The scheduled meeting at the old Nicosia airport, between president Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu finished with a joint statement that was read by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Cyprus Lisa Buttenheim. Both leaders agreed that the status quo is not helping either sides and prolonging it hurts […]
According to a press release by the Anti Cancer society, Members of the Parliament, are smoking inside the parliament building violating the smoking ban they voted themselves. Criticism came after complaints by the Green Party’s MP Giorgos Perdikis and an internal memo by House of Representatives president Yiannakis Omirou, reminding MPs that smoking inside the […]
Tomorrow at 11.30 am the first meeting after the acceptance of the joint communiqué will be held between the president of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and the Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu. The meeting will be short and procedural in nature but it marks the resumption of negotiations towards a solution of the […]
Late last night Friday a the “presidential palace” in the occupied areas it was announced that an agreement has been reached on the joint communiqué. The written statement states that “the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot sides have reached agreement on the text of the joint communiqué that was prepared for the continuation of negotiations”. […]
Typhoon air crafts are on their way from their base to the British RAF base at Akrotiri Limassol where the British military has its largest out of its two bases in Cyprus. The measure is not aggressive according to the British military but just an action of proactive defense in case any activity from Syria […]
A french man raised a turkish flag outside a Laiki bank (now Bank of Cyprus) branch at “Eleftherias square” in Nicosia today. The locals managed to disable him in their frustration and hand him over to the police. The authorities are investigating the matter where as the offender is claiming that he was protesting against the […]
The Ministry council decided today to release the University, Local Authority (municipality) and Government deposits from the haircut! They also decided to decrease the ministers salaries by 20% including the 13th salary. The president Mr Nicos Anastasiades also authorized the government accountant to decrease his salary by 25%.
