Property, land tax bills up 30%

PROPERTY and land tax has gone up by double the rate of the inflation, the head of the Cyprus Turkish Real Estate Agents’ Association (KTEB), Hasan Sungur, has told this paper.

He said that bills for 2021 have increased by 30 per cent, twice the 2020 end-of-year inflation rate of 15 per cent.

The inflation-busting increase could have been due to a “mistake” by the Finance Ministry, Mr Sungur said, but stressed that property tax in the TRNC was still “reasonable an

N Cyprus ‘not affected’ if Turkey acts against WhatsApp

Users of the popular free app, which enables mobile phone owners to sign up using their phone number to share text, images, videos, internet links and other content with each other, have received notifications on their devices about the updated data policy. The changes will kick in after February 8.

According to the new rules, which WhatsApp users outside of the EU must accept if they want to continue using the app, some of their data will be shared with companies

More countries no longer recognising TRNC higher education institutions

Speaking to Cyprus Today, Serhat Akpınar, the founding rector of GAU, said that “TRNC higher education institutions are no longer recognised by some countries due to the diplomatic initiatives of the Greek Cypriots”.

Jordan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates “no longer recognise higher education certificates issued by universities in North of Cyprus” Mr Akpınar revealed this week.

Two months ago, when an agreement was signed between Jordan and South Cyprus, the Greek Cypriot autho

PM Saner reveals new govt agenda

Taken from this week's issue

The speech was the National Unity Party leader’s first announcement in Parliament following the formation of a three-party coalition with the Democrat Party and the Rebirth Party.

Under the plan, which was this week debated by MPs, an “economic consultation committee” will be established.

Objectives for dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic include: the consideration of suggestions made by scientists and “relevant institutions”; the opening of the new emergency hospi