President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday it was too early to talk about how much a solution would cost without having structured the various elements involved in a settlement that would need financing. Anastasiades was speaking to reporters after attending a Maronite church service in Nicosia to mark the feast day of St Maron and…
North property sector supports a solution
The value of properties in north Cyprus will rise in the event of a possible solution to the island’s division. The statement was made by Chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Real Estate Agents’ Union (KTEB) Hasan Sungur, who added that regardless of the outcome of the current negotiations, the north must authenticate the title deeds…
17.000 foreigners bought property in the north during the last 16 years
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (25.01.16) reports that according to information by the “ministry of interior”, the immovable property sold to foreigners in the breakaway regime has been increased in the last 16 years and notes that between 2000-2015, almost 20,000 Turkish and foreign citizens have applied to buy property in the occupied area of…
Great progress has been achieved on the property, the chapter will be closed within a month
Writing in her column in Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis newspaper (25.01.16), columnist Esra Aygin reports that great progress has been achieved in the property chapter during the negotiations for finding a solution to the Cyprus problem and that “it seems that this chapter has come to the point of being completed within a month the…
Kasoulides: Turkey’s commitment to Cyprus solution will be tested at negotiating table
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has said that Turkey’s stated commitment to wanting to help solve the Cyprus problem would ultimately be put to the test at the negotiating table. In an interview with Simerini newspaper published on Sunday, Kasoulides said that though Turkey says it wants a solution, the issues that directly involve Ankara such…
Cyprus peace talks not ‘stuck’ on property issue
UN-brokered Cyprus peace talks aiming to reunite the divided island are not stuck on the thorny issue of property, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Friday. Talking to state radio, Christodoulides also said: “We are not stuck on the property issue. It is a difficult issue, one that touches many other aspects of the Cyprus…
A land of 16.5 km2 belonging to Greek Cypriots has come into Turkish possession since 2006
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris (07.01.16) reports that the “immovable property commission” established by Turkey in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus announced that land of 16.5 km2 belonging to Greek Cypriots in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus has come into Turkish possession since 2006. Ayfer Erkmen, “vice president” of the…
Decrease of the applications to the “immovable property commission” in 2015
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibrisli newspaper (03.01.16) reported that the interest for the “immovable property commission” established by Turkey in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus is continuously decreasing. The number of the Greek Cypriot refugees who applied to the “commission” for their occupied properties was 375 in 2014 and decreased to 182 in…
Cohabitation in the Earth VS Occupation of Territory & Property
By Hossein Sadri On the horizon of 2016, a positive end of the re-unification talks in Cyprus is expected. However two of the most complicated subjects of the negotiations in Cyprus remain. These two topics are related to mechanisms of exclusive ownership and control over the Earth of the Island: Territory and Property. While…
Anastasiades interview to Politis: Hopeful but not certain of 2016 solution
President Nicos Anastasiades said that although important work has been done in the negotiations, he does not think it is sufficient to say with certainty that there will be a solution within a specific timeframe. In an article published in Politis newspaper on Sunday, Anastasiades said however that if all sides supported the effort, especially…