18 h. ago North ‘minister’ promises 28,000 new jobs with casino law change

The north’s ‘economy minister’ Olgun Amcaoglu on Thursday evening promised that “at least 28,000 new jobs” will be created as a result of the decision to relax laws relating to the operation of casinos. Speaking to Kibris Postasi TV, he said he expects the ruling coalition to grant permits for 32 new casinos to open. […]

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2 w. ago Turkish Cypriots protest over school bus crash, demand ‘education minister’s’ resignation

Turkish Cypriots demonstrated outside the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office on Tuesday night against the ruling coalition’s alleged negligence on the matter of school transport in light of the overturning of a school bus in the Karpas peninsula village of Yialousa, which saw 28 children and the bus’ driver hospitalised. Children, parents, and teachers were […]

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2 w. ago North police board bus headed for protest, prevent it from going

The Turkish Cypriot police on Wednesday boarded a bus which was due to take schoolchildren to a protest outside the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office and prevented it from travelling. The bus was set to take children from Karpasia to the protest, which was being staged against the ruling coalition’s alleged negligence on the […]

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3 w. ago UN ‘looks forward’ to working with EU’s Hahn, Ertugruloglu rules out meeting him

Mixed reactions to the European Commission’s decision to appoint Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem have continued, with the United Nations “looking forward” to working with him, and the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu swiftly ruling out the prospect of meeting him. “I will leave most comments to the EU, but […]

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3 w. ago Arikli calls for revenge on Greek Cypriots over property arrests

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Thursday called for revenge to be taken on the Greek Cypriot side on the matter of property, in light of recent arrests, trials, and sentencings in the Republic over the buying and selling of Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north. He focused his attention on the matter of […]

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3 w. ago Parents furious after school bus overturns in Yialousa – 29 hospitalised

Parents reacted with fury on Wednesday night after a school bus overturned in the Karpas peninsula village of Yialousa and 28 children and the bus driver were hospitalised. The bus had, according to the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli, overturned due to a brake failure. Family members gathered outside northern Nicosia’s Dr Burhan Nalbantoglu hospital […]

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3 w. ago Apostolos Andreas road to reopen in afternoons from Saturday

The road between Rizokarpaso and the Apostolos Andreas monastery on Cyprus’ northeastern tip will reopen in afternoon from Saturday, the north’s ‘transport ministry’ said on Monday. In a statement to the Cyprus Mail, the ‘ministry’ said the road will remain open “until further notice” from Saturday onwards. Until then, the road will remain closed every […]

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