Kategorie: Standard

A WOMAN hired two men for 2,500TL each to “warn-off” a former boyfriend who was insisting on a reconciliation – but the group decided to murder him instead, Lefkoşa Assize Court was told on 21 August.Original Article

EVERY waste is not waste. This is the slogan being used in a new campaign launched by staff and students at Near East University Grand Library in Lefkoşa as part of a “social responsibility” to protect the environment.Original Article

TEACHERS’ trade unions have warned that schools should not reopen as planned on September 14 because it would risk spreading the Covid-19 pandemic throughout the country.Original Article

THE highest number of new Covid-19 cases in the TRNC was detected when 67 were confirmed within a 10-day period this and last week to give a total of 300 cases by yesterday (Friday) morning.Original Article

COVID-19 patients in the TRNC will be flown to Turkey for treatment under plans unveiled by Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca during a telephone conversation with Prime Ersin Tatar on Wednesday.Original Article

THE EU has said the prevention of foreign nationals and tourists across the Green Line has been instigated on ‘public health grounds in light of the coronavirus pandemic’ – which has been slammed by Turkish Cypriot and expatriate civil organisations who called it ‘hypocrisy’.Original Article

THE future of tourism is “up in the air” following the failure of an electronic tagging pilot.Original Article

THE number of people working in the TRNC’s tourism sector has shrunk by almost half due the Covid-19 pandemic, it was disclosed this week.Original Article

A COUNTRYWIDE cut to the water supply has come about due to ‘technical work’ at the Geçitköy pumping station. Officials said that much of the Girne coastal area was hit after roadworks damaged the water distribution pipeline, Cyprus Today can reveal.Original Article

FORCE OF WHIRLWIND CAUSES DAMAGE, POWER CUTS AND INJURIESOriginal Article

THE British government has “no plans” to allow direct flights between the UK and the TRNC because such a move would be “unlawful”, it has been announced.Original Article