Killer Crash Brit is Jailed – A British expat who admitted killing two teenagers in a road accident has been jailed for 14 months. Anthony Davey, 72, from Arapkőy was given a 14 month sentence, to run concurrently, for his role in the death of each teenager at Boğaz in January. He will be eligible for parole in eight weeks and has a fortnight to appeal following Wednesday’s judgement.Branson urges TRNC to clean up – Whilst staying in Bellapais, Richard Branson told locals that the island was beautiful but more care was needed in looking after the environment.
Civil service to be streamlined – Sweeping reforms have been drawn up with the aim of streamlining the TRNC civil service, making it better regulated and more efficient. The draft bans civil servants from political party membership, cuts annual holiday entitlement and for the first time provides for disciplinary procedures that could allow an under performing worker to be sacked. The draft has yet to be formally brought before the ministers.
Denktaș may soon be out of intensive care – A date has not been given for Mr Denktaș to be transferred from intensive care but progress is going well. According to the doctors Mr Denktaș spends most of his time listening to newspaper reports being read out to him and watching news bulletins on television.
Summer working hours to run for three months – The new summer working hours will be introduced from Wednesday and run for three months until September 15. Civil servants will work 35 hours a week in the summer and 40 hours a week in the winter. The actual hours of working still have to be agreed by the government.
Minister writes off 2.5 million TL health debt – The Turkish health minister has written off a TRNC debt of 2.5million TL to Turkish state hospitals but a larger debt to Turkey’s top university hospitals – believed to be around 9 million TL- is not included in the deal.
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