According to Bayrak television (27.05.19), Northern Cyprus mobile phones will be able to be used on both sides of the island by the end of June. This would mean the end of North Cyprus roaming charges when moving between the two sides of the island.
Ninety-five per cent of a population must be vaccinated against measles in order that a ‘herd immunity’ can be established in order to prevent the spread of the potentially deadly virus. Finding out whether a vaccination programme in North Cyprus has reached anywhere near that level is difficult to discover but in the south it is thought that around 75-80% have been vaccinated. In the first two months of 2019 alone, 34,300 measles cases have already been reported in 42 European countries.
Good on you Cyprus Today, you’ve published the fact that the Afrika newspaper reporters have been found not guilty of insulting Turkey’s President Erdogan. It may have been a little late but better late than never.
According to the Turkish independent news site, Gazete Duvar, the District Court in North Cyprus has acquitted staff members of the left-wing Cypriot newspaper Afrika of charges brought against them for printing a cartoon deemed offensive by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The North Cyprus newspaper Afrika (16.05.19) reports that the District Court in Lefkosa is expected to announce today its decision on the lawsuit against the newspaper for publishing a caricature on 2 December 2017, which was considered an insult to Turkish President Erdogan and an effort to harm the relations between Turkey and the TRNC. The lawsuit was filed after a complaint made by the then Turkish Ambassador, Derya Kanbay.
Summer is rapidly upon us and those yellow stripey insects are starting to buzz us again. The whole yellow stripey look is meant to tell you that the insect is dangerous and could sting you but in most cases it’s just camouflage. In other words, insects without a sting have survived because they look as if they could. Some insects will sting you for just being there, others will do it reluctantly either because it kills them or because they are just plain nice and others can’t even if they wanted to. Here is a nice chart for you.
Two different newspapers in North Cyprus point to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan being at the centre of the collapse of the North Cyprus government.
At a time when Turkey is launching its War Games off North Cyprus, to protect their oil interests, the US and France are repeating the same mantra. In the case of Turkey, it is launching its largest military exercise Sea Wolf (Denizkurdu) from Monday. The exercise, supervised by the Turkish navy, will run until May 25 in the eastern Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Sea with 131 warships, 57 warplanes and 33 helicopters, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement.
According to Bayrak television (27.05.19), Northern Cyprus mobile phones will be able to be used on both sides of the island by the end of June. This would mean the end of North Cyprus roaming charges when moving between the two sides of the island.
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