Cetinkaya football stadium set to reopen this week
The controversial reopening of the Cetinkaya football stadium in the buffer zone is expected this week despite efforts by the Greek side to suspend the works, Turkish Cypriot media reported ...
Turkish Cypriots claim buffer zone violations
A Turkish Cypriot media report Greek Cypriots have been violating the buffer zone is misleading, Unficyp announced on Wednesday, following images that surfaced of Greek Cypriots moving barriers and parking ...
Extension for buffer zone migrant police posts
The 300 contract officers’ posts for the policing of the buffer zone to stem illegal migration have not been filled yet and the deadline has been extended, police spokesman Christos Andreou ...
Applications for 300 Green Line policing jobs falls short of target
As a November 23 deadline approaches, the number of applications for 300 jobs policing the island’s 180-km long buffer zone against irregular migration has fallen short, with 147 people in total showing ...
Turkish commandos ‘lie in wait’ along buffer zone to harass farmers, MPs hear
Turkish commando forces are lying in wait to intervene along the UN buffer zone in Cyprus, Foreign Ministry Ioannis Kasoulides said on Friday.
Speaking at a house finance committee session, ...
Another farmer reports harassment in the buffer zone (Updated)
Yerolakkos residents on Monday said they would demand a meeting with the Unficyp peacekeepers responsible for patrolling the buffer zone area by their community after another farmer reported being harassed.
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Unficyp stepping up patrols in buffer zone
Unficyp is stepping up its patrols inside the buffer zone, the peacekeeping force said on Wednesday.
The announcement came after incidents of Greek Cypriot farmers and Turkish troops coming into ...
Another farmer reports harassment by Turkish forces in buffer zone field
There were reports on Tuesday of Turkish soldiers mobilising in the buffer zone area of Astromeritis, Nicosia as a Greek Cypriot farmer went about his work in a field located ...
Denia farmer says threatened by Turkish forces
Tensions are rising in and around the buffer zone after a Greek Cypriot farmer on Tuesday was approached by Turkish military personnel near Denia, Nicosia.
Denia community leader Christakis Panayiotou ...
Kasoulides has ‘strong and stern’ conversation with UN rep over stadium works
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides had a “strong and stern” phone conversation with Unficyp head Colin Stewart on Friday, over the works that were agreed with the north to be conducted ...
Cyprus asks UN for postponement of works at Cetinkaya pitch
The foreign ministry sent a letter to the UN peacekeeping force Unficyp on Thursday asking for an immediate postponement of works taking place at the Cetinkaya football pitch in the ...
Status of buffer zone football field unchanged – UN
Any claims that the status of Taksim football pitch within the UN buffer zone will change is wrong and misleading, Unficyp spokesman Aleem Siddique said on Wednesday following reports in ...
Green line barbed wire is produced in Turkey
The barbed wire along the green line to discourage irregular migrants arriving from the north was produced in Turkey, reports said on Wednesday.
According to a report in the north ...
Nouris asks for Unficyp’s help in stemming migrant flow from north
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has asked for the help of Unficyp in dealing with increased migration flows to the government-controlled areas through the UN-controlled buffer zone.
Nouris, who is on ...
Protest against buffer zone barbed wire ends peacefully (Updated)
A protest against the barbed wire fences and gates along the buffer zone was held on Sunday by affected villagers in the west of Nicosia.
Around 200 people attended, according to ...
Animal Party outraged over buffer-zone wire ‘death trap’
The Animal Party on Friday expressed its outrage over barbed wire installed along parts of the buffer zone in the Nicosia district, due to the danger it poses to innocent ...
Our View: Buffer zone incident more than an excuse for bluster
The foreign ministry protested to the United Nations about an incident in the buffer zone where armed Turkish soldiers ordered a Greek Cypriot shepherd to leave and threw stones at ...
Farmer harassed by Turkish soldiers in buffer zone (updated)
Unficyp was investigating on Monday after armed Turkish soldiers were caught on video harassing a Greek Cypriot farmer in Denia village in the buffer zone.
Community leader Christakis Panayiotou told ...
North says it will ‘take measures’ in response to Unficyp mandate renewal
The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu has said that measures will be taken following the renewal of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus – stating that their approval must also ...
Interior ministry says controversial fence is necessary to tackle increase migrant flow
EU member states that are attempting to tackle illegal immigration have done so by placing barriers, increasing specialised patrols and enhanced their technological surveillance systems, the interior ministry said on ...
Barbed wire along buffer zone proving divisive, MPs hear
The attorney general must clarify whether he approved measures which will curtail the public’s access to their homes and fields, Akel MP Aristos Damianos said on Thursday after he ...
Gate in buffer zone barbed wire fence knocked down
One of the barbed-wire metal gates installed in Peristerona has been destroyed as the local authorities remain puzzled as to what exactly happened.
A police source from the larger and ...
Nouris: EU should not point fingers at front-line countries without including Turkey (Updated)
The government is intensifying its efforts to curb illegal crossings through the buffer zone, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Sunday.
“For those who do not care, we refer to ...
House gives nod to cops for buffer zone
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation that allows the police force to hire 300 special constables who will be deployed to help stem migrant flows.
The special constables, to ...