Eroglu unhappy about territorial issues
President Eroglu has said that the proposals forwarded by the Greek Cypriot side on the issues of property and territory currently under discussion in the Cyprus negotiations, did not sound good,...
View ArticleCTP deputy heads delegation at PACE meeting in Paris
Deputy of the Republican Turkish Party United Forces (CTP-BG) Mehmet Caglar, who is heading the delegation at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) meeting in Paris, attended the meeting...
View Article21 people indicted in Turkey’s corruption scandal
The indictment of 21 individuals has been approved by the Istanbul Public Prosecutors’ Office; the first since a high-level corruption investigation was instigated on 17th December, 2013. The Criminal...
View ArticleVarosha should be returned before referendum: Kasoulides
South Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has said, once more, that Maras/Varosha should be returned as a confidence building measure. In an interview with London Greek Radio on Friday,...
View ArticleTurkish cleric Gulen seeks asylum
Fethullah Gulen, arch-nemesis of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has made an asylum request to the American Immigration and Naturalisation Service following Prime Minister Erdogan’s recent phone call...
View ArticleTepebasi Tulip Festival this weekend
The 10th Tepebasi Tulip Festival begins today and continues on Sunday. Opening from 10.am, there will be a variety of stalls selling local produce. Entertainment will be laid on throughout the two day...
View ArticleBorajet to begin more flights to TRNC
BoraJet airlines chairman, Fatih Akol, has announced that BoraJet will introduce more flights to the TRNC, Turkish Cypriot daily ‘Diyalog’ reports. According to Akol, BoraJet, which currently offers...
View ArticleDivided Cyprus: Thinking outside the box
Alongside the re-launch of the Cyprus negotiations, the International Crisis Group has published another report on the Cyprus problem and makes some very interesting recommendations as regards the...
View ArticleUS Navy SEALS storm hijacked oil tanker
An oil tanker stolen from As-Sidra port in Libya was boarded by Navy SEALS on Sunday. Media reports earlier in the week indicated that the freighter was a North Korean-flagged vessel loaded with...
View ArticleAnastasiades pours cold water on the talks
Attending a memorial service for missing persons in Liopetri village in the southern Famagusta disrict, President Anastasiades said that the South had struggled to achieve the right framework for the...
View ArticleCyclists ‘Pedal for Peace’ in Famagusta
An inter-communal cycling tour of around 200 participants, many of them Greek Cypriots, took place in Famagusta on Sunday. The Mayor of Famagusta, Oktay Kayalp also joined the tour. The event was...
View ArticleAtlasjet launches flights from Luton in May
Atlasjet will begin a daily service between London Luton and Istanbul Ataturk on 2nd May. The service will operate four times weekly and return flights offer connections to Ercan. From 1st June flights...
View ArticleCyprus negotiators working to find common ground
Kudret Ozersay, chief Turkish Cypriot negotiator in the Cyprus talks has said that the negotiators were authorised to consult all international parties involved in the Cyprus negotiations. Speaking to...
View ArticleDeep Purple to give concert at NE University
Legendary heavy metal group Deep Purple will be giving a concert at the Near East University in Nicosia on 24th May. Tens of thousands of people, especially from Turkey, are expected to turn up to see...
View ArticleSibel Siber seeking representation at IPU
Speaker of the House, Sibel Siber who is continuing her visit to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU) in Geneva, met yesterday with the Assembly Speakers of Netherland and Gabon as well as...
View ArticleErdogan blocks Twitter
Turkish social media users have expressed outraged that their access to Twitter has been blocked only hours after Prime Minister Erdogan threatened to block access to the website. In typically bullish...
View ArticleTourist numbers to TRNC expected to be up by 10% this year
The number of tourists to visit the TRNC reached 760,000 last year and is expected to increase by 10% this year to 820,000, says Orhan Tolun, Chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Tourism and Travel Agencies...
View ArticleWorld Water Day
Today is World Water Day and this year’s theme is “Water and Energy”, currently the most pressing issues in the world today, says Green Peace Movement Chairman Dogan Sahir. He says that World Water Day...
View ArticleUK expats can still register to vote in EU elections
Time is running out for UK expatriots to register to vote in the European elections With just seven weeks left to register to vote in the European elections, the Electoral Commission is urging UK...
View ArticleImportant developments on the horizon: Ozersay
Chief Turkish Cypriot negotiator, Kudret Ozersay has said that “some concrete steps may be taken in the road leading to the solution” in Cyprus and that “there will be important developments”. Speaking...
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