Electricity prices to be reduced
Electricity prices will be reduced an announcement by the Council of Ministers said on Thursday. The cost of bottled gas is also going down. According to Prime Minister Özkan Yorgancıoğlu, the...
View ArticleTurkish FM says Greek Cypriot side is not sincere
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has stated that Turkey and the government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus have strongly opposed any “unilateral move by the Greek-Cypriot...
View ArticleNorth and South critical of Ban’s report
President Nicos Anastasiades has said that he refuses be blackmailed into returning to the negotiating table adding that just because he was in favour of reunification in 2004, he should not be taken...
View ArticleTurkish minister promises water by this July
Turkish Minister of Forestry and Water Veysel Eroğlu has said that water from Turkey will be running by 20th July 2015. According ‘Milliyet Kıbrıs’, Eroğlu spoke confidently about the July date saying...
View ArticleThe ball is in the Turkish Cypriot court: Eide
UN Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide gave an interview to Turkish daily ‘Millyet’s’ North Cyprus correspondent, Sefa Karahasan. According to the paper, Eide who met with President Nicos...
View ArticleHard-line attitude yields depressing results
The leader of AKEL, the South’s main opposition party Andros Kyprianou has commented that President Nicos Anastasiades’ hard-line stance on re-starting the Cyprus negotiations only produced depressing...
View ArticleAnti-nuclear power demo held in Nicosia
The ‘No to Nuclear Power’ Platform yesterday staged a demonstration in Nicosia on Saturday. 200 demonstrators gathered to protest against the nuclear plant being built in Akkuyu, Mersin. A petition...
View ArticleNorth Cyprus has stand at Belfast Holiday Fair
The North Cyprus Ministry of Economy, Tourism, Culture and the Sports Ministry took part in the “Belfast Telegraph Holiday World Show 2015” tourism fair which took place between 16-18 January in...
View ArticleFate of 4 MPs accused of corruption rests on Turkey’s parliament
Turkey’s Parliament will convene on Tuesday to vote on whether to refer four former ministers who were implicated in a massive corruption scandal that became public on 17th December, 2013, to the...
View ArticleTRNC minimum wage always below cost of living
The minimum wage in the TRNC is one of the most frequently discussed issues as it has been diminishing ever since the TRNC’s establishment. According to research by ‘Kibris Postasi’ which has evaluated...
View ArticleComplaints about UNFICYP report continue
UN Secretary-General Special Advisor on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide, will be meeting with the members of the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 26th January to discuss the...
View ArticleRenewable energy needed in the TRNC
President Dervis Eroglu has said that as the electricity project from Turkey is currently delayed, it was necessary to look for alternative forms of energy such as solar and wind power. Eroglu was...
View ArticleAlakopru Dam to be tested on Sunday
TRNC Minister for Environment and Natural Resources Hasan Dincyurek has said that the Alakopru Dam will be tested on Sunday to see if it can hold water. The dam was built in Alakopru, Mersin to create...
View ArticleTotal abandons drilling offshore Cyprus
French energy company Total are to stop searching for hydrocarbons offshore south Cyprus. Total has found no evidence of natural gas in blocs 10 and 11 of South Cyprus’ EEZ, local media have reported....
View ArticleFour Turkish ex-ministers escape corruption hearing
The Turkish Parliament has voted against sending four former ministers to court. The vote which was closer than anticipated, saw the end of investigations into corruption charges levelled at the four...
View ArticleNami calls for the lifting of embargoes
TRNC Foreign Minister Ozdil Nami has said that the country’s biggest expectation is that the international community and mainly the United Nations take a step towards lifting the isolation and...
View ArticleSouth strengthens security at border crossings
South Cyprus has tightened security along the border following concerns regarding militant threats. Security alerts have heightened this month after 17 people were killed in France. Officials in the...
View ArticleNAVTEX was just an excuse to leave the talks: Nami
TRNC Foreign Minister Ozdil Nami has said that the Greek Cypriot side has used the issuing of a NAVTEX by Turkey as an excuse to leave the negotiating table, Speaking as a guest on Kanal Sim programme...
View ArticleSyrian refugees desperate as camp in South closes
After already paying thousands last year to take a boat from Syria that was abandoned by smugglers at sea, many of the 345 refugees who were rescued and bought to South Cyprus are already planning...
View ArticleErtug calls for direct trade for the TRNC
TRNC presidential spokesman Osman Ertug has said that the Turkish Cypriots should be able to trade directly under equal conditions with the EU from the port of Famagusta. He said that they expect the...
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