Lax checks of Green Line trade mean sellers losing out to contraband
Lax checks by customs authorities at the crossing points have allowed contraband coming in from the north to outcompete merchants in the Republic, while also...
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North calls for more cooperation over irregular migration
The north on Tuesday called on the government to cooperate over the issue of irregular migration, arguing that it is impossible for a single ‘country’...
University of Nicosia scientist honoured for green line flora, fauna study
A Cypriot biologist was honoured during Mediterranean researchers’ night last month for her work on the flora and fauna of the green line in Cyprus....
‘Drastic measures’ needed to curb migration
Two issues: the status of the buffer zone and the failure to return rejected asylum seekers to countries designated as safe The interior minister...
Cross only from checkpoints, bicommunal committee on crime warns
In the wake of last week’s arrest of a pensioner who followed his dog into the buffer zone, the bicommunal technical committee on crime and...
EU says Cyprus not ready to join Schengen area
Cyprus is not yet ready to enter Schengen, the EU’s region of free movement, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, said on Wednesday. The Schengen area, which...
€700,000 in grants to boost businesses along Green Line
A total of €700,000 in grants were presented on Friday by Interior Minister Nicos Nouris and Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis to 18 private companies operating...
Police looking for people who cut green line barbed wire
Police were on Sunday continuing their search for the people who cut part of the barbed wire that has been put along a section of...
Buffer zone barbed wire to stop migrants leaves farmers stranded (Updated)
The installation of barbed wire along the Green Line in rural Nicosia to prevent irregular migration from the north has caused concern among residents, community...
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...
