A Turkish Cypriot culture day has been organised in the Hungarian capital Budapest. The event – which was held at the Yunus Emre Institute – was organised by the TRNC’s Representative Office in Budapest and the Mediterranean Centre for Strategic Studies. It was attended by Hungarian people, Turkish people living in Hungary and guests from [...]

The first phase of the restoration works on the main church and adjoining buildings of the Apostolos Andreas Monastery is nearing completion. The restoration of the monastery, according to UNDP, intends to contribute to the on-going confidence building process between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots within the context of cultural heritage preservation and protection. The [...]

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By Guy FAULCONBRIDGE
In an interview to Reuters within the framework of her London contacts Foreign Minister Colak said that Cyprus is closer than ever to ending its four-decade-old partition and the two sides could agree on the text of a deal by May, followed by a referendum. [...]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a statement and condemned the terrorist attack in the capital city of Turkey, Ankara. The statement is as follows: “The outrageous attack carried out in the capital of Turkey, Ankara, which caused loss of many lives deeply saddens the Turkish Cypriot People. We share the grief of Turkey and [...]

Rule of Law Movement made a statement regarding the necessity for police organisation’s being based on civil authority. In his written statement, Baris Mamali criticized police organisation’s being based on Security Forces Command and expressed that the President should undertake an initiative at this point for the democratic values to be established. ‘The organization must [...]

The Turkish Cypriot negotiator Özdil Nami and Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyannis are meeting again today and on Monday 15 June. The full day meeting started at 09:30 today at the UN Good Offices Mission at the buffer zone. This is the third meeting this week and it’s reported that they will meet again on [...]

“Today, the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Mustafa Akıncı, took the next steps towards fulfilling their joint vision for a united federal Cyprus. Their constructive dialogue included a range of core issues that go to the very heart of the Cyprus question. Mr. Akıncı and Mr. Anastasiades underlined [...]

“Kıbrıs sorunu 50 yılı aşkın bir süredir devam ediyor. Bu süre zarfında, belki bir evresinde belki de tümüyle hayatlarınıza mutlaka bir şekilde dokunmuştur. Ailelerinizde Kıbrıs’ta savaşmış, gazi veya şehit olmuş yakınlarınız vardır belki… Belki de mesleğinizin bir parçası olarak yoğun bir mesai harcıyorsunuzdur bu soruna… Günün sonunda yarım yüzyıldır çözümlenemeyen ve hem insan hayatı bakımından [...]

High Administrative Court has decided that police promotional exam was realized contrary to the law in 2013. High Administrative Court decided to cancel promotional exams of 18 polices. Chief Inspector Soyer Üstünışık filed a case against the Police Services Commission and the case was determined yesterday. If the decision which is taken by the judge [...]

The UK is worried regarding the agreement that was signed between South Cyprus and Russia allowing Russian navy ships to use Greek Cypriot ports. Furthermore an official from the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminded that “According to London, it is Cyprus’ own issue. Our concern, however, is related with the Russia’s Ukraine strategy.” [...]