Good prospects for TRNC food exports next year
Mustafa Haci Ali Ltd, the leading supplier of chicken in the TRNC, is a major participant at the Agreofood 2013 Fair which is being held now in the Kurdish Regional Government area of northern Iraq....
View ArticleEroglu and Anastasiades to meet on Monday 25th November
President Dervis Eroglu and President Anastasiades have agreed to meet on Monday, 25th November, in order to try and agree on a joint declaration which will lead to the restart of negotiations on the...
View ArticleSouth to negotiate drilling licences in disputed territory
There are unconfirmed reports that the ENI-KOGAS consortium will be entering into negotiations with South Cyprus government for licences for blocs 5 and 6 in the South Cyprus’ EEZ. The Italian – South...
View ArticleFree phone calls in TRNC
In a surprise gesture, the government has announced that phone calls will be free on Sunday evenings. The Communications Minister, Ahmet Kasif, announced this initiative in a press statement given...
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Earthquake detected by Lefke monitoring station
An earthquake was recorded by Lefke earthquake monitoring station earlier today. The first quake had a magnitude of 4.2 at 14:10 local time, with an aftershock of magnitude 3.3 at 19:15 today. The...
View ArticleMIT carries out LNG feasibility study for the South
The construction of the LNG terminal at Vasilikos in South Cyprus, is the best option, so says a second interim report prepared by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Cyprus Institute...
View ArticleDrilling rig spotted off Kyrenia Harbour
The offshore jack up rig GSP Jupiter was spotted off Kyrenia harbour this morning. The floating rig is owned by Romanian company Sonnat Offshore and was hired by Turkish national oil and gas company...
View ArticleTurkey could undermine restart of Cyprus peace talks: Photiou
The Greek Cypriot Minister of Defence, Photis Photiou has said that the South will continue gas exploration in its EEZ, despite provocations from Turkey. “We will not relinquish sovereignty rights and...
View ArticleRussians want to rent space at Paphos military airbase
The Russian government has asked South Cyprus if it can rent space at Andreas Papandreou military airbase in Paphos. According to Greek Cypriot daily ‘Simerini’, reporting on Saturday, this is creating...
View ArticleEroglu hopes to offer Cyprob solution for vote early next year
President Dervis Eroglu, speaking at an award ceremony in Gaziantep, Turkey has said that if a mutual agreement can be reached (with the Greek Cypriot administration) they will start negotiations...
View ArticleTurkish Petroleum Co. may test drill offshore Cyprus
Following our report on Saturday that a jack up drilling rig was seen off the coast near Kyrenia harbour, Turkish Cypriot daily ‘Kibrisli’ claims today that secret drilling tests are planned offshore...
View ArticleStart of Cyprus talks still some way off
Following an informal meeting between Presidents Eroglu and Anastasiades, President Eroglu who had been escorted by his adviser and Turkish Cypriot negotiator Osman Ertug and two officials at the...
View ArticlePoll shows most Famagusta residents want return of Varosha
The ‘Bi-communal Famagusta Initiative’ has announced its establishment at a press conference at the Home for Cooperation in the UN-controlled buffer zone in Nicosia. The Initiative which was founded in...
View ArticleMP questions state funding of Ercan airport
A question has been raised by a member of the DP party, Hakan Dincyurek in relation to the allocation of state funds to Ercan airport. He has raised the question in Parliament as to why there is a...
View ArticleUnion files lawsuit against electricity price hikes
Kamu-Sen union has filed a lawsuit to rescind the recent Council of Ministers’ decision to raise electricity prices. The lawsuit is lodged with the Supreme Court, where the union claims that the...
View ArticleSouth condemns Turkey’s seismic surveys in local waters
The South Cyprus government has issued a statement condemning the fact that Turkey is carrying out seismic surveys in waters which the South claims as its own territory. Turkey issued a NAVTEX...
View ArticleSibel Siber visits Ankara to meet Turkish leaders
Speaker of the TRNC parliament, Sibel Siber was in Ankara yesterday to meet with Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan. She also met with her Turkish counterpart Cemil Çiçek and Deputy Prime Minister Bashir...
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Undersea pipe laying from Turkey to TRNC starts next week
Project Manager of Turkey’s State Water Affairs Department (DSI) Birol Cinar, has said that pipe laying across the sea from Mersin should begin next week. However, this could be delayed if the sea...
View ArticleMass demos held against proposed electricity price hikes
Earlier this week the main trades unions started a series of rolling demonstrations against the proposed 30% increase in electricity prices. They have promised these demonstrations will continue until...
View ArticleSunday is ‘Green is Beautiful’ day
An EU/UN funded initiative begins on Sunday. The programme will start at 11.30 am at the fairground (next to the football pitch) in Dipkarpaz and will include live music and the sale of local products....
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