EU-funded environment project launches in the north
Construction works for the EU-funded creation of the 3.7-kilometre linear park in the northern part of Nicosia, which will eventually connect to the southern parts of the city via the ...
Christodoulides hopes to avoid repeat of Denia buffer zone incident
President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said the government is undertaking the “necessary processes” so as to avoid a repeat of Saturday’s brief confrontation between Turkish military forces and Greek ...
Palmas slams UN for ‘keeping equal distances’ over Denia buffer zone incident
Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Sunday demanded that the United Nations bring an end to what he described as a policy of “keeping equal distances” between the island’s two ...
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‘All parties have left area’ after Denia buffer zone confrontation
All parties have now left the area following a brief confrontation between Turkish military forces and Greek Cypriot farmers in the buffer zone near the Nicosia district village of Denia, ...
Classified army letters published on government website
Two confidential defence ministry letters regarding installations and defence projects along the buffer zone found their way into an environmental impact study, which was subsequently published online through the government’...
Asylum seekers take Cyprus to ECtHR over alleged pushbacks and abuse
A group of asylum seekers who had been trapped in the buffer zone since last year have taken their case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), accusing Cypriot ...
Holguin visits buffer zone near Lefka
United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Wednesday visited a section of Cyprus’ buffer zone near the village of Lefka, in the west of the island.
She was accompanied by ...
Arrest for illegal transport of livestock
A 42-year-old man was arrested for illegally transporting eight lambs through the buffer zone around midnight on Wednesday.
According to police, surveillance spotted a truck moving suspiciously along the buffer ...
Joining Schengen will be good for Cyprus’ security, says president
Cyprus’ proposed accession to the Schengen area will first and foremost enhance the country’s security, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday.
Allaying Turkish Cypriot and some Greek Cypriot concerns ...
Greek Cypriot side ‘wants to decide how much energy Turkish Cypriots get’ from buffer zone solar farm
The current deadlock over plans to build a solar farm in the buffer zone which separates Cyprus’ two sides has come about because the Greek Cypriot side believes “that it ...
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Buffer zone solar farm plans hit buffers, both sides silent as to why
Plans for a new solar farm to be built in the buffer zone which separates Cyprus’ two sides appear to have reached something of a deadlock after Wednesday’s meeting ...
There is a gap in new legislation regarding buffer zone property
The amendment to the legislation that took place on February 24 (Law 9(I)/2024) no longer allows the sale of immovable property located in areas not controlled by the Republic of Cyprus ...
Buffer zone solar farm plan ‘being examined’
Plans for a new solar farm to be built in the buffer zone which separates Cyprus’ two sides are “being examined in the context of confidence-building measures”, transmission system operator ...
ECHR rules Cyprus violated property rights over UN buffer zone use
The European court of human rights (ECHR) has delivered a landmark ruling against Cyprus, finding that the state violated property rights by failing to compensate a homeowner whose property has ...
Dismantling of barbed wire fence begins, buffer zone wire remains intact
The dismantling of the controversial barbed wire fence which had been placed in and around Cyprus’ buffer zone near the villages of Akaki, Peristerona, and Astromeritis to kerb migrant flows ...
Three officials injured in buffer zone incident
Three members of the Anti-Poaching Unit were injured on Monday night following an altercation between the unit’s officers and three vehicles in the UN buffer zone.
The officers were ...
UN: Greek Cypriot side dangerously blurs lines between civilian and military facilities
Cyprus’ defence ministry is dangerously and deliberately blurring the lines between civilian and military facilities by “disguising military positions within civilian structures”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
In a ...
Buffer zone barbed wire ‘to be removed within January’
The barbed wire placed in Cyprus’ buffer zone near the villages of Akaki, Peristerona and Astromeritis to kerb migrant flows “will be removed within January”, Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides ...
Unficyp calls for farming agreements to be respected
The UN in Cyprus has underlined that existing agreements on farming activities in the UN-controlled buffer zone stand and need to be respected, UN spokesman in Cyprus Aleem Siddique told ...
UN peacekeepers in buffer zone after farmer incident
Unficyp vehicles were still in the Frenaros-Vrysoulles buffer zone on Saturday morning, after tension escalated on Friday between peacekeepers and farmers cultivating their land.
The UN filed a formal police ...
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Unficyp peacekeepers injured after clash with farmers
The United Nations filed a formal police report on Friday after two peacekeepers were injured and three UN vehicles were damaged during a confrontation with Greek Cypriot farmers in the ...
Buffer zone fence to go on January 9
Efforts to remove the fence across the Green Line will begin on January 9, it was reported on Friday.
Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides informed cabinet on Wednesday that the contentious ...
Council of Europe tells Cyprus to accept buffer zone migrants immediately
Two women stranded in the buffer zone have attempted suicide due to the poor conditions which have been ongoing for months, the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Michael ...
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Buffer zone migrants to be relocated
Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides on Thursday said a group of migrants stranded in the buffer zone will be “relocated in the next two to three weeks.”
His statements suggested ...