Friends find each other again as crossings open (Update 5, pics)
People across the divide met old friends again on Friday as nine crossing points reopened and cars and pedestrians had easy access to the other...
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Coronavirus: Decision on crossings expected soon
Developments are expected soon regarding the opening of crossings between the two sides according to reports and statements on Thursday. The bicommunal technical committee on...
Os Damai defend ‘government in the south’ comment
Os Damai (Enough!) group on Sunday called on politicians who criticise it to confront the truth instead of trying to conceal it. The umbrella group,...
Coronavirus: Akel calls for ‘normalisation’ at crossing points
Main opposition party Akel on Wednesday called for normalisation of the situation at crossing points, citing contradictions and paradoxical measures from both sides as regards...
Stuck behind shuttered crossings
A year ago the first checkpoints were closed to stop the spread of the pandemic. It now remains practically impossible to move or trade from...
Coronavirus: North reverses tough new entry measures – reports
Turkish Cypriot authorities appeared to reverse an earlier decision to ask for a negative PCR coronavirus test done inside 24 hours before crossing to the...
Coronavirus: Fourteen new cases as north discusses tougher penalties
Fourteen new coronavirus cases were reported in the north on Monday, as Turkish Cypriot parties discussed the amendment of the ‘law’ on infectious diseases as...
Coronavirus: No need to change crossing point procedures at present, expert says (Updated)
Workers at the Turkish Cypriot administration in the north staged a 24-hour strike on Thursday, demanding to work on a rotation system because of a...
Crossings between two sides a fraction of last year’s
There have been around 50,000 crossings between the two sides to-date since the beginning of June, a mere fraction of the more than one million...
Ozersay unhappy with EU response over crossing point ban
Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay said on Wednesday he was dissatisfied with the response of the EU Commission president, Ursula Von der Leyen, to...
