#crossing point

A study conducted into public opinion on the Cyprus problem and what needs to be done to resolve it found what the British high commission’s political section’s head ...

Customs officers seized 40 refrigerant gas cylinders and a commercial vehicle at the Ayios Dhometios crossing on Thursday, suspecting they were smuggled from Turkey. According to the customs department, officers stopped ...

Customs officers seized untaxed tobacco products and a vehicle from a Romanian woman stopped at the Ledra street crossing on Sunday, authorities said. According to the customs department, the woman ...

Customs officials reported that around 300 smuggling and illicit trade violations occur each month at crossing points between the government-controlled areas and the north. The figures were outlined on Friday by ...

Customs agents at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point seized more than €208,000 in cash during a routine check carried out on Wednesday under the Green Line Regulation. The money was found ...

More than 190 million crossings have been recorded at Cyprus checkpoints since their opening in 2003, according to data published on Tuesday. Figures analysed by journalist Cenk Mutluyakali for the Turkish Cypriot ...

A transit road through the Turkish Cypriot Kokkina exclave would “unimaginably” improve the lives of Greek Cypriots who live in the surrounding villages, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. “It ...

A 68-year-old man accused in one of Cyprus’ largest recent drug cases has been remanded in custody after allegedly attempting to flee to the north using a stolen identity card ...

The state should consider closing crossing points to and from the north as a “drastic measure” to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, the Pancyprian grain producers’ organisation said on ...

Duty-free tobacco products, diesel and drugs at the Ledra Street, Kato Pyrgos and Ayios Dometios crossing points have been seized, the customs department announced on Wednesday. In the early hours ...

There is “no understandable reason” to say that a new crossing point in the eastern Nicosia suburb of Mia Milia would only benefit Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ...

The British bases police officers met with Cypriot Justice Minister Costas Fytiris this week to address tackling organised crime, crossing points and further strengthening cooperation. The Dhekelia meeting included representatives ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Saturday stressed the opening of further crossing points was crucial to facilitate the daily life of residents in both communities, contesting the political nature ...

Upgrades aimed at improving safety and easing traffic have been completed at Nicosia’s Ayios Dhometios crossing point, the European Commission said on Friday. The Commission described the project as ...

By Tom Cleaver United Nations representative Khassim Diagne on Thursday hailed works to widen the Ayios Dometios crossing point, which links Cyprus’ two sides on Nicosia’s western edge. Flanked ...

President Nikos Christodoulides “has answers for all issues” related to ongoing talks on the Cyprus problem, including Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s four points to restart negotiations, government spokesman ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday lamented a “lack of results” in efforts to resolve the issue of long tailbacks and congestions at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point in ...

Works to create a third lane at the Ayios Dometios crossing point began on Thursday, in an EU-funded expansion project aimed at easing heavy congestion at one of the island’...

Turkish Cypriots entering or leaving the Republic can now present their identification documents at the same counters as all other travellers, after the Greek Cypriot side seemingly abolished the long-standing, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday called for a new crossing point to be opened to link the two sides of Cyprus’ divided capital, Nicosia, during a visit to ...

The number of Greek Cypriots using Cyprus’ nine crossing points to cross to the north fell by more than 15 per cent in the second quarter of the year compared to ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month were on Thursday taken back to the crossing point through which they entered the north on the day ...

“There has been no change” when it comes to crossing points, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. He was asked to comment on reports before attending the World Conference ...

The Pachyammos village council on Sunday demanded that President Nikos Christodoulides set as “a matter of highest priority” the opening of a crossing point into the Turkish Cypriot exclave of ...