Let’s get real, going back to the future...
By Alp Mehmet
Guest colomnist
FIRSTLY, I would like to congratulate Mr Ersin Tatar on his election as the fifth...
Nov 9, 2020
Uncertain future for TRNC expats
This week’s mix of news may well see expat residents drowning their sorrows at the potential prospect of being put back on a plane at Larnaca airport as early as next month, while cross-border...
Apr 2, 2019
Kıb-Tek deserve some credit
News of further electricity price hikes has been fearfully anticipated by the government and public alike, but at least Kıb-Tek is trying to find a more professional solution with an English-language...
Mar 26, 2019
The CCTV dilemma
The thorny issue of computeraided state surveillance is one that is here to stay in our modern world and is now even reaching the shores of our island home.
“Undesirables”, including those with...
Feb 12, 2019
Dragging the TRNC post into the 21st century
The cat is finally out of the bag. It’s long been evident that there was something rotten in the state of the Post Office, but now trades unions have confirmed: no permanent staff taken on there for...
Feb 6, 2019
Reverting back to the dark ages
Just when it seems a chink of enlightenment may be dawning on the running of this country, along comes something as a reminder that the remnants of the TRNC “dark ages” can make their presence felt...
Jan 23, 2019
The ‘wrongs’ don’t add up to ‘rights’
As the National Unity Party (UBP) turned out this week to bay for the resignation of the government over the road flood deaths of four youngsters, factors in the December 5 tragedy are becoming clearer.<br...
Jan 15, 2019
A new era of transparency?
A potential witch hunt is brewing for the architects of “human errors” which contributed to the deaths of four young people and the destruction of homes and the environment.
Environmentalists,...
Jan 8, 2019
It’s lack of planning
As first-past-the-post development continues skywards in Gazimağusa and İskele, contractors now frozen out from profitable high-rise threaten to turn out in yellow vests to disrupt the capital.
...Dec 18, 2018
The same old problems remain
A welcome boost for the communities and businesses of Gazimağusa and Lefke this week saw the Mağusa Initiative and Unite Cyprus Now civil society groups triumphant as the new Derinya and Aplıç checkpoints...
Nov 20, 2018
When did illness become a crime?
NORTH Cyprus shot itself in the foot yet again this week as medical confidentiality rights were flouted to shine a career-threatening spotlight on a world famous footballer while dashing plans for...
Oct 11, 2017
Stop the cruelty against the birds
A MEDITERRANEAN death trap for European migratory songbirds could soon be eliminated in Sovereign Base Areas by using a high tech drone and surveillance technology to provide damning evidence for the...
Oct 11, 2017