Peo throws support behind striking Turkish Cypriot Pepsi workers
Trade union Peo on Friday offered its support to the striking workers at Ektam, the north’s producer of Pepsi and other soft drinks, paying a visit to the picket ...
Erhurman visits Greek Cypriot school in Rizokarpaso
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman visited the Greek Cypriot middle school in Rizokarpaso on Wednesday, meeting pupils and teachers from both that school and the town’s Greek Cypriot primary ...
Turkish Cypriots deliver 10,000 foot and mouth vaccines
A total of 10,000 doses of the foot and mouth disease vaccine sent to the Republic by the Turkish Cypriots have been delivered and received, the north’s ‘agriculture ministry’ said ...
Same FMD virus strain as the north confirmed in Republic cases
The veterinary services confirmed on Wednesday that the foot-and-mouth disease virus detected in livestock units in government-controlled areas is of the same serotype as that circulating in the north.
The ...
‘High possibility’ foot and mouth disease reached Republic via the north
Cases of foot and mouth disease in livestock units in Larnaca most likely originated in the north, head of the Turkish Cypriot Veterinary Association Burak Toskoy said on Tuesday.
“It ...
North ‘parliament’ ratifies controversial fibreoptic internet deal
The Turkish Cypriot legislature on Monday night voted to ratify a controversial deal which will see Turkish telecommunications company Turk Telekom bring fibreoptic internet to the north.
The agreement, signed ...
Hunters’ movements restricted as authorities step up foot-and-mouth response
The involvement of the Pancyprian Veterinary Association and restrictions on hunters’ movements in affected areas were among a series of measures decided at a broad meeting held on Monday morning ...
Cannabis and untaxed tobacco seized at Ayios Dhometios crossing
Customs officers on Sunday seized 12 grammes of cannabis, 50 packs of heated tobacco sticks, six cartons of cigarettes and 1.5 kilogrammes of rolling tobacco at the Ayios Dhometios checkpoint.
In a statement, ...
Foot-and-mouth outbreak triggers quarantine and mass culling in Larnaca
Authorities have placed large swathes of the Larnaca district under strict quarantine after veterinary services confirmed that the epicentre of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak lies in Oroklini, with linked infections ...
‘Govt’ accused of treating north like ‘spoils of war’ over fibreoptic internet deal
The north’s ruling coalition was accused by opposition political party CTP ‘MP’ Erkut Sahali on Friday of treating the island’s northern third like “the spoils of war” as ...
First foot-and-mouth case detected in Republic, farm sealed off
A case of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed within the government-controlled areas of Cyprus, after veterinary authorities on Friday detected the disease at a cow-breeding unit in Livadia, in the ...
Government working on release of Greek Cypriot detained in the north
Action to secure the release of a Greek Cypriot who has been held in the north since last Tuesday is being taken, the government confirmed on Monday.
“Actions are being ...
North’s Pepsi strike now ‘indefinite’ after reps refused to meet unions
Workers at Ektam, the north’s producer of Pepsi and other soft drinks, on Friday announced that their strike is now “indefinite” after representatives of both Ektam and PepsiCo’s ...
Mukhtar-in-exile furious over Aykut’s impending repatriation
Trikomo’s Greek Cypriot mukhtar-in-exile Iacovos Hadjivarnavas on Friday expressed fury at the planned transfer of Israeli prisoner Simon Aykut to the country of which he holds citizenship to serve ...
Cyprus university confirms Turkish mayor lied about studying there
Famagusta’s Eastern Mediterranean University on Thursday confirmed that Yusuf Alemdar, the Turkish mayor who claims to have studied at it, never did.
“In recent days, various news reports and ...
Erhurman’s office launches Greek-language website, social media
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s office has launched a Greek-language website and social media accounts.
The website’s launch coincided with Erhurman’s first meeting with United Nations Secretary-General ...
Pepsi ‘refuses to meet’ Turkish Cypriot authorities as strike rolls on
Representatives of international food and beverage corporation PepsiCo’s Turkish subsidiary and its licensed producer in the north Ektam have refused to enter a meeting with the Turkish Cypriot authorities ...
Beaked whale found dead on Cyprus beach
A beaked whale was found dead on a beach near the Famagusta district village of Akanthou, Tashkent nature park director Kemal Basat said.
He wrote in a post on social ...
Govt ‘taking action’ over asparagus picker arrested in north
The government is “taking action” to free the Greek Cypriot man who was arrested after driving into the north while collecting wild asparagus, according to reports on Thursday.
The Cyprus ...
North confirms American visit to airport to inspect evacuation capability
The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Wednesday confirmed that American officials had visited Ercan (Tymbou) airport to inspect its capability for “evacuations” but said that this is standard ...
Greek Cypriot arrested after driving into north to pick asparagus
A Greek Cypriot man has been arrested after driving into the north while collecting wild asparagus.
The man appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Wednesday morning, with police representative ...
Workers at north’s Pepsi producer go on strike
Workers at Ektam, the north’s producer of Pepsi and other well-known soft drinks, have gone on a 24-hour strike, claiming that the company has deprived them of the right ...
Turkish Cypriot doctors go on strike
Turkish Cypriot doctors on Friday went on a full-day strike, citing a laundry list of shortcomings on the part of the north’s ruling coalition, and saying that health services ...
Police find phone records of north ‘house speaker’ engaging in coercion, ‘plagiarised’ work
The Turkish Cypriot police have accessed records of telephone communications between the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Ziya Ozturkler and officials from a university in Morphou, in which it has been ...