Health minister says thermal cameras at checkpoints are not recommended
The government has installed thermal cameras at Larnaca and Paphos airports to scan passengers for coronavirus symptoms, but it is not planning to use them...
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Political parties, other than Elam, say closing crossings is a mistake
Political parties criticised the government for the week-long closure of four checkpoints on Saturday as the president refused to budge saying there was ‘no other...
Government defends decision to close crossings from Saturday (Update 2)
The government on Friday defended its decision to close the crossings at Ledra Street, Astromeritis, Lefka and Dherynia for seven days as part of measures...
‘Epidemics know no borders’
Measures against the coronavirus have been stepped up on both sides of the divide according to World Health Organisation guidelines after the two leaders on...
Movement across the Green Line increases
The number of Greek-Cypriots crossing to the north almost tripled in 2019 in relation to last year, figures released by the justice ministry showed on...
Turkish Cypriots favour common car insurance policies
A proposal for a common car insurance framework that was submitted by the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci during the leaders’ meeting on August 9...
Pyroi refugees say will keep fighting until able to return home
Refugees from the village of Pyroi on Monday handed a resolution to the government protesting the 45 years their village has been occupied by Turkish...
Syrian refugees ‘being guided’ to checkpoints by Turkish Cypriot authorities
Sixty-three Syrian refugees who recently arrived in the north of the island via Turkey, have reportedly crossed to the south. According to Ihlas, a Turkish...
Greek Cypriots using crossing points outnumber Turkish Cypriots
For the first time since the checkpoints opened in April 2003, the number of crossings by Greek Cypriots in 2019 surpassed those of Turkish Cypriots,...
Meeting to discuss opening of checkpoint at Kokkina
Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots met in Paphos on Wednesday to discuss opening a checkpoint at Kokkina on the north-west coast. Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas...
More TCs from UK travelling to north via Republic
The number of Turkish Cypriots travelling from the UK to Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north has fallen almost 18 per cent since the start...
Dherynia checkpoint operating smoothly says mayor
Traffic across the Dherynia crossing has been smooth with no problems, the town’s mayor said on Tuesday 24 hours after the checkpoint was opened. “Civil...
New crossings open at Dherynia and Lefka–Apliki (Update 3)
More than three years after the Cypriot leaders agreed to open checkpoints at Dherynia on the east coast and Lefka-Aplikli some 50km from the capital,...
ELAM demo calls for all checkpoints to be closed
Members of ELAM turned out in force on Saturday night for a demonstration in Dherynia against the opening of any more checkpoints held under the...
Elam seeking to prevent opening of new crossing points
Far right Elam party said on Wednesday that it would deliver a signed petition to the Presidential Palace on Thursday calling for two new checkpoints...
Famagusta mayor uneasy over Dherynia opening
Famagusta mayor Alexis Galanos expressed reservations on Monday over the opening of a crossing point in Dherynia which would link the area with northern Cyprus....
‘Frank exchange of views’ at leaders’ meeting (Update 3)
The leaders of the two communities, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, held a frank and open exchange of views the UN...
UniteCyprusNow calls for more checkpoints to open
Pro reunification group UniteCyprusNow on Tuesday urged the leaders of the island’s divided communities to uphold their promise and immediately open two crossing points they...
TCs view GCs far more positively than 10 years ago, surveys show
Contact between the two communities over the years has dispelled many prejudices and political narratives and Turkish Cypriots view Greek Cypriots in a more...
Fined for smuggling fighting roosters
Customs said on Monday that in the space of a few days they had seized 12kg of dairy products and two live roosters at crossing...
