Posts tagged with "‘north’"

Woman in prize winning photo dies in the north Cyprus

Woman in prize winning photo dies in the north

October 18th, 2018 Turkish Cypriot Nevcihan Olusum – the woman whose pain of losing her husband during the 1964 events in Cyprus was captured by war photographer Don McCullin – died on Thursday at the age of 87 in Pentayia in the north. Olusum’s husband was killed in March 1964 by Greek Cypriots during the intercommunal strife. The photo of her...
British murder suspect to appear in court Tuesday Crime

British murder suspect to appear in court Tuesday

October 15th, 2018 A Briton wanted in the UK for murder who was hiding out in the north is to appear at the Nicosia district court for an extradition hearing on Tuesday after being handed over to Cypriot police at the weekend. Charles Edward Riddington, 36, is wanted for the murder of 24-year-old George Barker in 2016. He was caught in Trikomo using a...
Rising crime rates in the north Cyprus

Rising crime rates in the north

October 14th, 2018 By Esra Aygin But calls for tougher security raise concerns over greater police powers A series of recent murders, robberies and other crimes in the northern part of Cyprus is creating fear among Turkish Cypriots and prompting demands for stricter security measures. One justice official said this week that in the last year alone...
Icons stored in Kyrenia castle ‘generally in good condition’ Cyprus

Icons stored in Kyrenia castle ‘generally in good condition’

October 12th, 2018 Members of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage on Friday visited Kyrenia castle to look into the conditions under which Greek Orthodox icons and other religious artefacts, which they found to be in “generally good condition”. The visit came following concerns in recent weeks over how the icons were being...
Propane prices in the north jump 40% overnight Cyprus

Propane prices in the north jump 40% overnight

October 11th, 2018 The ‘government’ in the north has sought to placate public reaction to the spike in propane prices after they shot up 40 per cent overnight. Tufan Erhurman, the breakaway regime’s ‘prime minister’, took to social media saying there was nothing to be done about the price hike, which was due to market forces. Erhurman went...
Officer facing suspension after Nigerian man escapes custody at crossing Cyprus

Officer facing suspension after Nigerian man escapes custody at crossing

October 11th, 2018 A police officer is facing suspension and a probe against him in connection with the escape on Wednesday evening from the Ayios Dhometios crossing of a 26-year-old man from Nigeria who was passenger in the car of a Greek Cypriot man crossing from the north. The 26-year-old was in the back seat of the car of a 30-year-old Greek Cypriot...
Detained father and son fined and released Cyprus

Detained father and son fined and released

October 2nd, 2018 A Greek Cypriot father and son who were arrested on Saturday evening by Turkish Cypriot authorities were freed on Monday afternoon. They entered in the Strovilia area and charged with having illegally entered a military zone. According to the police, shortly before 7pm on Saturday the Dherynia station received a call from a woman...
Detained Egyptian fishermen back in Limassol Cyprus

Detained Egyptian fishermen back in Limassol

September 29th, 2018 Five Egyptian fishermen, detained last week off Cyprus’ north-western coast by Turkish forces, returned by boat to Limassol on Saturday. The fishermen were remanded in custody for three days by the Kyrenia district court but were fined and released, and set off for Limassol on Friday. Each paid a fine of €500. The five-member...
Five Egyptian fishermen released in north after being fined Cyprus

Five Egyptian fishermen released in north after being fined

September 28th, 2018 The five Egyptian fishermen arrested last week by Turkish Cypriot authorities off the coast of Kormakitis have been released, and set off on Friday afternoon with their fishing boat from Kyrenia harbour to Limassol after each paying a €500 fine. The crew were taken to court in Kyrenia where they had been detained since September 21...
Customs seize contraband cigarettes, culprit shells out €27,640 Crime

Customs seize contraband cigarettes, culprit shells out €27,640

September 24th, 2018 The customs department found more than 12 kilos of tobacco and 40,800 cigarettes which were imported illegally from the north in the home of a Paphos resident on Sunday evening. The duty due for the items was estimated at €10,500. Customs officers arrested the man and seized the tobacco and cigarettes as well as the car used for...
Limassol murder suspects’ ‘guns had been fired’ Turkish Cypriot court hears Cyprus

Limassol murder suspects’ ‘guns had been fired’ Turkish Cypriot court hears

September 20th, 2018 Authorities in the north on Thursday re-remanded in custody for six more days four men believed to be among the persons involved in the assassination in Limassol last February of Ernesto Leonides. Turkish Cypriot police told the court that ballistics tests confirmed that weapons found in the men’s possession, during their arrest in...
Long queues as north hikes fuel prices Cyprus

