Today marks the beginning of two festivals in Northern Cyprus. Lefke will host date festival, which begins today and will end tomorrow on November 3. In the village Dogankoy, today begins the festival of yellow hawthorn.
Adoption of the Law on Citizenship and restructuring of the population has been established by the Government of Northern Cyprus as the highest priority. The draft law on citizenship of North Cyprus will be presented to Parliament in the next few days.
Near East Hospital, located in TRNC capital Lefkosa, is now performing liver, kidneys, and bone marrow transplants.
President of South Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades said in recent convention that if certain measures were taken by Turkey, he believes that the decision can be reached by Christmas this year.
Turkey’s ambitious water project, the value of which, according to preliminary data, will be equal to one billion Turkish liras, will enable Turkey to sell water to Northern Cyprus, and in the case of successful solutions of peace talks on the reunification of the island, to Southern Cyprus as well.
South Cyprus media reported an increase in pressure on the country by the international сcommunity. The newspaper Kathimerini, says that Washington, United Nations, London and Brussels urged the Republic of Cyprus to agree on a joint statement with Northern Cyprus: step that will open the way for the first meeting of the presidents in the new round of negotiations.
World giants of casino industry are planning to invest on both sides of the Green Line. A company from Hong Kong, Amax Holdings LTD, plans to open a casino in Lara Park hotel, currently under construction in Catalkoy, and the world- famous casino Las Vegas, is in the negotiations with officials in South Cyprus.
Turkey is not against the transfer of Marash to Southern Cyprus, in exchange for direct flights to and from Ercan Airport. So says the politician involved in the negotiation of the Southern Cyprus Andreas Mavroiannis.
The Cyprus problem has reached its 50th anniversary, while two leaders of the island insist that solution can be achieved within 6 months.TRNC President Dervis Eroglu, who has repeatedly said that the referendum may be held in March next year, urged not to delay the decision for another half century.
Negotiations to resolve the Cyprus issue will not start this month, and as reported are due to begin in November. Special representative of the President of the TRNC, Osman Ertug has informed, after the meeting with his Greek counterpart.
Northern Cyprus is preparing for the holiday of Kurban Bayram . Throughout the week, starting from Tuesday, banks and government offices will be closed, and on Monday, a work day ends at 13:00.
Sunday has became the coldest October day as recorded by the Met office.
UN Special Adviser for Cyprus problem Alexander Downer has begun a series of meetings aimed at developing a plan of action in the new round of peace talks. Mr. Downer arrived on the island on Thursday and on Friday separately met with the presidents of the Southern and Northern Cyprus.
It is planned to make changes to the design of the annual, long term and work visas.
Cyprus problem, after more than 40 years of existence, can be solved within three months. This opinion was expressed by the delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Levent Gumrukcu.
Company Alliance - Estate participated in the international exhibition - fair, which took place on 27 and 28 September 2013 at the Universal Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Government Buildings.
The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA) awarded Karpaz Gate Marina with "Golden Anchor". The port has become the first in North Cyprus to receive 5 star Golden Anchor rating.
The group of civil organizations of Northern Cyprus are preparing a letter to the UN concerning the closed city of Maras.
