Second arrest made in 200kg meat bust
The Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday announced they had made a second arrest in relation to the finding of 200 kilogrammes of meat which a man was attempting to smuggle from ...
200 kilogrammes of meat seized at crossing point
By Tom Cleaver
Turkish Cypriot police announced on Wednesday that they had seized 200 kilogrammes of meat from a vehicle attempting to cross into the north at the Astromeritis crossing point.
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Turkish Cypriot farmers meet Ustel over imported meat saga (Update)
Turkish Cypriot farmers met with the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Wednesday in an attempt to resolve the ongoing dispute over the ‘government’s’ decision to import meat.
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North to import meat from Netherlands
The north is to begin importing meat from the Netherlands with the aim of reducing the cost for consumers, ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel announced on Friday.
He said offers to ...
800 kg meat seized ahead of Easter
Authorities have seized some 800 kg of meat products from the market ahead of the coming Easter, though not for health reasons, the agriculture minister said on Thursday.
Maria Panayiotou told ...
More smuggled meat found in north
A total of 64 kilograms of meat smuggled from the Republic was found and seized by police in the north on Tuesday night.
The meat was found in a house in ...
Two metric tonnes of smuggled beef seized in north
Almost two metric tonnes of beef smuggled to the north from the Republic were seized from supermarkets in the Kyrenia district on Thursday night.
The meat was discovered and seized ...
Turkish Cypriot butchers protest as consumers buy from Republic
Turkish Cypriot butchers on Friday called on the north’s ‘government’ to act as consumers desert them to buy cheaper meat in the Republic.
They staged a protest at the ...
Low supply is driving the price of meat up, says consumers association
The low supply of meat has led to a 36 per cent hike in the price of turkey this year, and 16 per cent for pork, the consumers association said on Friday.
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Butchers will need to import lamb meat to cover demand
Despite lower demand for meat this year, butchers will need to import lambs from Greece to cover demand, the butchers’ association said on Monday.
Association head Costas Levadiotis told Sigma ...
Restaurant owners in north call for meat imports from Republic
Restaurant owners and butchers in the north called for the liberalisation of meat imports on Tuesday saying that due to the reduced livestock, meat is being smuggled from the south.
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Kebab shops, consumers fret as meat prices rise (updated)
Kebab shops, consumers fret as meat prices rise
“It’s murder out there” one kebab shop owner told the Cyprus Mail as she spoke about the rise in prices in ...
Price of pork could easily double, and soon, butchers say
The price of meat is set to soar in the coming months, the head of the butchers’ association told the Cyprus Mail as he predicted that “hard times are coming”.
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Easter meat prices down from last year
Meat prices other than whole chicken and lamb per kilo are down this Easter, the consumer protection service at the commerce ministry said.
The price survey was carried out on ...