Tim Drayton wrote:denizaksulu wrote:Tim Drayton wrote:vaughanwilliams wrote:Tim Drayton wrote:Paphitis wrote:Tim Drayton wrote:In an interview published in the Cyprus Mail in 2008, newly appointed Paphos (the place with the largest concentration of permanent British residents) police chief Costas Soteriou said, inter alia:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/New+polic ... 0185957798"We don't have any trouble with the British residents; they are financially secure or elderly.”
Did he include the 5,000 Brits in possession of illegal property?
This was a quote from the police chief of Paphos. He was referring to the British residents of Paphos. No part of the district of Paphos falls within "occupied Cyprus". Therefore none of the British residents he is referring to - i.e. the British residents of Paphos could possibly be in possession of illegal property.
Mate, after you have finished your adult literacy course so that you can read a simple newspaper cutting in English - and I would recommend a simple arithmetic course, too, if you can't work out that 1956 predates 1960 - try taking a course in simple geography and map reading. To judge by your screen name, you are alleging to have some kind of connection with Paphos. Are you totally unaware that no part of Paphos district falls within the ocupied areas?
I happen to know two English couples who have properties both in Paphos and in the TRNC, splitting their time between the two.
Judging by the number of Brits we see driving RoC plated cars up here, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a whole lot more like them.
Interesting point. Then I would have to classify them as crooks, unless they have bought Turkish Cypriot title property.
If true, they sure are taking risks everytime they cross-over. Can this be substantiated? Perhaps they just rent - or is that the same thing?
I am a regular visitor to the north, too. That does not mean that I own property there. I do not know how widespread this phenomenon that VW refers to really is.
Considering how much they all moan (on both sides of the Green Line) about the problems with buying property here, I can't see many (if any) purchasing in both places! VW is probably just talking crap as usual!