North Cyprus News Headlines
EU says no change in South’s bailout terms
Following reports of a leaked letter in which South Cyprus President Anastasiades wrote to the EU asking for a revision of the terms of the ...
Turkey to introduce laws to combat public dissent
Turkey is introducing new law to combat what it considers to be its enemies, “provocateurs” in social media. The government was shocked to its foundations ...
Interim government cracks on
The new government under Prime Minister Sibel Siber has, within a few days, prepared its programme for action and today presented it to parliament for ...
Erdogan holds rally in Istanbul
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan held his own rally yesterday not long after a major routing of protestors from Gezi park and Taksim Square, who had ...
TRNC objects to Noble gas drilling
In a written statement, the TRNC government says that South Cyprus is carrying out seismic explorations in the area for which the TRNC had given ...
Turkish protesters suffer burns from water cannons
Stories have emerged that Turkish riot police added a gas to the water cannons during the weekend police action at Gezi Park, which causes burns ...
Silent protests spread across Turkey
A man’s single act of defiance in Taksim Square last night has spread across Turkey and turned into a silent struggle for the right to ...
End illegal settling of Turks in TRNC: Photiou says
There must be a way to stop Turkey bringing Turkish settlers to the TRNC, says South Cyprus Defence Minister, Photis Photiou. Addressing a book presentation ...
South to restrict sale of Greek-owned land in TRNC
Various Greek Cypriot governments over the past decade have watched with concern as citizens from South Cyprus have sold their land in the North. Until ...
Turkish unions go on strike
Two of Turkey’s main trade union federations, KESK and DISK, will go on strike Monday in protest at a police crackdown on anti-government demonstrators in ...
TRNC union to strike in solidarity with Gezi Park
The TRNC Union of Public Employees has just announced a strike for tomorrow. The strike will last from 9am to midday tomorrow. At 10 am ...
TRNC public come out to support Taksim Square protestors
As news started to come in last night about the heavy handed police clear out of Taksim Square and Gezi Park, TRNC citizens rose up ...
Features & Analysis
Anastasiades unhappy with Cyprus bailout: a few thoughts
I read with some confusion a recent press statement from Greek Cypriot President Anastasiades which says that he is less than happy with the terms ...
Turkey and TRNC – parallel processes
The past 18 days have seen remarkable events occurring in Turkey. Gezi Park, a small green space in Istanbul, unheard of by many of us, ...
Multimax NTV: Eveything you wanted to know…but didn’t know who to ask
So it’s been about seven months since I started using Multimax to connect to the Internet here in North Cyprus. On the whole, I’ve been ...
In Pictures: Istanbul protests
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Cyprus gas: Stuck between a rock and a hard place?
The discovery of natural gas off South Cyprus shores last year heralded the potential for an economic upturn for the country. Drilling licences were offered ...
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