The United Nations has confirmed the date and location for an informal meeting to discuss the future of the island of Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots, and the island’s three Guarantor Powers, Britain, Turkey and Greece, will meet in Geneva between 27 and 29 April 2021. “The purpose of th...
Pro-unification Turkish Cypriots took to social media to express their solidarity with Greek Cypriots protesting against government corruption and police brutality in South Cyprus. The two minute 18 second clip featured over a dozen Turkish Cypriots speaking in Turkish, English and Greek, each on...
The Transport Ministry for the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) has stepped in to end confusion about whether international students can fly to Ercan Airport from countries with a major outbreak of mutant coronavirus. Foreign students from high risk countries, including South Africa, who a...
Thirteen Turkish citizens held in captivity by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq were shot dead last week, the Turkish government announced on Sunday. The 13 included six soldiers, two police officers and intelligent officers who had been abducted from different parts of southeas...
Last month, Ahmet Dede’s West Cork restaurant ‘dede’ was awarded a Michelin star. It was the second Michelin accolade for the Turkish chef, who previously held a star at the now closed Mews restaurant. dede, located in Baltimore, Ireland, opened last summer and specialises in modern food imbued w...
An inspection of Turkish Cypriot refugee properties in Baf / Paphos by a delegation from the Greek Cypriot Parliament’s Refugees Committee ended in an angry exchange that required police intervention. The Committee’s visit on Friday to Mutallo / Mouttalos led to a face-off with Greek Cypriot refu...
A beachfront home in İskele, North Cyprus, is ranked as the world’s top investment in 2021 for those looking to live or retire abroad. The other four top spots listed by business and investment Forbes Magazine are in Columbia, Brazil, Mexico and Belize. The findings are based on research for t...
The head of one of Turkey’s leading airlines has taken up a senior role at industry body the International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA’s Board of Governors have elected of Pegasus Airline Chief Executive Mehmet T. Nane (pictured above) as Chair of IATA’s Audit Committee. His three-year...
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is due in Cyprus on Thursday, 4 February, to meet with the two Cypriot presidents Ersin Tatar of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) and Nicos Anastasiades of South Cyprus.Dominic Raab’s 24-hour visit will also include a meeting with Elizabeth Spe...
Greece’s top cleric Archbishop Ieronymos has sought to clarify his comments after being heavily criticised for claiming that Islam is a “political movement” and its adherents a “people of war”, but he stopped short of apologising for the offence caused. The Orthodox Archbishop of Athens and All G...
