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CROSSING POINTS – THE AFTERMATH

20 years of checkpoints (video)
On April 23, 2003 the first checkpoint opened in Cyprus, connecting its two sides for the first time since the Turkish invasion in 1974. But how many people actually cross?
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Stuck behind shuttered crossings
A year ago the first checkpoints were closed to stop the spread of the pandemic. It now remains practically impossible to move or trade from one side to the other, ...
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Ledra Street: Open at last
Hundreds of Greek and Turkish Cypriots gathered at either end of the newly-paved road linking the two sides, waiting patiently for the police cordons to be taken away. But they ...
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