crossing points
The north is bolstering its efforts to reduce queues at the checkpoints as it renewed its calls for more crossings to open, according to reports...
Crossing points ‘are not borders’
Cyprus’ crossing points are not borders, but a temporary arrangement, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou said on Monday, following reports regarding efforts to introduce customs...
Coronavirus: All virus restrictions lifted at crossing points
Covid-19 restrictions at the crossing points are to be lifted from 9am on Tuesday, the bicommunal technical health committee announced on Monday. This means that...
Bicommunal groups unite to press for more crossings
One hundred and eight organisations, political parties, trade unions and NGOs are expected to participate Saturday in a bicommunal event titled: “For peace and a...
Coronavirus: Simpler rules to cross north, no rapid test for fully vaxxed
Fully vaccinated individuals will no longer need a negative PCR or rapid test to cross the green line following a review of the epidemiological situation...
Coronavirus: No test for vaccinated wanting to go north
No coronavirus test will be required for fully vaccinated persons who wish to visit the north from Monday, it was announced on Thursday night. A...
Coronavirus: Negative test for jabbed to visit north may be scrapped
The presentation of a negative coronavirus test for the vaccinated when crossing between the government-controlled areas and the north may soon be scrapped. Turkish Cypriot...
Cross only from checkpoints, bicommunal committee on crime warns
In the wake of last week’s arrest of a pensioner who followed his dog into the buffer zone, the bicommunal technical committee on crime and...
Turkish Cypriots turned back some permanent residents despite correct paperwork
Several permanent residents were turned away at the Dherynia crossing point by Turkish Cypriot authorities on Sunday because they could not prove that they had...
Coronavirus: Children over six must have negative test to cross north
Children over six-years-old must have negative coronavirus tests to be allowed to visit the north, a Turkish Cypriot official said Saturday. Cenk Soydan, the co-chair...