Coronavirus: Two sides brief each other on virus data
The island’s two communities on Monday briefed each other on the epidemiological situation on each side before any decisions are taken for easing restrictions on...
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Coronavirus: Reports say airports to open June 9, checkpoints revised by mid-June
June 9 appears to be the tentative date set for the reopening of Paphos and Larnaca airports and restrictions to and from the north could...
Coronavirus: Turkish Cypriot workers in protest over closed crossings (Updated)
Scores of Turkish Cypriots living in the north but who work in the south part of the island, gathered on Friday morning at the Ayios...
Coronavirus: Health criteria ‘will determine opening of crossing points’
The government will decide on the reopening of crossing points with the north based on health criteria, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushios said on Friday. But...
Coronavirus: Bicommunal committee to discuss reopening of crossing points, says Akinci
The Bicommunal Technical Committee on Health will hold a joint teleconference on Wednesday to assess the situation regarding coronavirus, said Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci...
Coronavirus: Government ‘willing to discuss’ opening up crossing points for workers
The government is willing to consider allowing Turkish Cypriots who need to cross daily from the north to get to their workplaces in the south,...
Coronavirus: As lockdown eases, Cypriots still in limbo
By Michele Kambas Deniz Birinci had just hours to stuff her and her baby daughter’s belongings into suitcases and bin bags on March 16 before...
Coronavirus: Turkish Cypriots seeking EU and UN aid (Updated)
The Turkish Cypriot community has requested support from the EU and the UN to tackle the coronavirus crisis as on Monday they further tightened measures,...
Athienou mayor calls for US help in opening new crossing point
Athienou mayor Kyriakos Kareklas appealed to US ambassador Judith Garber for help in having a crossing point opened in the Larnaca village during her visit...
Details announced of Euro-election polling stations for Turkish Cypriots
Details of the 50 polling stations to be set up near the buffer zone where Turkish Cypriots will be able to cast their votes during...
Fifty polling stations being set up near crossings to facilitate TCs in Euro elections
The election service is planning on setting up around 50 special polling stations across the island to cater for the needs of Turkish Cypriots who...
Athienou pushing for opening of another crossing point
Athienou mayor Kyriacos Kareklas discussed the issue of the opening of a crossing in Pyroi with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci during a bicommunal event...
Lefka/Apliki crossing reopens
The Lefka/Apliki crossing was closed for a couple of hours on Monday for construction work in the north part. The crossing closed at around...
‘Crime prevention’ behind increased checks at crossing points
Recent extra police checks at crossing points are aimed at crime prevention and not at discouraging anyone from travelling to the north, police insisted...
Complaints over increased checks by police at crossing points
Pro reunification group UniteCyprusNow (UCN) has censured authorities for the extra checks recently implemented at crossing points, asking whether these are intended to discourage Greek Cypriots...
Angry response to blockade of crossing points
Political parties on Monday called for universal respect for the law after a group briefly blocked the Dheryneia crossing on Sunday calling for the closing...
Nicosia needs crossings too – mayors want three more checkpoints
THOSE were the good old days. In May 2015, soon after his election as Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci and Nicos Anastasiades, accompanied by Nicosia’s...
Leaders agree to open two crossing points next month (update 4)
The leaders of the island’s divided communities agreed on Friday to open two new crossings next month, it was announced following a meeting in Nicosia....
Opening of crossings ‘an insult’ to those killed by Turkish army
Opening crossings between the two sides is an insult to those killed during the 1974 Turkish invasion and also helps to economically sustain “the...
Police deny bullying Greek Cypriots who visit the north
Police denied on Wednesday they were hassling Greek Cypriot drivers at the Ayios Dhometios checkpoint, saying they were merely carrying out periodic checks necessary for...