Man Arrested After 22 Kilos of Drugs Found in Suitcase
A Russian man was arrested after police found 22 kilograms of drugs in luggage at Ercan Airport. A police press statement said that police arrested a 51 year-old man in the early hours of Saturday morning, after he entered the TRNC. His suitcase contained 20 kilos of a cannabis-type drug and 2 kilos of another […]
Immunity of Former PM Huseyin Ozgurgun Lifted
The TRNC Assembly has lifted the legislative immunity of the National Unity Party (UBP) MP Huseyin Ozgurgun by a majority vote. The result was as follows: 41 voted in favour and 2 voted against, seven MPs abstained. In December 2017, the then opposition leader of the People’s Party (HP) Kudret Ozersay filed an application to […]
Three Dead and Two Injured in Traffic Accident
More road deaths were added to the toll of fatal accidents in the country with a head-on collision between a car and a taxi cab at the Turunçlu-Ulukışla junction on Sunday. Three people were killed and two were seriously injured. The accident was caused by dangerous driving, police said. One of the cars was carrying […]
Akinci Hopes to Meet UNSG and Anastasiades
President Mustafa Akıncı is looking at a tripartite meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and President Nicos Anastasiades in addition to a five-party conference with the guarantor powers by the end of the year, Greek newspaper ‘Kathimerini’ reported on Sunday. Referring to obstacles to an agreement on the terms of reference for renewed Cyprus talks, […]