Long queues as north hikes fuel prices

September 20th, 2018 Long queues formed at petrol stations in the north on Wednesday evening before an increase in petrol prices which came into force at midnight. People were attempting to fill their vehicles before the price hike which is said to bring prices to an unprecedented height. Some were reportedly filling containers and plastic bottles as well...
Kyrenia Cratos hotel fire under control (Updated) Cyprus

Kyrenia Cratos hotel fire under control (Updated)

September 19th, 2018 A massive fire that broke out at around 7.30pm at Cratos luxury beach hotel and casino in Kyrenia was put out around one and a half hours later after burning down a number of wooden structures, reports said on Wednesday evening. Four employees were taken to hospital after inhaling fumes. Reports said that eight wooden beach...
State orchestra musicians will not take part in north concert, they say Cyprus

State orchestra musicians will not take part in north concert, they say

September 19th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The musicians from the state symphony orchestra who found themselves on the spot last week for their intended participation in a music festival in the north, withdrew their participation stating they were not aware it was under the auspices of the Turkish Cypriot ‘presidency’, it emerged on Wednesday. A number...
Stolen church bell in north recovered Cyprus

Stolen church bell in north recovered

September 17th, 2018 A church bell that was stolen from a church in Fyllia in the north of Cyprus was found in a house in Morphou, according to Turkish Cypriot media. The church bell is estimated to cost around €150,000 and was taken from the church on August 24. Police arrested two suspects for the theft, and it is reported that the two were...
Turkish Cypriot police still trying to identify suspects in Limassol murder Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot police still trying to identify suspects in Limassol murder

September 14th, 2018 Authorities in the north are trying to verify the identity of four men they arrested last month who are believed to be among the suspects involved in the assassination in Limassol last February of 47-year-old Ernesto Leonides, it was reported on Friday. The four men - who look like some of the men suspected of being involved in the...
State orchestra members called to face the music over concert in north   Cyprus

State orchestra members called to face the music over concert in north  

September 13th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Members of the state symphony orchestra found themselves under fire on Thursday with some MPs asking for their heads on a plate over their intended participation in a music festival in the north of the island on their own time. Some MPs called for their dismissal and they must face the state orchestra board next...
Cyprus protests to CoE over land development in the north Cyprus

Cyprus protests to CoE over land development in the north

September 13th, 2018 Nicosia has protested to the Council of Europe (CoE) over the exploitation of Greek Cypriot property in the north saying illegal developments continues unchecked. In a memorandum to the Committee of Ministers, the government also speaks of a “deliberate policy of thwarting the rights of Greek Cypriot owners to restitution of their...
People buying meds in the north must sign waiver, health ministry says Health

People buying meds in the north must sign waiver, health ministry says

September 7th, 2018 People buying medications from the north must sign a declaration assuming responsibility for their action, the health ministry said on Friday, in the wake of a government announcement that residents of the Republic can procure medicines for private use. The government’s move followed the ever-increasing numbers of Geek Cypriots who...
Tear gas used on Turkish Cypriot protesters Cyprus

Tear gas used on Turkish Cypriot protesters

September 7th, 2018 By Annette Chrysostomou Turkish Cypriot farmers returned to the ‘ministry of agriculture’ with drums and clarinets after their unsuccessful attempt to cross to the south in an effort to involve Greek Cypriots in their protests against the ‘government’ on Friday. The farmers, angered by the refusal of the authorities to keep...
Turkish Cypriots organise new protest (Updated) Cyprus

Turkish Cypriots organise new protest (Updated)

September 6th, 2018 By Annette Chrysostomou A NUMBER of trade unions held a march/demonstration in the north on Thursday evening, protesting against the financial crisis caused by the slide of the Turkish lira and calling for less dependence on Ankara. The march in the northern part of Nicosia began around 6.30pm. The demonstrators walked to the...
Pharma companies warns of risks to buying meds in the north   Health

Pharma companies warns of risks to buying meds in the north  

September 6th, 2018 The pharmaceutical companies association (Sfek) warned Thursday medicines sold in the north involved risks for patients, as it voiced concern over a recent government decision to allow people living in the Republic to buy meds from the north for personal use. In a written statement on Thursday, Sfek also defended the high prices of...
Turkish Cypriots take to the streets Cyprus

Turkish Cypriots take to the streets

September 1st, 2018 By Kristian Chrysostomou Friday saw the first of a series of protests expected to take place in the north due to the economic crisis as Turkish Cypriots immobilised their vehicles outside ‘government’ offices, expressing their frustration over the rise in fuel prices. The demonstration was organised by drivers of taxis, buses,...
Woman arrested in north for child pornography Cyprus

Woman arrested in north for child pornography

August 31st, 2018 Turkish Cypriot police arrested a British woman on suspicion of filming her own children for online child pornography, daily Hurriyet reported. According to the paper, police in the north was notified by an anonymous internet user in the UK that the 44-year-old woman abused her four-year-old son and 16-month-old daughter by selling...
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