Rough Seas Continue to Hamper Pipeline Repairs
Work to complete repairs to the undersea pipeline that conveys fresh water from Anamur, Mersin to North Cyprus has been delayed once again. A statement by the Turkish State Hydraulics Works said that adverse weather conditions continue to hamper work to complete the project. From noon on 28 September work was put on standby because […]
Quarantine Hotels Full – Passengers Wait at Port
Passengers on two ferries arriving in Kyrenia Tourism Port from Taşucu were returned to the port by coach because the quarantine hotels they were taken to were full. At 9am today, 169 passengers were taken to a newly-designated quarantine hotel after having been returned to the port to wait for accommodation. Reportedly this kind of […]
Turkey Grants 117 Million TL to North Cyprus
Prime Minister Ersin Tatar flew to Ankara yesterday and was informed by Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay that the TRNC will receive 117 million Turkish lira today. Oktay said that Turkey knew that the North Cyprus economy had been seriously affected by the pandemic. Noting that he and Tatar had had an extremely productive meeting, Oktay […]
Five Test Positive For Covid-19 on Tuesday
Health Minister Dr Ali Pilli said yesterday that 1,170 tests had been performed in the last 24 hours, and five people had tested positive for Covid-19. Two cases were airline passengers, one was a contact of a previously known case and was already in quarantine, two were local cases, the minister said. Meanwhile, 21 people […]
