Turkish Cypriot flag an environmental hazard?

TRNC flag on five finger mountains

The GC government have complained to Ollie Rehn, the EU’s outgoing enlargement commissioner. The focus of their complaint is the huge TRNC flag on Five Finger Mountain facing south towards the GCs. They have always seen the flag as a two fingered salute, rubbing salt into […]

UN Secretary General officially recognises TRNC?

President Talat and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

When UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sat down for talks with TRNC President Talat at the Presidential Palace in Lefkoşa, it was clear to many that a protocol had been breached. By attending an official meeting at a TRNC official office the Secretary General […]

A bourgainvillea no more

Bougainvillea no more

After the Ban Ki-moon non-event I thought I’d add something more interesting to NCFP.

A ten year old bourgainvillea was hacked to death by the telephone company recently, without any warning to the inhabitants of the house which it stood outside. The plant had obviously been a nuisance to […]