‘Symbolic’ mass at Famagusta church
Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots attended a joint church service at Ayios Giorgios Exorinos in Famagusta in the north on Sunday. It was the first...
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Road works at Lefka and Deryneia crossing points completed
The EU-funded and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) implemented road works in Lefka and Dherynia are now completed, UNDP announced. According to a press release,...
GC excuses delay crossing opening claims Ozersay
Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudert Ozersay accused the Greek Cypriot side of using excuses not to open the Dherynia crossing, one being the demand for...
Akinci says crossing can open in a matter of days
Two new crossing points in Dherynia and Lefka can open in the next few days, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, but perhaps not at the...
Both sides say ready to open Dherynia crossing
THE Dherynia crossing will be ready for operations on Monday and the one at Lefka/Apliki within 10 days, authorities in the north said on Friday....
New delay in north holds up Dherynia opening
By Lizzy Ioannidou THE second attempt by Turkish Cypriot authorities to launch a public tender for construction works near the proposed Dherynia checkpoint has once...
Edek holds protest at Dherynia
Socialist party Edek on Thursday held an event protesting the planned opening of a crossing point at Dherynia, calling on the government to reconsider its...
Greek Cypriot side’s position on opening Dherynia has not changed (Updated)
By Evie Andreou Foreign Minister, Nicos Christodoulides, said on Wednesday that the government’s decision to open the Dherynia crossing remains unchanged. Following the recent reactions...
More voices against Dherynia crossing
A group of around 200 refugees from Famagusta, including former state officials, issued a declaration on Tuesday expressing their opposition to the opening of the...
Slovak embassy cancels visit to Dherynia crossing due to lack of participation by parties
The Embassy of the Slovak Republic on Friday announced it had to cancel a visit to the Dherynia crossing point, which is still being worked...
