Kamran Aziz, one of the most significant Turkish Cypriot personalities of the past century, has died aged 95. She had been unwell for some time, receiving treatment at Lefkoşa Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu Hospita and was discharged yesterday. She passed away at her home in the early hours of this morning. Kamran Hanım was a lady of many […]
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) took part in the inaugural Global Healthcare Travel Forum (GHTF), which ended yesterday, enabling them to promote the country’s world-class health facilities and treatments to new audiences. Held in the Jordanian capital of Amman under the royal patronage of King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, the Turkish […]
Tomorrow’s planned meeting between President Mustafa Akıncı and President Nicos Anastasiades has been cancelled. “Unfortunately, we have just been informed by the #UN that, due to the Turkish Cypriot leader’s refusal to attend, tomorrow’s scheduled meeting will not take place,” Anastasiades’ spokesman Nicos Christodoulides tweeted earlier today. The crisis between the two leaders blew up […]
A British Cypriot who launched an online petition to name a street in Cyprus after superstar George Michael wants to see the same recognition extended island-wide. Haji Mike, an academic and musician who now lives and works in Nicosia, told T-VINE Magazine he sees no reason why the street naming should be restricted to just […]
The Committee on Missing Persons Cyprus (CMP) has confirmed that they have located the remains of 1,192 of the 2,001 people reported missing during the Cyprus Conflict. The CMP has been excavating sites across the island for the past ten years looking for Cypriots who vanished between December 1963 and 1974. Discoveries of human remains are […]
On Monday night, five young people from across Cyprus will launch their digital stories about everyday life, division and co-existence on the island. The debut screening of their short films, called Life Routes: Cyprus, will take place at the Goethe-Institut Cyprus, in the capital’s Buffer Zone. The films came together as part of a participatory […]
An accident on the Girne mountain road involving a lorry and minibus full of school children has killed three and injured eight others. The head-on collision occurred this morning by the Değirmenlik Taşocakları (Değirmenlik Quarries), as the minibus was on the school run, with both vehicles coming off the road. Emergency services arrived to a […]
The Islamic Trust of Cyprus – EVKAF – the central Islamic charity operating on the island since 1571, risks losing billions of Turkish Liras in stolen land if the current agreements reached in the Peace Talks are carried out. The hidden danger should be a concern to all men of faith and principle, not to […]
The historic St Apostolos Andreas monastery, located in the Karpaz peninsula in north Cyprus, has been declared open once more after an extensive repair programme lasting two years and costing 5 million Euros. The money was contributed jointly and equally by the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus and EVKAF, the TRNC’s major Islamic charitable foundation. […]
The Greek Cypriot Football Association (KOP) has threatened to severely punish any members who travel from Ercan Airport in North Cyprus. According to South Cyprus daily Alithia, the KOP Executive Board announced that any groups or individual members found travelling from Ercan Airport will be fined ten thousand Euros for a first-time offence and face […]
