Posts tagged with "‘north’"

Turks in north can vote in Turkish elections Cyprus

Turks in north can vote in Turkish elections

June 15th, 2018 Turkish passport holders in the north will be able to begin voting in the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections starting from Saturday. They will have three days to cast their votes between 9am and 9pm where voting booths have been set up in a primary school close to the Turkish ‘embassy’ in northern Nicosia. Both...
Foreign minister ‘will sort out diplomatic note that angered some embassies’ Cyprus

Foreign minister ‘will sort out diplomatic note that angered some embassies’

June 9th, 2018 By Peter Michael Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Saturday he would take the initiative to find a solution after his ministry sent out a note verbale to foreign embassies in Cyprus regarding visits to ancient sites in the north, which reports said sparked anger among the diplomatic community. A note verbale is a...
Greek Cypriot refugee asks ECHR not to close her property case yet Cyprus

Greek Cypriot refugee asks ECHR not to close her property case yet

June 6th, 2018 Titina Loizidou, a Greek Cypriot refugee who won a case against Turkey in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding her property in the north has sent a letter to Strasbourg asking the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to adjourn consideration of closing here case as she has not been given back her property...
Elderly man’s return to home in north sparks outrage Cyprus

Elderly man’s return to home in north sparks outrage

May 31st, 2018 An elderly Greek Cypriot man’s quest to move to the occupied village of Larnaca tis Lapithou where he was born and grew up to build a house has prompted a strong reaction in the north, local media reported on Thursday. Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen reported that the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) set up by Turkey in the...
Religious groups on both sides face obstacles, US report says Cyprus

Religious groups on both sides face obstacles, US report says

May 30th, 2018 The latest US State Department report on international religious freedom lists a number of areas where authorities on both sides restrict freedoms in this area. The report, said the Cyprus government granted Turkish Cypriots access to religious sites in the area it controls, including for visits by approximately 2,650 Turkish Cypriots...
Woman in north remanded for stabbing her son aged 7, to death Cyprus

Woman in north remanded for stabbing her son aged 7, to death

May 29th, 2018 A woman in the north was remanded for three days on Tuesday after she admitted to murdering her seven-year-old son. Bilge Lord Kunduraci, 36, was taken to ‘court’ in northern Nicosia 26 under tight security measures after admitting to ‘police’ that she stabbed her son to death 17 times over the weekend. According to Turkish...
North monitoring arrest of Turk in Republic Cyprus

North monitoring arrest of Turk in Republic

May 25th, 2018 The north is closely observing developments surrounding Yilmaz Gumus, a wanted Turkish national who was arrested in the Republic, reports said on Friday. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen, Turkish Cypriot co-chairman of the technical committee on crime Hakki Onen said it was too soon to begin contacts or moves on handing...
Judge in Turkish-Cypriot newspaper case quits Cyprus

Judge in Turkish-Cypriot newspaper case quits

May 25th, 2018 The judge who tried the men who attacked Turkish Cypriot daily newspaper Afrika after it likened the Turkish invasion in Syria to Ankara’s occupation of Cyprus has resigned, it emerged on Friday. Tacan Reynar announced his resignation on Facebook. “I cannot continue to work under the current conditions, there is no point nor...
Turkish national and accomplice remanded for five days in Paphos Crime

Turkish national and accomplice remanded for five days in Paphos

May 24th, 2018   A Turkish national who escaped prison in the north on May 1, but was arrested on Wednesday in Paphos, was remanded by the court for five days on Thursday, along with a childhood Turkish Cypriot friend who provided him shelter. Yilmaz Gumus, 45 had been sentenced to 16 years in prison by a British court in 2005 for setting an...
Turkish Cypriot press reports probe into laundering of $5 billion in 13 casinos Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot press reports probe into laundering of $5 billion in 13 casinos

May 22nd, 2018 The Turkish Board of Investigation on Financial Crimes (MASAK) has launched an investigation into money laundering of $5 billion in 13 casinos in the north and the 20 firms involved in their operation, Turkish Cypriot press reported on Tuesday. Havadis newspaper said prosecutors ordered the confiscation of $100 million linked to...
Ayia Triada in Karpas to hold special church service on Kataklysmos Cyprus

Ayia Triada in Karpas to hold special church service on Kataklysmos

May 22nd, 2018 The community council of Ayia Triada announced that a liturgy will be carried out on Kataklysmos (Whit Monday) at the village church in the north. The liturgy will be held at the church of the same name at 8am on May 28, the community council said in an announcement. After the liturgy, expected to last two hours, there will be a...
Cheaper meds drive consumers north Health

