Nicosia

Fresh water has not been pumped through a new pipeline to households in Turkish Cyprus, amid a continuing dispute between Turkey and Turkish Cyprus over who will run the water affairs of the newly-built pipeline, Turkish Cypriot sources told daily Hürriyet.

Famous celebrity chef Jamie Oliver says he is ‘super excited’ to be opening up a restaurant in Cyprus after confirming the move along with PHC Group of companies. Jamie’s Italian eatery will open its doors next year. “I’m super-excited to be bringing Jamie’s Italian to Cyprus and I just know that Nicosia it’s going to be a brilliant addition to the Jamie’s Italian family,” said Oliver.

Turkey is coming under increased pressure from European partners to make a return to, irrespective of what it's called, the "peace process," the "Kurdish opening" or "to strive for national togetherness" - whatever that means.

More and more efforts are building to convince Turkey that for a place in the European Union - even in a future outer layer of a multi-layered one - Ankara must see the reality that the road passes through Nicosia. Which Nicosia?

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov referred to the great self-restraint that Greeks pilots show towards the violation of Greek airspace by Turkish jets.

Turkey has officially begun to supply fresh water to Turkish Cyprus via a much awaited pipeline project, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an saying the water may be shared with the Greek side of the divided island. 

"If the south [Greek Cyprus] says 'We also want to utilize this water,' we will carry them water, calling it 'peace water,'" said Erdo?an in Cyprus.

The sign of the Ottoman Bank's Nicosia branch, which was rescued from the garbage in 1974 and rediscovered 40 years later, is on view at SALT Galata.

The business communities of the two sides of Cyprus have for the first time agreed to make their cooperation official by setting up the "Cyprus Business Forum," in a sign displaying optimism for a solution which will reunite the divided island in the near future.

“Cyprus is a success story” was the exact term used by IMF spokesman Gerry Rice on Thursday to describe the island republic’s economic recovery, almost three years after its sovereign debt financial meltdown.

He added that a recent return to growth shows that the efforts undertaken to implement difficult reforms are beginning to pay-off, according to the Cyprus News Agency.

The re-started talks in Cyprus offer an opportunity for both parties, visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said while addressing the crowd during a ceremony in Nicosia to mark the 41st anniversary of the Turkish military intervention on the island following a pro-Greek coup.