Cyprus potato crops destroyed

About 70% of potato crops in the Famagusta district suffered extensive irrversible damage because of the recent frost. The damage had been caused by three nights of freezing temperatures. The crops had been planted 3 months ago and had been due for export to Britain and other countries. Cyprus new potatoes are a very […]

A bourgainvillea no more

Bougainvillea no more

After the Ban Ki-moon non-event I thought I’d add something more interesting to NCFP.

A ten year old bourgainvillea was hacked to death by the telephone company recently, without any warning to the inhabitants of the house which it stood outside. The plant had obviously been a nuisance to […]

The future of Cyprus’ water supply

The tender process has been completed for a unique project to transport water from Turkey to north Cyprus using a system of underwater pipelines. The aim is to annually carry 75m cubic meters of water from the Alaköprü Dam in Mersin to Geçitköy Dam near Girne. To do this a pipeline 78km in length […]