Fuel prices set to go up again – because a) price of a barrel of oil has increased b) if Ankara joins Iran sanctions then it will have to pay more for oil c) weakness of lira against the dollar
Kib-Tek continues pursuit over bill – against Kulaksiz 5, despite the TRNC PM telling them not to and despite all the electricity bills being paid. Akfinans Bank is now saying that they have paid their share of the bill but Kib-Tek is seeking the costs of their court case against Akfinans Bank, the account holder. Editor: Akfinans Bank saying that they have paid their part of the bill and therefore the power should stay on appears to be a ploy. It’s a bit like the way that a £40,000 debt was turned into £800,000. There are costs which if not paid will end up with more costs being charged ad nauseum, in my honest opinion.
Business figures slam huge bill for ministers’ new cars – in times of austerity it seems insensitive that the Council of Ministers have ordered 10 Mercedes cars and a Grand Cherokee Jeep at a cost of 575000 Euros.
TRNC ‘lacking 75% of forests it should have’ – Editor: that’s strange, it also appears to have 75% more building sites than it should have!
Angry showdown as unions gatecrash minister’s office – representatives for Trade Unions were told by Finance Minister, Ersin Tatar, that they did not have an appointment and they replied that they’d tried and failed to get one for three years. They pointed out that their members were having their salaries cut while the President can afford to spend 350,000 TL refurbishing his office and Cabinet Ministers spent 575000 Euros on new cars.
North can’t accept pro-Greek status quo, Özersay tells US – the Turkish Cypriot presidential aide made it clear at a Washington meeting that failed negotiation benefited the south and this was unacceptable to the north and hinted that the TRNC would seek recognition in that case.
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