Former PM Receiving Salary Despite Long Absence
Former Prime Minister, UBP Deputy Hüseyin Özgürgün, whose resignation request was rejected by the UBP-DP-YDP minority coalition government, has replied to criticisms about receiving his salary without attending parliament for months. He said: ”I have been granted the right to retire, I have no problems of conscience about my salary”. Özgürgün said that if the […]
Turkey Suspends Flights From The UK
Turkey has suspended flights from the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and South Africa due to concerns over a new rapidly spreading strain of the coronavirus. “It has been reported that the rate of transmission has increased in the UK with the mutation of the coronavirus”, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca wrote on Twitter on late on […]
Lest We Forget
Today, December 21, marks the 57 years since the start of the intercommunal strife of 1963-64 in Cyprus. The identities of the remains of seven girls, seven boys, 14 children, the youngest of whom were four and six months old, and the oldest 15 years, were discovered from DNA tests made during the excavations carried […]
