North’s cost-of-living allowance decree taken to court

Turkish Cypriot trade unions and opposition political party the CTP on Thursday took to court the north’s ruling coalition’s decree halting the payment of the cost-of-living allowance to public sector workers until next year.

They filed a request at the ‘TRNC’s’ constitutional court to annul the decree, which was issued hours after the coalition had failed to pass a bill to the same effect through the Turkish Cypriot legislature.

After filing their case, appeared outside northern Nicosia’s courthouse...