Eastern Mediterranean University postgraduate Ese Brume is the new Women’s Long Jump Champion after winning gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Sunday. The Nigerian national had already broken the Commonwealth Games record with her second jump, a huge 6.99m. She bettered that with her very last jump of the final, leaping exactly 7 metres […]
In spite of the prevailing challenges for the TRNC’s economy, international students in North Cyprus are teaming up to form “TECH-TRNC”. Believed to be the first tech community in North Cyprus, this new TRNC Tech Meet-Up Group aims to create awareness among university students of the evolving possibilities in the tech world, and to position […]
The newly published Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 includes two universities from the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC), Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) and debutant Near East University (NEU). The two universities are listed under “Northern Cyprus”, while three institutions in the South of the island are tabled as “Cyprus”. According to The […]
There was delight in North Cyprus and Nigeria after Ese Brume won a bronze medal in the Women’s Long Jump at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games on Tuesday. The Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) student claimed third place with a jump of 6.97m – and Nigeria’s first medal of the 2020 Tokyo Games. Her Famagusta-based university […]
A digital invoice company set up by a Turkish Cypriot in Istanbul 20 years ago has been acquired by an industry “global leader”, it has been revealed. Tax software firm Sovos, which has offices in the US, South America, London, Stockholm and Amsterdam, announced on Tuesday, 28 May, that it had acquired Foriba, a “leading […]
After making its debut on the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings last year, the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), based in the politically unrecognised Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, returns to feature on this year’s list. Details of the highly respected league table, which has been running for 14 years, were released last […]
Eastern Mediterranean University’s annual Rock ‘n’ EMU festival has pulled in some major headliners since its inception, but none as big as the band that performed last night. Led by globally renowned Sir Bob Geldof, veteran Irish punk rockers The Boomtown Rats took to the stage in a packed stadium in Mağusa/Famagusta, eastern Cyprus, […]
Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) has been recognised for its academic excellence in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016-2017. It is the first time a university from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has been ranked on the prestigious list, which includes globally renowned institutions such California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University […]
