TRNC News Girne BRS News Municipality News Pages 3-6 Pages 2/22 Page 11 CyprusScene.com The real newspaper For people - By people 12th February 2021 to 18th February 2021 / Year 5 / Issue 166 - FREE to read or download News from Tulips President Tatar talks to the TRNC British Residents' Society Pages 7/21/23 RUSUK talk about My Great Loss Pages 16/17 The question of the birth date of Covid-19 by Ahmet Abdulaziz Page 11 To read all Animal Welfare CyprusScene.com Enewspapers go to: https://cyprusscene.com/e-newspaper/ Pages 8/9/14/15 Page 7 Page 02 CyprusScene.com LOCAL NEWS 12th to 18th February 2021 Ministry of Health - COVID-19 - Update Girne Municipality COVID-19 inspections 3rd-11th February 2012 According to the information received have concentrated our work with going for grocery shopping. He CyprusScene.com from the Health Department of Girne responsibility and sensitivity about all reminded the importance of paying Municipality, inspections were made the precautions to be taken for the attention to the measures on general hygiene and Covid-19 health of our people." implemented and complying with the EDITOR AND NEWSROOM precautions which were carried out rules of distance between Chris ELLIOTT between 3rd and 11th February 2021. Güngördü stressed; Our people individuals. He called to the public, email: 1 workplace that did not implement should consider all warnings as a "Let's stay at home and protect both [email protected] Covid-19 measures was closed and its precaution and wash their hands ourselves and all our loved ones from activities were stopped. In 3 grocery frequently in order to be protected, the pandemic." 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We LOCAL NEWS CyprusScene.com Page 03 12th to 18th February 2021 Tatar received Turkish Vice President Oktay and his delegation President Ersin Tatar received the meeting yesterday (10 February Tatar ended his words saying that Source : TRNC Public Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay 2021) and stressed that there is no the Turkish Cypriot side is doing Information Office and his accompanying delegation solution model other than a two what is necessary with Turkey to who paid an official visit to the state solution in Cyprus. I want to continue its existence with security TRNC yesterday (10th February). thank President Erdoğan for his and to crown its national struggle. words on behalf of myself and also Following the meeting, Tatar and the Turkish Cypriot people”. Oktay held a joint press conference. Expressing that they discussed the Regarding Greek Prime Minister works for the development of the Kyriakos Mitsotakis's remarks TRNC with the Turkish Vice during his visit to the Greek President Oktay, Tatar said that he Cypriot side, Tatar said “Mitsotakis is frequently in contact with foreign did not respect the rights of the mission chiefs, the UN Secretary Turkish side when he described General Antonio Guterres and the Turkey as a so-called "invader EU authorities. Stressing that they country." will find an opportunity at the 5+UN informal meeting to express Greece is responsible for the their views, President Tatar said mistakes made in Cyprus, that the Turkish Cypriot side is in establishment of EOKA in Cyprus, full consensus with the Republic of Turkish Cypriots’ being subjected Turkey. to genocide, the coup to overthrow Makarios in 1974 and attempts to Tatar added “Turkish President unite Cyprus to Greece. It is also Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave a Greece who invaded the Republic speech during his party’s group of Cyprus.” Oktay: No alternative in Cyprus other than a two-state solution Following his meeting with the Underlining that Turkey and the President of the Turkish Republic Turkish Cypriot people are of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Ersin definitely in harmony on the Tatar, Turkish Vice President Fuat Cyprus issue, Oktay said: Oktay pointed out : ‘There is no alternative in Cyprus other than a ‘Turkey will continue to give full two-state solution, it is time to face support to the Turkish Cypriots in the realities. order to provide peace, security, stability and prosperity both in the There are two separate island and in the Eastern communities, peoples, Mediterranean. democracies, and states on the island. Negotiations based on a Our recent contacts and federation model would serve consultations have once more nothing except to waste time’. shown our determination to rejuvenate and raise the TRNC’. Oktay stated that they also evaluated the Maraş issue and the Source : TRNC Public recent developments in the Eastern Information Office Mediterranean with President Tatar. Page 04 CyprusScene.com LOCAL NEWS 12th to 18th February 2021 Tatar: “Two-state solution model being discussed by whole world” President Ersin Tatar attended the Tatar reminded that UN Secretary Furthermore, stressing that there the complicated structure of a live programme of CNN Türk by a General Antonio Guterres are two states in Cyprus and that federation is very difficult to be video call and evaluated the expressed that it is our most natural he supports a solution model based implemented. current agenda and the Cyprus right to express our views towards on the cooperation of two states problem. the future at the meeting. Tatar living side by side on the basis of Source : TrNC Public stressed that as the President of the equal sovereignty, Tatar said that Information Office Answering the questions of the Turkish Republic of Northern journalists, Tatar said that the Cyprus and the Leader of the Turkish Cypriot side is in full Turkish Cypriots, what he will harmony with Turkey. Stating that express at the 5+UN informal a 5+UN informal meeting is on the meeting is very important. “All agenda and the policy of the these issues have been brought to Turkish Cypriots which has been the agenda of the whole world. A developed with Turkey is being two- state solution model is being discussed by the whole world, discussed by the whole world” President Tatar added. Erdoğan: There is no alternative other than a two-state solution Turkish President and AK Party could not be solved with a possible to tolerate this injustice, there is no point in discussing the Leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan permanent and sustainable solution Erdoğan said, old solution formulas again, stated that there is no alternative despite all efforts. Erdoğan said: other than a two-state solution in "The whole world should know that Cyprus. Pointing out that the Greek Cypriot we will no longer allow the Turkish “The Cyprus issue should be side constantly avoid sitting at the Cypriots to be the victims of the handled in accordance with the Speaking at AK Party’s table with the Turkish Cypriots deadlock that has been ongoing on spirit of the new era, with a Parliamentary Group Meeting, regarding hydrocarbon resources, the island for half a century." solution-oriented understanding. Erdoğan emphasised that the Erdoğan said that the embargoes Cyprus issue is a common cause of imposed on the Turkish Cypriot Due to the Greek and Greek The only issue that can be the Turkish and the Turkish side in all political and economic Cypriot mentality, which ignores discussed in Cyprus from now on is Cypriot peoples, and stated that the areas are continuing. the Turkish Cypriot people on the a two-state solution. We know that troubles escalating with the bloody island and has condemned the our brothers and sisters in the attacks of the Greek Cypriot side Emphasising that it is no longer negotiations to failure for 50 years, TRNC think and act the same way as we do. I believe that a future in which peace and stability prevail can be built in the island only if we are not overshadowed by the past and rather draw lessons from it. If we are to sit at the table regarding the Cyprus issue, we can do that only under these conditions. Otherwise, everyone will deal with their own business.” Source: TRNC Public Information Office LOCAL NEWS CyprusScene.com Page 05 12th to 18th February 2021 Tatar: Our determination is to implement sovereign two-state model President Ersin Tatar made the realities of Cyprus on the other Turkish troops from Cyprus. While the EOKA terrorist organisation, evaluations regarding the Cyprus hand the provocation of the Greek this statement of Anastasiades which is the main occupier in issue and the statements made by Cypriot-Greek duo against the becomes an invariant aim of the Cyprus, supported and organised the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos solution still continues. Greek Cypriot side, it is a the Greek attacks launched to Mitsotakis and the Greek Cypriot reflection of the activities they destroy the Turkish Cypriot people Leader Nikos Anastasiades during Explaining that the latest example continue to lift Turkey's in line with the Akritas Plan, and the joint press conference of this was experienced during the guarantorship since 1962. As long organised the 15 July 1974 coup to following their meeting.