Posts tagged with "checkpoints"

Famagusta mayor uneasy over Dherynia opening Cyprus

Famagusta mayor uneasy over Dherynia opening

June 25th, 2018 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. Speaking at a news conference, Galanos said he wanted to convey the concerns of Famagusta refugees over whether “there should be a postponement of the crossing point’s...
'Frank exchange of views' at leaders' meeting (Update 3) Cyprus Talks

'Frank exchange of views' at leaders' meeting (Update 3)

April 16th, 2018 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 said on Monday after the two men met for dinner for the first time since talks collapsed in Switzerland last July. The aim of the meeting – hosted by UN Secretary-General’s...
UniteCyprusNow calls for more checkpoints to open Cyprus

UniteCyprusNow calls for more checkpoints to open

March 20th, 2018 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 agreed on in 2015. In a written statemen, UCN said the Dherynia and Lefka crossing points, which Nicos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci decided to open in May...
TCs view GCs far more positively than 10 years ago, surveys show Cyprus Talks

TCs view GCs far more positively than 10 years ago, surveys show

January 6th, 2018   Contact between the two communities over the years has dispelled many prejudices and political narratives and Turkish Cypriots view Greek Cypriots in a more positive light but they still don’t want mixed cohabitation, the results of three University of Cyprus surveys since 2007 have shown. According to University of Cyprus...
Fined for smuggling fighting roosters News in Brief

Fined for smuggling fighting roosters

March 6th, 2017 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 points. At the weekend during a vehicle check at Ayios Dhometios they found the 12kg of cheese and curd products, which are prohibited. The Greek Cypriot driver was fined €150. The roosters, which...
Deal reached on opening Dherynia crossing (Updated) Cyprus

Deal reached on opening Dherynia crossing (Updated)

October 14th, 2015 By Jean Christou After months of wrangling, an agreement was reached between both sides on Wednesday that will pave the way for the opening of the checkpoint at Dherynia, the head of the technical committee for crossing points said. Both sides have been at odds over the opening. The Greek Cypriot side wanted to use the existing road...
Call for opening of Derynia check point Cyprus

Call for opening of Derynia check point

May 4th, 2015 By Constantinos Psillides NGOs on both sides of the island are banding together to demand the opening of the Derynia check point on Famagusta Avenue which leads to Famagusta, according to a press release posted on the Cypriot Puzzle webpage. The NGOs have invited all Famagustians to meet at the check point on Saturday, May 16 from...
Baghdad's decade-old curfew to end on Saturday, Iraq's PM says World

Baghdad's decade-old curfew to end on Saturday, Iraq's PM says

February 5th, 2015 By Stephen Kalin Baghdad's decade-old curfew will end on Saturday and four neighbourhoods will be "demilitarised", Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Thursday, as he tries to normalise the capital. Some form of curfew has been in place since the US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003, hindering commercial and...
‘You deserve much more than a divided country’ Cyprus

‘You deserve much more than a divided country’

October 9th, 2014 By Stefanos Evripidou STUDENTS of the English School deserve much more than to live in a divided country, said President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday in an address to mark the 54th anniversary of the Cyprus Republic’s independence. In the speech, made to a packed assembly hall at the historic inter-communal school, Anastasiades...
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