#checkpoints

Queues of more than an hour continued at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point on Wednesday, despite the recent completion of EU-funded expansion works intended to ease congestion. According to Turkish ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday asked for notification to be given in advance of any procedural changes in how Cyprus’ crossing points operate after rumours of law changes ...

Police in the Dhekelia British bases have released from custody the 32-year-old Greek Cypriot man who claims he accidentally crossed into the north near Strovilia before fleeing back into SBA ...

Disy on Monday called on President Nikos Christodoulides to “explain to society why it is impossible and detrimental to the nation to talk about closing crossing points” after some had ...

A routine border inspection at the Ayios Dhometios crossing led to the seizure of undeclared cigarettes, tobacco and fish products, the customs department said on Monday. Two separate incidents took ...

Efforts to open new vehicle crossing points in Nicosia will continue with determination, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Tuesday. He was speaking after a meeting with Turkish ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said that the Turkish Cypriot side had rejected a proposal to open further checkpoints that he put forward, it was reported on Tuesday. Christodoulides spoke to CyBC ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that if Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar wanted the Mia Milia checkpoint to “truly” open he could have already done so. Christodoulides, speaking at ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will discuss opening a new checkpoint a Mia Milia during his meeting with UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin slated for July 1, it emerged on Friday. ...

Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut was arrested on Friday while attempting to cross from the north to the Republic. Aykut is the founder of the Afik Group, which has ...

Monday marks exactly 20 years since the European Union’s Green Line regulation, which regulates the movement of people and goods between Cyprus’ two sides, was adopted. The regulation was adopted ...

Untaxed tobacco products, building material, fertilizer and petrol were found during customs checks at the Limnitis crossing point in Pyrgos on Saturday, police announced on Sunday. The items were found ...

The Republic is to create a special lane at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point for schoolchildren and people receiving healthcare to cross from the north, it was announced on Tuesday. ...

Two more people were remanded in custody on Tuesday after being arrested on Monday night for attempting to cross to the north by car with false insurance documents. The pair, ...

A record number of Greek Cypriots crossing at the checkpoints to the north has eclipsed the Ercan (Tymbou) airport in importance, according to Turkish Cypriot media. Diyalog reported that for ...

Another Greek Cypriot has been arrested in the north after attempting to pass the Ayios Dometios crossing point with counterfeit car insurance documents. The man, aged 42, was arrested on Monday ...

The government has received no information, suggestions, or relevant contact from technical committees regarding any upgrades to the Ayios Dometios checkpoint, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Wednesday. Speaking to ...

And the church’s role in schools ensures it will stay that way By Fahri Zihni My late mother was born in the village of Tera, Paphos in 1924 to a ...

Polis Chrysochous and Tylliria communities said on Tuesday they want the Kokkina area crossing point reopened as speculation grew over the opening of additional crossing points. In a letter to ...

The island needs more checkpoints with easier access for both drivers and pedestrians, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties and commercial organisations said on Wednesday. “The current crossing points ...

Lawmakers on Tuesday called on the government to take immediate action to tackle ‘unfair competition’ taking place across the Green Line, as well as clamp down on smuggling from the ...

The opening of more checkpoints could be discussed as part of creating new momentum on Cyprus talks, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou said on Monday after President Nikos Christodoulides met ...

For Yasemin and her friends, a typical summer Saturday night begins at a bar in north Nicosia and ends at another one in the south. “Or our friends from the ...

From those who refuse to show their passports at the checkpoints to those who have found the love of their lives across the divide, few subjects are as emotive in ...