Bill over Turkish Cypriot properties faces delays
The completion of the bill for the management of Turkish Cypriot assets will be delayed as the government has not carried out a public consultation, House refugee committee chair Nikos ...
Audit Office demands evictions of Turkish Cypriot property misusers
The Audit Office called again on the government to evict people found violating letting agreements for Turkish Cypriot properties on Larnaca’s Mackenzie beach.
This opposes the plan of Turkish ...
Bill to see fairer handling of Turkish Cypriot property
The cabinet has proposed a bill to amend the allocation and management of Turkish Cypriot properties to modernise the state’s handling of the matter, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said ...
Massive rent increases for Turkish Cypriot properties reported
Rents on commercial Turkish Cypriot properties in Limassol have sharply increased, the House refugee committee heard on Tuesday.
Rent increases from €150 to €2,800 a month and in another case from €30 to €999 ...
Turkish Cypriot property being ‘misused in Polis’
Lawmakers on Tuesday heard about shady practices in the area of Polis, where Turkish Cypriot land is reportedly being used for growing crops in ‘under the table’ transactions between lessees ...
Government cracks down on Turkish Cypriot property contract violations
The government announced on Friday it had audited a total of 1,000 lease contracts for Turkish Cypriot properties being used for commercial purposes during the month of November.
The audits carried ...
No damages for ‘owners’ of demolished venue on Turkish Cypriot land
The Court of Appeal on Monday rejected a suit for damages by the management of the Ktima Mackenzie venue in Larnaca, which was built on Turkish Cypriot land, after the ...
Paphos man arrested for illegally using Turkish Cypriot property
A 37-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Friday after allegedly illegally entering and using Turkish Cypriot property in the town.
Paphos police chief Michalis Nikolaou told the Cyprus News ...
State says it will help flooded museum
The state intends to help with repairs at the Hambis Printmaking Museum in Plataniskia with the consent of the lessors of the two adjacent properties, Limassol district administrator Marios Alexandrou ...
Ministry concedes big proportion of TC property leases are problematic
An ongoing review of how Turkish Cypriot commercial properties are managed has shown that about one-fifth of leases are problematic, according to just-released data from the interior ministry.
In a ...
Turkish Cypriot man who got his property back is a lesson for the Republic
The interior ministry has admitted it does not have a reliable database of the Turkish Cypriot properties they administrate
By Efi Xanthou
On July 13 the House of Representatives approved the ...
Turkish Cypriot receives €345,000 payout for Limassol property
A Turkish Cypriot with American citizenship has been awarded €345,000 in compensation for loss of use of his property in Limassol and also had ownership of the property returned to him.
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Clampdown coming on use of Turkish Cypriot properties
Interim measures to deal with issues in the management of Turkish Cypriot properties were announced by the interior ministry on Friday, a day after more mismanagement claims surfaced during a ...
Mismanagement of TC properties revealed, audit office reports
Failing to stick to criteria in existing legislation has led to varying decisions being made on a case-by-case basis in usage of Turkish Cypriot properties, the audit office said on ...
TC property mismanagement leads to threats and arrest (update)
Serious administrative mistakes were made by the Turkish Cypriot property management service which handed over a home to a non-eligible 46-year-old in Paphos, Chairman of the house refugee committee Nikos ...
Large number of Turkish Cypriot properties used by non refugees
A large number of Turkish Cypriot properties on the island are currently mismanaged, the audit service said in a special report on Wednesday.
The report, available on the audit service’...
Mistakes were made in handling of Turkish Cypriot properties says minister
Mistakes were made in the handling of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, the interior minister conceded on Tuesday as he pledged transparency and accountability going forward.
“It is generally ...
House rejects president’s veto on TC properties
The House on Thursday rejected the president’s veto of a law passed in late March which requires structural integrity checks on Turkish Cypriot properties in the south.
MPs had ...
Lawmakers set to reject president’s referral of a bill on handling of TC properties
Lawmakers on Tuesday indicated they would reject the president’s referral of a bill they passed in late March which provides that Turkish Cypriot properties in the south must undergo ...
President refers law on handling of TC properties
President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday referred back to parliament a law it passed in late March regarding the handling of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, deeming the legislation unconstitutional.
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TC properties in south must pass structural integrity tests
Turkish Cypriot properties in the south leased to Greek Cypriots must first pass structural integrity checks to ensure they’re safe for habitation, under a law passed by parliament on ...
Turkish Cypriot properties officials to be transferred
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday ordered civil servants in the Turkish Cypriot property management office involved in the scandal that broke out months ago over mismanagement and nepotism be ...
‘Omissions and gaps’ in management of TC properties
There are “omissions and gaps” in the management of Turkish Cypriot properties with only 65 per cent of them have been granted to refugees, data from the audit office reports showed ...
Old Nicosia building collapses
The Nicosia municipality on Tuesday said that the partial collapse of a wall inside a building on Arsinoe street in old Nicosia has to be addressed by the Guardian of ...