Page 5 – Rauf Denktaş “Farewell to a saviour” – Rauf Denktaş’s last words before slipping into a deep sleep were a message to Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias that the TRNC “is an independent republic” one of the founding President’s daughters revealed. She had replied to her father that he should not be thinking of such matters. “I should be thinking of them” had been his reply.Pages 6 and 7 “Denktaş – our founding father” – a 2 page obituary for Rauf Denktaş
Other news –
Asil Nadir’s company ‘used for arms sales’ by British government. A TRNC company owned by Asil Nadir was used by the British government for arms sales to Iraq and the Turkish Cypriot businessman’s arrest was “arranged” as part of efforts to cover up the illegal trade, according to a document apparently drafted by the US’s Central Intelligence Agency and leaked to a Turkish newspaper.
Property case nets 20.8m euro payout. It has been awarded to eight Greek Cypriots who claimed they were deprived of their property after the Turkish Intervention in 1974. The ECHR set the amounts for individuals between 100,000 and 8 million euros, with 15,000 euros costs.
A bid for compensation has been put in by two Greek Cypriots who claim they are the real owners of the building that houses the TRNC Assembly in Lefkoşa.
Strike action at Larnaca airport, next Wednesday and 25 January.
January’s talks will be ‘make or break’ says UN Special Advisor to the Secretary General Alexander Downer. This time around has lasted 40 months and cost up to $15 million.
Opinion by Ipek Őzerim – “TRNC President Eroğlu and his government should seize the day…… We Turkish Cypriots exist and we have rights. The Republic of Cyprus does not represent us and we do not deserve to live like second-class citizens…..So fulfil your promises to end the embargoes, Eroğlu, and set us free.”
KAR warns owners to register their dogs or risk losing them. They need to be registered from January to December each year with the local municipality.
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