Work of CMP being hampered by decisions in north over checkpoints
The house refugee committee said on Tuesday the work of the Committee on Missing Persons is being hampered by the recent decisions in the north...
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Coronavirus: Checkpoints open but some report problems (update 3)
Movement through the checkpoints was allowed as of Sunday morning, although in Nicosia it was very slow while at least some of those attempting to...
Coronavirus: Checkpoints to open to those with Covid test (updated)
The government decided to open crossings to the north on Sunday apart from the one at Ledras Street with users having to present the results...
Bicommunal demo held to demand checkpoints reopen
Demonstrators from both sides of the divide submitted letters to the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders early on Thursday calling for the reopening of the...
Turkish Cypriot workers sleeping in cars to work in Republic
The decision by several Turkish Cypriot people who work in the south to cross and remain in the government-controlled areas and even sleep in their...
Akinci calls for clarity over checkpoint openings
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Saturday called on the ‘government’ in the north to clarify their position on opening checkpoints, which the Greek Cypriot...
Coronavirus: Gradually reopening checkpoints would be ‘logical arrangement’
Gradually reopening the checkpoints would be a logical step forward from a scientific viewpoint, one of the health ministry’s advisors on the coronavirus said on...
Coronavirus: North says will be at least two months before crossings open
It will be at least two months before crossings open, authorities in the north said on Tuesday while announcing that all Covid-19 patients there have...
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...
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...
