EU Scholarship Programme for the Turkish Cypriot Community

EU Scholarship Programme

This Scholarship Programme aims to finance the education of a small number of Turkish Cypriots wishing to study in the EU during the 2016-2017 academic year. The whole course will not be financed, for example only the 1st year of an undergraduate degree course would receive a grant of €15 000. This is calculated […]

No Booking.com Adverts For North Cyprus Hotels On Greek Land

No Booking.com Adverts For North Cyprus Hotels On Greek Land

Until recently Booking.com were advertising 130 luxury hotels, apartments, guesthouses, boutique hotels and eco hotels but now list only 16 hotels in North Cyprus. The reason given for this reduction, according to the company, is:

“because Booking.com is a European-based company, we are subject to the regulations of other EU member states […]

Turkish And Greek Cypriot Disagreement Over United Cyprus

Turkish And Greek Cypriots Disagreement Over United Cyprus

It is a really basic disagreement between Greek and Turkish Cypriots when neither side will recognise the other side’s territories. The north does not recognise the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) and the south will not recognise the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC).

This results in two opposing ideas of what a United Cyprus […]