Legal Problems Prevent Murder Suspect’s Extradition to TRNC

North Cyprus News - Hasan Ozgocmen - Murder

Legal problems are preventing the extradition of a murder suspect to North Cyprus. 23 year old Muhammad Salman was arrested in Limassol for illegally entering South Cyprus. Salman, a Pakistani national who has been living and working in the TRNC since 2015, is wanted on suspicion of murdering Hasan Isik Ozgocmen in Iskele on 30 […]

PM Özersay Meets GC Negotiator Mavroyiannis

North Cyprus News - Ozersay - Mavroyiannis

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kudret Özersay held an informal meeting with Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis  in Limassol yesterday evening. Özersay, himself a former negotiator, announced his informal meeting with Mavroyiannis on his social media account. He said: I believe in the importance of establishing a dialogue without the need to prove something […]

‘Loose Federation’ Not a New Idea: Denktaş

North Cyprus News - Serdar Denktas

People on the island are debating what a “loose federation” as suggested by President Nicos Anastasiades as a solution to the Cyprus problem, actually means. Finance Minister Serdar Denktaş, in an interview on Vatan Radio, said that in fact, all it meant was a two-state solution with a weaker central government. This was something that […]