Forests burn again

For the third time in two weeks, North Cyprus had to call in fire-fighting aircraft from the south to help extinguish a serious forest blaze, prompting more calls for a dedicated helicopter to be stationed here.

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SACKED!

TOURISM minister Ünal Üstel was sacked last night over the mysterious visit of a VIP group who were allowed to enter and leave North Cyprus without any health or immigration checks.

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Turtles 2 Council 0

A long-running battle over unsanctioned development at the Esentepe Municipality Beach took a new turn this week when work was again officially halted by a court order.

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Back to bases

There was further wide spread condemnation this week of the agreement between the UK and the South to hand control of a large part of Britain’s Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) to the Greek Cypriots.

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