Cheaper meds drive consumers north

May 20th, 2018 By Elias Hazou MORE and more Greek Cypriots, particularly those feeling the financial pinch, are crossing to the north for cheaper medicines, while others buy in bulk while visiting Greece. This past week the Association of Pharmaceutical Companies warned the public not to buy meds in the north due to concerns over safe storage and...
'Gesy will solve issue of pharmaceutical purchasing in north' Cyprus

'Gesy will solve issue of pharmaceutical purchasing in north'

May 16th, 2018 The national health system (Gesy) would solve the issue of pharmaceuticals being bought in the north, the Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (CAPC) said on Tuesday. In an announcement warning the public to not buy pharmaceuticals from the north, due to the fact they could be harming themselves, CAPC said the public should ask...
Eight bodies on north beach probably drowned Syrian migrants Cyprus

Eight bodies on north beach probably drowned Syrian migrants

May 14th, 2018   A total of eight bodies have been found washed up on the shores of northern Cyprus over the past two days, Turkish Cypriot police said on Monday, adding the dead were believed to be Syrian migrants. The bodies were found off Karpasia peninsula, an official at the Rizokarpaso police station said. The boat may have sunk on...
Humanitarian aid to the enclaved resumes Cyprus

Humanitarian aid to the enclaved resumes

May 3rd, 2018 The dispatch of humanitarian aid to the enclaved living in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus resumed on Thursday morning, following a decision by north to revoke an earlier decision it had taken in October last year to impose a levy. Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou told CNA that three trucks of the United Nations...
No statements after Turkish foreign minister visit to north Cyprus

No statements after Turkish foreign minister visit to north

April 20th, 2018 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was in the north on Friday for a round of meetings that ended around 5pm with no public statements, according to the Cyprus News Agency. Cavusoglu met with the Turkish Cypriot political leadership for around two hours and only tweeted afterwards that they had assessed the current situation and...
Hunting dogs stolen in Limassol found in the north Crime

Hunting dogs stolen in Limassol found in the north

April 18th, 2018 Nine of 23 hunting dogs stolen from a Greek Cypriot man in Limassol have been located in the north and returned to their owner, CNA reported on Wednesday. The dogs were stolen last week in Kolossi. CNA said four Turkish Cypriots were being questioned in relation to the case and another 14 dogs found in the same place were being...
Green Line Regulation creating 'underground economy', Sek union says Cyprus

Green Line Regulation creating 'underground economy', Sek union says

April 18th, 2018 Sek union wants the government to demand the EU review the 2004 Green Line regulation that provides the rules for trade across the divide because it was “reaching worrying proportions”, it said on Wednesday. In its announcement, Sek refers to a massive fuel market involving trucks and other commercial vehicles “with the result...
North complains about football ban Cyprus

North complains about football ban

April 10th, 2018 The ‘foreign ministry’ in the north criticised Greek Cypriots living abroad for trying to block the ‘national’ football team from participating in the Conifa 2018 World football cup, set to take place in London. The games are set to be held between May 31 and June 9. On Tuesday, Hurriyet daily news reported that the...
Distemper outbreak in north is killing dogs Cyprus

Distemper outbreak in north is killing dogs

April 10th, 2018 An outbreak of distemper in the north has led to the death of around 100 dogs and animal shelters are temporarily shutting down to keep the problem contained. Veterinary services and animal shelters in government-controlled areas were informed on Tuesday, according to Animal Party leader Kyriacos Kyriacou. No cases of distemper...
RT apologises on twitter over using ‘TRNC’ flag for Cyprus Cyprus

RT apologises on twitter over using ‘TRNC’ flag for Cyprus

March 28th, 2018 Russian news outlet Russia Today (RT) found themselves the subject of wrath on social media on Tuesday night after using the flag of the ‘TRNC’ instead of the flag of the Cyprus Republic in a TV report on the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Europe and other countries. The wrong flag was placed next to the name of Cyprus on the...
Scuffles in north during Newroz celebration Cyprus

Scuffles in north during Newroz celebration

March 19th, 2018 Kurds celebrating the New Year holiday of Newroz in the north clashed with police who ended up arresting eight people, reports said on Monday. The event took place in Trikomo in the presence of a strong police force which carried out checks on people taking part. A ban on songs considered as propaganda and the thorough checks of...
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