President calls for restraint as Dherynia demo held (update2)
Hundreds of people from all over Cyprus gathered on Saturday evening in Dherynia for a peaceful anti-occupation demonstration to protest the decision by the Turkish...
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Three Dherynia suspects released, new demo on Saturday (Updated)
Three people who were arrested on Thursday in connection with police investigations into the Dherynia checkpoint breach on Sunday, a 23-year-old living in the Famagusta...
Four more remands connected to Dherynia crossing breach
The Famagusta district court issued a two-day remand for four more people aged 41, 22, 29 and 21 who were arrested on Wednesday for breaching...
More arrests as two remanded over Dherynia demo
Two men, aged 25 and 27 were remanded for three days on Tuesday by the Famagusta district court in connection with police investigations into the...
Hundreds gather in Dherynia to protest Varosha opening
Hundreds of people gathered Thursday at the crossing point in Dherynia to protest the opening by authorities in the north of a stretch of the...
Dherynia municipality seeks to establish open air cinema in buffer zone
Dherynia Municipality is hoping to create an open-air cinema within the buffer zone as part of ongoing efforts to encourage young couples to make the...
Dherynia wants promotion of inland areas to attract visitors
Dherynia Mayor Andros Karayiannis on Tuesday called for the promotion of non-coastal areas to attract foreign and local tourism after the coronavirus pandemic. In a...
Man dies after falling from ladder in Dherynia
A 64-year-old foreign man was killed after falling three metres from a ladder in Dherynia on Saturday evening. According to police, the accident occurred around...
Access to Ayia Marina church, area agreed for Green Monday
The Ayia Marina church in the Green Line will come to life on Green Monday as the area will be opened up from 9am to...
Man, 30, arrested as suspect in Dherynia assault
A 30-year-old man has been arrested after a fight involving three people in Dherynia during which another person was injured. According to police, at around...
Moves to drag UN into municipal merger dispute
As the disputes over the joining of municipalities into larger units rumbles on islandwide, the Dherynia mayor has gone as far as trying to solicit...
Dherynia to examine placement of mobile antennae
Concerns were expressed in Dherynia in the Famagusta district on Monday night over the placement of mobile phone antennae and their effect on the health...
UN and Dherynia mayor discuss ways to exploit potential of buffer zone
Ways to exploit the potential of the buffer zone in the Dherynia area were examined during a meeting of its mayor and the UN Special...
Akinci ‘hopes for an island without barricades’
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Saturday visited the Dherynia crossing for the first time since its opening on November 12 last year. The previous...
Dherynia joins growing list of municipalities rejecting mergers
Dherynia municipality on Thursday expressed reservations over its merger with neighbouring local authorities as part of local government reform, arguing that its residents are being...
Bicommunal event raising funds for shared social space in Dherynia
Famagusta Avenue Garage, a new grass-roots community-led space in Dherynia, is hosting a ‘Fun day’ for adults and children this Sunday to raise funds to...
Dherynia checkpoint operating smoothly says mayor
Traffic across the Dherynia crossing has been smooth with no problems, the town’s mayor said on Tuesday 24 hours after the checkpoint was opened. “Civil...
New crossings open at Dherynia and Lefka–Apliki (Update 3)
More than three years after the Cypriot leaders agreed to open checkpoints at Dherynia on the east coast and Lefka-Aplikli some 50km from the capital,...
ELAM demo calls for all checkpoints to be closed
Members of ELAM turned out in force on Saturday night for a demonstration in Dherynia against the opening of any more checkpoints held under the...
Elam seeking to prevent opening of new crossing points
Far right Elam party said on Wednesday that it would deliver a signed petition to the Presidential Palace on Thursday calling for two new checkpoints...
