Nicosia State Hospital Becomes Quarantine Hospital
The main building at Dr Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital in Nicosia is to become a quarantine hospital. The new arrangements have been made to combat the coronavirus – Covid-19, Health Minister Ali...
View ArticleThunderstorms and Rain Over the Weekend
Thunderstorms and strong winds are expected this weekend. According to the Met Office, as of today until 3 April, the region will be under the influence of a low air pressure system. The weather, today...
View ArticlePolice Charge 18 People for Breaking The Curfew
The police, during their patrols on Friday, have charged 18 people for violating the curfew imposed in North Cyprus. One individual had broken the 14-day quarantine rule. A police statement said that...
View ArticleFirst Death From Coronavirus in North Cyprus
A 67-year-old German tourist who was undergoing treatment for the coronavirus at Nicosia State hospital has died this morning, the Ministry of Health has announced. It was also stated that he had had a...
View ArticleLatest Report on Coronavirus Cases
There are 241 cases of the coronavirus recorded across the whole of Cyprus. There have been 62 cases in North Cyprus and 179 in the south. The first cases of coronavirus was discovered in the south on...
View ArticleEight People Break Curfew on Saturday
Police patrolling the streets on Saturday by 6pm, found eight people breaking the curfew. These individuals were arrested and charged with breaking curfew. Only those who have obtained permission from...
View ArticleOnline Application Available to Break Curfew
The TRNC government has opened a website in both Turkish and English for those wishing to break curfew for essential needs. The address is as follows: https://permissions.gov.ct.tr/street However, the...
View ArticleSixty Brits Leave North Cyprus Today
Pergamos Border Crossing Sixty British tourists staying in North Cyprus were permitted to cross the border to the south on Sunday enabling them to catch a flight from Paphos Airport to London Gatwick...
View ArticleIPC Continues to Suspend Applications for Compensation
Applications for property compensation to the Real Estate Committee (IPC) have been suspended due to the partial curfew imposed as part of the measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus....
View ArticleThird Country Workers Get No Government Aid
Nigerian Restaurant Worker Financial assistance cannot be given to third-country nationals working in North Cyprus because it is not known who they are, Finance Minister Olgun Amcaoğlu has said. As...
View ArticleGovernment Tells Banks to Drop Interest Rates
Instructions have been given to banks to reduce their lending rates, Prime Minister Ersin Tatar has said. Commenting on reactions to measures announced by the government to deal with the economic...
View ArticleKIB-TEK to Open Payment Offices on Wednesdays
The Turkish Cypriot Electricity Authority ( KIB-TEK ) has announced that payment offices will be open on Wednesdays between 08.00 – 12.00 at regional offices and branches. In a statement issued by...
View ArticleUK to Launch Worldwide Repatriation Operation
UK Foreign Secretary – Dominic Raab UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has announced a £75m airlift initiative to rescue tens of thousands of British nationals stranded abroad because of the coronavirus...
View ArticleFull Night-time Curfew Announced
A full curfew will be imposed between 21.00-06.00 beginning tommorow, Deputy Prime Minister Kudret Özersay has announced. This follows the decision made by the TRNC Cabinet. Özersay said: “We have...
View ArticleNEU Hospital to Offer Free Emergency Services
Near East University Hospital The Near East University Hospital will offer emergency services free of charge as Nicosia State Hospital has now been designated as a quarantine hospital, head of the...
View ArticleLatest Coronavirus Figures in Cyprus
In South Cyprus there are 262 cases of coronavirus, the number of cases in the TRNC has increased to 70. The first case in the south was diagnosed on March 9, and in the north on March 10, in a...
View ArticleCoronavirus Positive Mum Gives Birth
A woman who tested positive for coronavirus gave birth in South Cyprus at Nicosia’s Makarios Hospital on Tuesday. The baby boy was delivered by C-section and both the baby and mother are doing fine, Dr...
View ArticleThunderstorms Expected Tonight
A low air pressure system over North Cyprus will mean skies will be partly cloudy with thunderstorms are expected in the evening, the Met Office has said. Air temperatures will be around 18-20 C on the...
View ArticleTatar Announces Loan Support Package
Prime Minister – Ersin Tatar Prime Minister Ersin Tatar announced yesterday the preparation of a loan support package and payment of cheques and salaries for businesses that are negatively affected by...
View ArticleSeven More With Coronavirus – Second Person Dies
Seven new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) have been found in North Cyprus. There was also a second death from the disease. Three of the seven who tested positive came from the Karpaz region as a result...
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