#Green line

Customs officials reported that around 300 smuggling and illicit trade violations occur each month at crossing points between the government-controlled areas and the north. The figures were outlined on Friday by ...

Cyprus has significantly strengthened surveillance along the Green Line with modern monitoring systems, while much of the barbed wire previously installed along the buffer zone has now been removed. Speaking ...

Cyprus has two cultural heritage projects recognised in the European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards 2026, placing the country in a prominent position ahead of the awards ceremony in Nicosia in ...

The amount of goods sold southwards over the Green Line fell by over €1 million last year compared to 2024, according to statistics published on Tuesday by the Turkish Cypriot chamber of ...

The European Union’s 26 commissioners were taken on a tour of the Green Line which separates Cyprus’ two sides in Nicosia’s old town on Friday. They were guided around ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Commissioners arrived at the Limassol port on Thursday for a conference marking a key moment in Cyprus’s ...

The Republic of Cyprus brought over €188 million worth of goods from Turkey in 2023, Green Line trade expert Kemal Baykalli said on Thursday. Speaking to Kibris Postasi TV, he said that ...

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker on Friday visited the Green Line which separates Cyprus’ two sides. He was accompanied on his visit by President Nikos Christodoulides and Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos, ...

The availability of data regarding the performance of the Turkish Cypriot economy is limited. However, should efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem intensify, the economic dimension will prove to be ...

Crossings between the south and north broke records in 2024, with 7.18 million legal crossings via the Green Line recorded, the European Commission said on Tuesday. “Simultaneously, the European Union allocated €39.4 million ...

Gold bars and coins were among valuables confiscated by the Customs Department from Dutch nationals last week at the Ledra street crossing point, it was announced on Monday. On May 24, ...

Three hundred special police officers, originally hired to patrol the Green Line and prevent illegal crossings through the UN-controlled buffer zone, have reached the end of their contracts. Those wishing ...

Greek President Konstantinos Tasoulas began the second day of his official visit to Cyprus with a tour of the old town of Nicosia and a walk along the ceasefire line, ...

Concerns have emerged over reports that schools planned to participate in activities involving trips to the north, specifically the Kyrenia harbour. The programme, organised by the association for historical dialogue ...

The total amount of sales conducted across Cyprus’ divide within the scope of the Green Line regulation increased by almost 13 per cent in the first six months of 2023, compared with ...

Buffer zone communities in the area where barbed wire was placed to curb migrant flows from the north have been increasingly inconvenienced, Astromeritis mukhtar Aris Constantinou said on Monday. Speaking ...

The European Commission’s annual report on the implementation of the Green Line Regulation found that trade was up by 138 per cent and almost six million crossings took place. The ...

Buffer zone community representatives are meeting Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Friday to discuss their demand for removal of barbed wire placed along the Green Line. The placing of barbed ...

Over 200 special police officers recruited to monitor the Green Line started their training on Tuesday even though the initial number expected was 300. On Monday, 221 people were sworn in to patrol ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ proposal for more EU involvement in the Cyprus issue has not yet been received in Brussels Director General of the DG Structural Reform Support in the EU, ...

Juice and olives may be made available for trade from the north as the government is set to expand the products on the Green Line regulation list, it appeared on ...

Nicosia never gave consent for the works carried out at Cetinkaya stadium, foreign minister, Ioannis Kasoulidis, reiterated on Thursday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Kasoulides characterised the completion of works at ...

The ‘Taksim’ stadium inside the Green Line in Nicosia and used by the Cetinkaya football team but under the control of the United Nations, will reopen next month, it was ...

The interior ministry on Friday sought to demonstrate to EU partners how the UN buffer zone is the source of the problem where migration flows are concerned. Permanent secretary of ...