Iranian dissident caught in Cyprus limbo
An Iranian dissident who fled his country fearing arrest has fallen foul of politics and COVID-19 restrictions in ethnically split Cyprus. Since mid-September, Omid Tootian...
Green line
Anastasiades concerned by deliberate ‘efforts to alter Cyprus’ demographic character’ (Update 3)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday said the flow of migrants from Turkey was concerning and suggested it could be a deliberate attempt to alter the...
Nicosia municipality shores up landmark Green Line cafe
Nicosia municipality on Wednesday started work to shore up a building that used to house the Spitfire coffeeshop at Paphos Gate prior to the 1974...
Renovation funds for green line properties extended
The government will renew for four more years a programme providing funds for revamping areas by the buffer zone in the Nicosia and Ayios Dhometios...
Why I visit the occupied part of Cyprus
By Christos Panayiotides Many people ask me why I occasionally visit the occupied part of Cyprus. There are many reasons. Most importantly, I go because...
Flyers critical of Nicosia armed patrols taken down
Authorities on Monday removed flyers criticising the government decision to introduce armed patrols in the old part of Nicosia. The flyers, plastered all over the...
Movement across the Green Line increases
The number of Greek-Cypriots crossing to the north almost tripled in 2019 in relation to last year, figures released by the justice ministry showed on...
Green Line regulation being assessed to improve procedures
The Green Line Regulation is currently being assessed so that it is made more effective and problems faced are tackled, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said...
New subsidies for homes along buffer zone and in mountains
The government on Thursday announced a new housing scheme offering monetary incentives to individuals and families to move to areas close to the buffer zone...
‘A creative business district along the Green Line’
The RISE research centre has announced its cooperation with PwC Cyprus, where some components of the centre’s activities are currently being hosted. According to Constantinos...
Nicosia municipality buys landmark Sopaz factory building
Nicosia municipality said on Wednesday it had acquired the old animal-feed production factory in the Sopaz area of the capital and it would be used...
EC funding coming through for park linking both sides
The go-ahead has been given for the construction of a five-kilometre linear park along the Pedieos River in the north aiming to bring the two...
A rare view from inside Nicosia’s buffer zone
In September, photographer Roman Robroek was commissioned to photograph the Nicosia green line. His evocative photos formed part of a conference earlier this week organised...
Conference issues SOS for Nicosia green line
Everything which can be prepared to open up the buffer zone along Nicosia’s green line has been done, now it is up to the...
Comedy about smuggling runaway pet back across the divide wins prize at Tribeca
A comedy about a Greek Cypriot man and his dog who ran across the Green Line to the north, and his owner’s efforts to get...
Nicosia mayor rubbishes excuses for locating new House on city outskirts
The issue raised by the construction of a new House of Representatives has highlighted a serious problem that Cyprus faces with its sustainable development policies,...
So much more is deserved than provocation
By Peter Rutkoff We arrived in Nicosia, the ‘last European divided capital’ as the pilot always says, this time with some real expectations. A group...
State’s tobacco revenues up in smoke
The doubling of tobacco taxes at the end of 2012 coupled with a hike of around 20 per cent in cigarette levies has not added...
Record number of applications for Stelios Cyprus awards
By Annette Chrysostomou The number of applications for the bi-communal cooperation awards offered by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation has quadrupled this year, the organisation said...
Movement across Green Line up but trade still slow
By Jean Christou Crossings increased by 17 per cent last year, illegal immigration across the divide was down but trade between the two communities was...
