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British Summer Time set to start this Sunday when clocks go forward an hour

If you’re in the UK and Cyprus, get ready to lose an hour of sleep this weekend as clocks will go forward by an hour in the early hours of Sunday morning.The switch happens at exactly 1am local time on Sunday, 31 March, when clocks will automatically change to 2am.Britain, the Turkish Republic of No...

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TRNC President rules out new Cyprus talks until Turkish Cypriot equal status is recognised

Turkish Cypriots will not return to the negotiating table until their sovereignty and equal status is recognised, Ersin Tatar, the President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, told reporters at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Sunday.In an interview with French news agency AFP, President Tatar e...

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The illegitimacy of UN Resolution 186 and the insurmountable problems it’s caused in Cyprus

Monday, 4 March 2024 will mark 60 years since the United Nations (UN) Security Council passed Resolution 186 that green-lighted the presence of UN peacekeepers in Cyprus and inadvertently created the current status quo on the island, where one side is recognised as a ‘government’ and the other strug...

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We remember: the 7 Turkish Cypriots killed by British troops in the riots of January 1958

Many violent events occurred in the final years of British colonial rule in Cyprus, but one of the worst – and least known – is the slaughter of seven Turkish Cypriot civilians and the wounding of dozens of others by British troops on 27 and 28 January 1958. This shocking event would have a pivotal...

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Calls for tougher penalties as Girne crash driver found to be 9 times over legal alcohol limit

Last week, a longstanding campaigner for safer roads in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus called for tougher penalties for drivers found to be over the legal limit to deter drunk driving, which has become a growing scourge on North Cyprus’ roads. Drunk drivers were responsible for 12 of the 47 fa...

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Nurtane Karagil’s awareness project ‘Coastlines Waning: All for a few extra Sunbeds’ goes live on Cyprus billboards

The destruction of the natural environment, particularly Cyprus’s beautiful coastlines, has been highlighted in a powerful new awareness campaign created by artist Nurtane Karagil.Called ‘Coastline(s) Waning: All for a few extra Sunbeds’, Karagil’s collage of four scenes shows beaches dug up as if t...

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From the new Ercan Airport to Barbie’s pink mules, and overseas voting in Turkiye’s Presidential Elections, here are T-VINE’s big stories of 2023

T-VINE Magazine readers really do love a good news story. Two thirds of our most well-read and commented stories of 2023 were about positive developments, charity or success stories.There are four separate news items about the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus that feature in our Top 15, including ou...

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All change at Evkaf, as Professor Mustafa Tümer replaces long-serving head Professor Benter

Professor Ibrahim Benter’s term as the Director-General of Kıbrıs Vakıflar İdaresi has come to an end. The TRNC Council of Ministers called time on Benter’s decade in charge of the oldest Turkish Cypriot institute, naming Professor Mustafa Tümer (top right) as his replacement. The details were annou...

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Ruling parties in TRNC, Turkiye and Azerbaijan sign historic agreement to improve political co-operation

Leading figures from the ruling right-wing political parties in Turkiye and Azerbaijan have signed a co-operation agreement with their Turkish Cypriot peers. The agreement, signed in Lefkoşa / North Nicosia on Tuesday, 14 November, aims to further political relations between the Turkish countries u...

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“The concrete expression of our sovereignty and independence”, the TRNC turns 40 today

Today, 15 November 2023, marks the fortieth anniversary of the declaration of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). The milestone has been marked with street parades in the TRNC and goodwill messages from allies, including Azerbaijan and Türkiye. The Republic of Türkiye’s Vice-President Cevd...

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