Local elections are taking place across North Cyprus on Sunday 24 June to determine the new leaders and councillors for 28 councils. Voting will open at 8am and end at 6pm, with a maximum of 191,153 voters able to cast their votes at one of 734 polling stations. A total of 111 candidates are […]
A student who entered a guilty plea at the Old Bailey on Wednesday following a fatal car crash in which her younger sister was killed has been spared jail. On the evening of 13February 2016, Meliha Kaya, 22, was speeding along Chigwell Road, South Woodford, in a Mini Cooper when she hit a BMW. […]
Response in full from Cyprus Wine Fair organisers, newspaper Parikiaki on Bloody Map that was displayed at their recent event. Dear T-VINE, Firstly, I would like to thank T-VINE Magazine for giving us the opportunity to comment on your article regarding the Cypriot Wine Festival & Business Expo (CyWineFest). Parikiaki newspaper is the main organiser […]
Organisers of the Cyprus Wine Fair in London say using the ‘Bloody Map’ of Cyprus is all part of their search for “a just and viable solution” to “reunite our island, and build a peaceful common future, away from the mistakes of the past”. They are stoutly defending the fact that, once again, stalls at […]
Azerbaijan’s President İlham Aliyev and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan formally inaugurated the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) in Eskişehir, Turkey, on June 12, 2018. Joining them at the opening ceremony were Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı, along with energy ministers, diplomats and executives of energy […]
Attempts by anti-Islamic group Pegida to hold a ‘pork fest’ by a Turkish-owned mosque in Rotterdam has been thwarted following a large turnout of Dutch counter-protests. The planned barbecue was due to take place by Laleli Mosque on Thursday, 7 June, with the permission of the local authority. According to news reports, when some 20 […]
There were scenes of jubilation and a mini pitch invasion following the final whistle on Thursday after the first of the evening’s two semi-finals. North Cyprus booked their place in the final on Saturday by beating Padania 3-2 in an exciting game. Get tickets here for the CONIFA World Cup Final The CONIFA European champions […]
The countdown has begun to the 2nd Turkish Cypriot Cultural Festival on Sunday 17 June, which this year is moving to Enfield Playing Fields on Donkey Lane, to better accommodate the expected large number of visitors. As with the first year, expect the festival to offer a fabulous mix of traditional and contemporary music, theatre, […]
North Cyprus put in their strongest performance of the 2018 CONIFA World Cup yet by beating African team Barawa 8-0 in the quarter-finals earlier today. The Turkish Cypriot side dominated from start to finish to book their place in the semi-finals against European champions Padania on Thursday, 7 June at Carshalton. For all the domination, North […]
Two draws and a win over the weekend were enough to send North Cyprus through to the next round of the Paddy Power CONIFA World Cup. The Turkish Cypriot national side were runners-up in Group B, having drawn their last game against reigning world champions Abkhazia, who failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. North Cyprus […]
