Coronavirus Case Numbers For Cyprus on 28/01/2022
In the last 24 hours, 18,726 tests for the coronavirus were performed in North Cyprus; 579 people, all local, tested positive, Yeniduzen reported on Friday, 28 January. The distribution of local cases is as follows: Nicosia – 249, Kyrenia – 135, Famagusta – 108, Güzelyurt – 50, Iskele – 22 and Lefke region – 15. […]
South Attempts to Collect Unpaid Traffic Fines From TCs
Payment of traffic fines incurred by Turkish Cypriots when in South Cyprus will be demanded at the border checkpoints in future, Kibris Postasi reported. According to Greek daily ‘Phileleftheros’, since 2017, Turkish Cypriot have owed the government in South Cyprus a total of 48,214 Euros in unpaid traffic fines. These fines, by and large, have […]
Pensioner Drives Through Shop Window
A pensioner accidentally drove his car through a shop window in Famagusta after pressing on the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal, Yeniduzen reported. This morning, Mustafa Ersoy Özbilen, 71, drove his vehicle through the display window of the Beko store on Sakarya Lemar AVM shopping precinct, damaging a number of white goods. Fortunately […]
Complaints About Long Traffic Queues at Metehan
There were long queues of vehicles at the Metehan border crossing point in the early hours of this morning, Yeniduzen reported. Workers heading to the south have complained about the constantly lengthy queues which move at snail’s pace and are demanding a solution to the problem. Elsewhere, it was reported that a bi-communal committee has […]
Earthquake Measuring 4.3 Recorded This Morning
An earthquake, which occurred at 5:57 am off the Gazipaşa coast in Antalya, was felt across many regions of Cyprus this morning, BRT reported. Sources at the Kandilli Observatory stated that the magnitude of the earthquake was 4.3. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of 3.32 km below sea level. BRTK
