Cyprus Today | North Cyprus News for 18/9/2013
FRONT PAGE
High-rises ‘are ruining Girne’ – a Turkish Cypriot complained that when he returned from the UK to his holiday home he found a high rise building being built, blocking his sea view. Editor: the definition of unacceptable is when it happens to you.
Officials tour at-risk buffer zone building – as it says
Help on way for debtors – currently, debtors face a month in prison for each debt order and 1000 people are awating imprisonment for debts. Two interesting sections of new legislation being suggested are a cap on interest rates and an effective bailiff system to enforce debt collection.
‘We’ll block Toma entry’ – the government is standing up to the Cyprus Turkish Security Forces Command in an attempt to prevent their purchase of a Toma riot control vehicle.
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‘TRNC legal system generates injustice‘ – Unver Bedevi, Head of the Bar Associations Union, admits that the TRNC legal system is beset by ‘meaningless and unnecessary bureaucracy’ which creates injustice. Editor: so, and where have you heard something like this before, ‘lawyers, prosecutors and judges were united in aiming to deliver a better service in the coming year.’
Deaths blamed on trees and uneven road levels – commenting on a recent traffic accident, a police spokesperson said the victim ‘was speeding when he hit the front right-hand side of a bus.’
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