Three More Deaths From Coronavirus
Three more coronavirus patients have died, Kibris Postasi reported today. All three were being treated in the intensive care unit at the Pandemic Hospital in Nicosia. Their names are as follows: Aysel Kambur aged 74, Ruhi Ünal, 56, and Şerife Keresteci, 87. This brings the death toll from the coronavirus to 130. Kibris Postasi
Famagusta Municipality Workers on Strike Again
Employees of Famagusta Municipality have gone on strike again today because of unpaid overtime work and erratic payment of salaries, Yeniduzen reported. Chairman of the Famagusta Genel-İş Union, Doğan Özüşen, pointed out that no overtime had been paid since March 2020 and that there are constant problems with salary payments. He said, “We are going […]
Rainfall Below Seasonal Averages For Three Months
Little rainfall is expected before January, the Director of the Met Office Raif İlker Buran said, Yeniduzen reported. Precipitation has been below seasonal norms in the last three months, however, rains above seasonal norms are expected in January, he said. Buran told the TAK news agency that air temperatures, which were around 20-23 C had […]
North Offers No Protection Against Human Trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2020 Trafficking in Persons report showed that by 2018 there were around 48,578 victims of trafficking (from 135 countries). 20% of these victims are male, 46% female, 19% girls and 15% boys. Pursuant to the report, sexual exploitation is on top of the forms of exploitation […]