Sener Levent of Afrika newspaper is running for the European Election that will be held on 23rd May 2019. Turkish Cypriots in North Cyprus are automatically eligible to vote and 50 booths are being arranged for then in the south side of Lefkosa. In the last European elections, held in 2014, 2000 Turkish Cypriots voted, although several hundred who turned up were not allowed to vote because of bureaucratic and technical reasons which excluded over 20,000 from the electoral list.
In North Cyprus on May Day, 1st May, banks, supermarkets and Petrol Stations are supposedly closed. In the past, May Day celebrations were often banned initially because of their associations with debauchery and later for their association with organised labour.
If you have an Amazon account then you really should have a look at these Free Kindle Books to Download. It’s sometimes difficult to get a good book to read in North Cyprus and for Kindle owners or those with any ereader software on a tablet, this is a good way to get a free supply of books while sitting on the beach.
Just when many may have believed that religious figures had nothing new to say about morality, Archbishop Chrysostomos in his Easter Sunday address managed to introduce a new sin in his sermon. Apparently those who crossed daily to the north for shopping and who traveled through the Ercan airport had strayed from national and religious values as much as those who support abortion and cohabitation of same-sex partners. He appears to believe it’s a sin to support the economy of North Cyprus.
I remember my father saying that during the war the army the used to put bromide in the tea to lower the sexual urges of the servicemen. It wasn’t true of course, it was just one of those urban myths, but according to the TRNC Health Ministry high bromate levels have been discovered in North Cyprus bottled water.
Researchers at Cisco’s Talos security division on Wednesday 17th April 2019 revealed that a hacker group carried out a campaign of espionage via DNS hijacking, hitting 40 different, mainly governmental, organisations in countries of the Middle East and North Africa, including Cyprus. As far as North Cyprus Internet users are concerned, it is important for you to realise that The Sea Turtle Hacker Group Compromised North Cyprus Internet Security.
A North London solicitor, Dr Katherine Alexander-Theodotou, has lost a £900,000 claim over a post on a tiny Facebook campaign page that didn’t even name her, although we at NorthCyprusFreePress are.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the northern Cyprus government to acquit two journalists facing up to five years in prison on charges of insulting and defaming Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The court case is expected to conclude this week
Those who have known North Cyprus for half a century of more do not need to look at this image in order to see how Sixty Years of Development Has Dramatically Changed Kyrenia. Walking through the town now feels like any European town which has been allowed to build without many restrictions. High rise buildings have been followed by even higher blocks of flats and hotels so that those who once enjoyed beautiful views are now forced to stare at their neighbours’ flats.
Sener Levent of Afrika newspaper is running for the European Election that will be held on 23rd May 2019. Turkish Cypriots in North Cyprus are automatically eligible to vote and 50 booths are being arranged for then in the south side of Lefkosa. In the last European elections, held in 2014, 2000 Turkish Cypriots voted, although several hundred who turned up were not allowed to vote because of bureaucratic and technical reasons which excluded over 20,000 from the electoral list.
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