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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
  
Well he is back. Gary Robb is back in business, supported by the government and promising to get the homes in Amaranta Valley completed. So here's hoping that the problems, for those of you who have spent hard earned cash, now go away over the next year. It was also interesting to note that he made a number of complaints to the court about individuals involved in the project and was ordered not to leave Cyprus until these allegations have been investigated.
Initial reports from last weeks census show that the population of t
he TRNC has grown to over 264,000 and this despite the fact that some people were missed out of the count all together. A more detailed analysis will come out over time.
Electricity prices have gone up again, to pay for the four new power stations that should eventually relieve the pressure on the existing system and maybe put paid to most of the power cuts we currently get. The rise is not very much but we have to remember that this is the most expensive utility we pay for now.
An interesting article has appeared in a newspaper published in the South. This paper claimed that the south's administration had failed to properly manage 401,000 donums of land left behind by Turkish Cypriots in the south and a further 15,000 hectares expropriated by the Greek Cypriot government. The Politis newspaper suggests that the compensation bill could amount to, in excess of £1 billion Cyprus pounds. What is this about all of a sudden, somebody actually recognising that there is a counter compensation situation between the north and the south!
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