Cyprus News | Oil and Gas Price Falls Hits Cyprus Plans

Cyprus News | Oil and Gas Price Falls Hits Cyprus Plans

The French energy company Total looks set to abandon a search for oil and gas off Cyprus after failing to find evidence of reserves there. Total was one of 15 companies that participated in Cyprus’s second oil and gas licensing round in 2012. News of Total’s likely withdrawal comes after Italian-Korean energy consortium ENI-Kogas […]

Cyprus News | Passport Checks Causing Long Crossing Queues

Cyprus News | Passport Checks Causing Long Queues at Crossings

At Cyprus checkpoints Greek Cypriot police are scanning and registering foreigner’s passports when they cross to and from the north. Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots using the south’s ID cards were not being registered. Police spokesman, Andreas Angelides, explained that:

“Apart from airports and ports where we already took extra measures, we […]

North Cyprus News | Turkish Water to Reach Cyprus on 20/7/15

North Cyprus News | Turkish Water to Reach Cyprus on 20/7/15

At 10:59am, according to Afrika newspaper (19.01.15), on the July 20th 2015 Cyprus Peace Operation anniversary, water will flow from Turkey and arrive in Cyprus. Of course, Afrika newspaper was joking about the time, making fun of the numerous dates that have been published and bypassed.

Turkish Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, […]