Monthly Archives: August 2009

Hairdressers Part 2

It seems that Gez the hairdresser, accused of having a forged level 3 certificate, may have also been breaking a minimum price law. Apparently, if you discover that a “Class C” hairdresser is charging you less than 25 TL for … Continue reading

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Fight Them on the Beaches

The Barak Culture Association (BCA) is dedicated to enforcing the 38th Article of the TRNC Constitution which states that entrance to beaches cannot be charged for. They are upset that with the explosion of hotels building next to publicly owned … Continue reading

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Some of the Joys of Living in the Sun

When the Property Complaints Office was introduced in July 2007, I for one was relieved to see that at last someone was trying to sort out the mess of corruption and outright fraud that is spoiling the North Cyprus Property … Continue reading

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Pirate Island Tales se01e02

“What happened next, Granddad?” Timmy asked, wanting to hear more of the story. I continued, “Later that night Nanny and I sat in the lounge of the Galleon Inn. We could hear lots of singing and merriment coming from the … Continue reading

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North Cyprus Free Press Website Attacked

Guess we must have done something right because within 24 hours of NCFP being launched online, the 1and1 webshost server was swamped by requests for access. Between 11pm and 12am of the Sunday 23th August 2009 launch day suddenly there … Continue reading

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