Less than 24 hours after announcing a full lockdown, North Cyprus’ Health Ministry has been forced to scale back its planned restrictions following concerns about the economic impact that would have. The Council of Ministers met earlier today to discuss the measures that were due to come into for...
The Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) is to go into full lockdown from Monday to combat the surge in coronavirus cases and fatalities. The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the TRNC leapt from six on 31 December 2020 to eleven on 12 January 2021, while the total number of cases rose from 1...
Vaccinations against the coronavirus have started in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC), with the President Ersin Tatar (pictured top), Prime Minister Ersan Saner and Health Minister Dr Ali Pilli among the first to receive the shots. The government is aiming to inoculate 300,000 people i...
The Prime Minister for the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) has called for an early General Election after MPs refused to back his preferred candidate to be the new Speaker of Parliament. Ersan Saner of the National Unity Party (UBP) had nominated Resmiye Canaltay, a female Member of Par...
A letter we published on Tuesday, 5 January from a North Cyprus foreign resident Olga Campbell-Thomson complaining about the “filthy conditions” she was forced to quarantine in a Lefkoşa hostel generated lots of debate about government-approved quarantine centres, and an outpouring of sympathy for h...
On Friday, the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) woke to the grim news that a mother and father, and their teenage son had been shot dead in their home in Geçitkale, near Famagusta. Bengü Çobanoğlu, 48, and her husband İbrahim Çobanoğlu, 52, had been killed in their bedroom. Their 14-yea...
Ersin Tatar, the president of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, has asserted the need for separate sovereignty for Turkish Cypriots to help resolve the decades old Cyprus Problem. The Turkish Cypriot leader’s (pictured top) comments came during an online panel discussion about a two-state sol...
Locals and foreign residents have taken to social media to condemn hotels in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus for openly flouting coronavirus rules on New Year’s Eve. Two Girne hotels, Lord’s Palace and Les Ambassadeurs, were among those named and shamed by the TRNC public for allegedly hosting...
Health authorities in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) have extended coronavirus restrictions in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19, which has seen 49 new cases recorded in the past 48 hours. The latest announcement on Wednesday, 30 December 2020, includes a curfew in North Cyprus, m...
Tens of thousands of people have visited the formerly fenced off seaside resort of Varosha / Maraş in Famagusta district following its historic re-opening to the public in October of this year. The town had laid abandoned for decades after being deserted by its 39,000 inhabitants during the 1974...
