Devalued Turkish Lira Boosts GC Spending in North
Credit cards issued in South Cyprus were used to spend 21,129,000 Euros in the TRNC in 2019, according to data issued by JCC Payments Ltd. in Nicosia, This shows an increase of 122 per cent compared to spending amounts in 2017. The reason for the Greek Cypriot spending boost is the currency crisis and the […]
Alleged Cover Up Over THY Air Crash
An article in the ‘New York Times’ regarding the Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 which crashed in Amsterdam in 2009, alleges that official analysis for reasons for the crash were covered up. The article states that design errors, poor security testing and not informing pilots how to react in the event of an error, led to […]
Calls For End to Tensions in E. Mediterranean
Members of the World Peace Association have called for an end to geopolitical power games. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean, they want “seas of peace”, they said. Casting wreaths of olive branches into the seas off Paphos, Limassol, Kyrenia and Famagusta, they said that the tension caused by political developments in […]