up on the negotiations: Eide
The United Nations Secretary General’s Special Advisor to Cyprus Espen Barth Eide has expressed concern over the Cyprus negotiations process. UN Special Advisor Espen Barth Eide, who met with the Greek...
View ArticleFM Cavusoglu arrives in TRNC on Thursday
While uncertainty continues in the Cyprus negotiations, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is expected to arrived in the TRNC on Thursday. Citing information obtained by Turkish Cypriot daily...
View ArticleEarly elections possible after Denktas’ land scandal
The furore around the allotting of 200 donums land in the Nicosia suburb of Aydemet to Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Denktas’ son Rauf, has caused embarrassment for the major coalition party UBP. ‘Yeni...
View ArticleMediterranean Terracotta symposium to be held in Lapta
Lapta Municipality will host the 4th International Mediterranean Terracotta Symposium’ between 3-7 June. The symposium will take place in the Timios Prodromos church in Lapta. Artists and...
View ArticleFM Cavusoglu accuses South of trying to sabotage negotiations
UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor Espen Barth Eide met with the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Tuesday. Eide in a continuing effort to revive the Cyprus negotiations had also met...
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Denktaş land deal is cancelled
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Serdar Denktaş responded to the criticism of nepotism regarding the handing over of land by the Turkish Military to the Ministry of Finance. 200 donums of...
View ArticleGovernment accused of flouting citizenship laws
A debate was held at the assembly on the subject of the granting of TRNC citizenship by the coalition government. Dogus Derya, deputy for the Republican Turkish Party (CTP) accused the government of...
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