It was very difficult to keep a straight face when Alexander Downer, UN’s special advisor on Cyprus, said on Thursday that there was progress in the Cyprus Talks but he wasn’t going to give details and that we should wait until Friday to find out. Then on Friday he said the same but this... »
You may recall that an AGA victim was told that they had to appear in court on December 23rd 2009 (click here) or risk having their case dismissed. The person concerned is a victim of AGA’s double selling scam which was allegedly aided by a well known TRNC lawyer. With only two weeks notice... »
Our next President? – A jubilant Dervis Eroglu greeted supporters after the National Unity Party (UBP) announced he is their candidate in April’s presidential elections Fightback - see NCFP article about TC amicably settling their property case in the south and hopes that Mr Apostolides’ case was a one off and that future cases will... »
Below is a joint statement from ATCA in the UK, USA, Australia and TRNC about the British Court of Appeal ruling on the case between Meletios Apostilides and David & Linda Orams. The true standards of the EU were once more highlighted by the decision of the British Court of Appeal (High Court) to find... »
When does an unrecognized country become an international household name? When there’s a political witch hunt being played out in the European and UK courts. Many people have read the press reports over the last week about the Apostolides V Orams court case, so I’m not going to talk about the background to the case.... »
When the TRNC High Court threw out my case against Akfinans Bank, because I had won the case against my builder, I thought that was the end of the matter. You can imagine my surprise when at the end of last week I received an e mail from my Advocate which read: ‘In relation to... »
The Strasbourg-based European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee adopted on Wednesday a draft resolution calling on Turkey to hand over Varosha to Greek Cypriots. Varosha was once a prime vacation resort but is now in a military zone and closed to civilians. The GCs have been offered the town before but so far have turned... »
Hasan Ercakica, TRNC government spokesperson confirmed, as expected, that the TRNC will not be implementing the British Court of Appeal’s decision concerning the Orams case. Instead he called on Greek Cypriot refugee Meletis Apostolides to file an application to the Immovable Property Commission (IPC), set up specifically for the return of property in the... »
‘Detectives hired to trace owners’ – it is alleged that GCs are hiring detectives to trace EU citizens trespassing on GC properties. Details are being posted Cyprus Forum. It is alleged that they won’t have to serve a writ as they can now put an advert in a newspaper. This means that the TRNC’s... »
So, having won their court case against a trespasser on Greek Cypriot property in the north now it looks like lawyers in the south are preparing a case against those instructed by Turkish Cypriots, for example, to sell these properties. Of course they cannot target Turkish Cypriot Estate Agents, so instead their aim is... »
