Akinci Sends Report to UN Security Council
President Mustafa Akinci has sent a report as requested by the UN Security Council, detailing steps taken by the Turkish Cypriot side to progress the Cyprus talks. President Nicos Anastasiades has also submitted his own report ahead of the informal tripartite summit to be held in Berlin on November 25. According to Akinci’s spokesman Barış […]
Rift Between Akinci and Tatar Widens
The tripartite summit between UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, President Akinci and President Anastasiades, which is scheduled to take place on November 25 in Berlin, has created uneasiness in the non-solution circles in the TRNC, Social Democracy Party (TDP) leader Cemal Ozyigit has said. “The numerous statements by the circles who fear even hearing the word […]
Afrika Journalists to be Retried After A-G Appeal
Two journalists for Turkish Cypriot daily ‘Afrika’ are to be tried separately on charges of insulting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Chief Editor and owner of the newspaper Sener Levent and head journalist Ali Osman, were acquitted of the charges by a lower court earlier this year. The newspaper had published a carton offensive to President […]
Applications to IPC Extended Until December 2021
The TRNC Council of Minister has approved a budget of 8 billion, 814 million Turkish Lira for 2020. This is an increase of 11.7 per cent compared to 2019, Foreign Minister Kudret Ozersay has said. Speaking yesterday after the Cabinet meeting, Ozersay stated that according to information they received from the Ministry of Finance, the […]