Ledra St crossing to close for two days next week for works
The interior ministry on Friday announced that the Ledra Street crossing will suspend operations for 48 hours due to construction work. According to the ministry,...
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Coronavirus: Woman who broke quarantine nabbed on Ledra Street
Police on Saturday confirmed that officers were called in after complaints that a woman who had tested positive for coronavirus was out and about in...
At last, free to cross to the other side (updated)
Greek Cypriot Kyriacos Tziambazis and Turkish Cypriot Untac Duzgun had not seen each other for over 460 days and wasted no time in meeting up...
Leaders agree to open crossings, preparations underway at Ledra St (Update 3)
A major breakthrough was reached on Wednesday with the reopening of all the crossings between the north-south divide set to take place on Friday, June...
Our View: Opening of crossings will be a welcome development
We know how the northern part of Nicosia has been affected by the closure of the Ledra Street checkpoint, but the southern part too has...
Stuck behind shuttered crossings
A year ago the first checkpoints were closed to stop the spread of the pandemic. It now remains practically impossible to move or trade from...
Maskless man bites officer in attempt to flee scrutiny
Nicosia police arrested two men, 29 and 39, who allegedly assaulted officers, one by biting the policeman after they were found late Friday walking on...
Ledra Street police station reopening on Monday
The Ledra Street police station, which has been closed for months, is reopening on Monday on a 24-hour basis, it was announced. The move is...
EU citizens stymied by restrictions on crossing points
For Iwona, single mother of a nine-year-old, it was supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime. In late June, over coffee with friends, she...
Ledra Street opening is a political decision, scientific expert says
Whether the Ledra Street checkpoint in Nicosia reopens is solely a political decision, though the epidemiological situation looks good in both the north and in...
Coronavirus: Bicommunal meeting looks at Ledra street, migrants
The Turkish Cypriot side raised the issue of reopening the Ledra street crossing during a teleconference on Tuesday of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Health...
Man sought in connection with Ledra Street murder
Police are searching for a 29-year-old man in connection with the murder which took place in Nicosia on Sunday. In a bulletin on Friday, police...
Police to step up patrols in Nicosia old town after fatal stabbing (Update 3)
Police will be stepping up patrols on the old town of Nicosia following an altercation on Sunday evening in the Ledra Street area, which left...
‘The crossings have to open’
Without the lifeline offered by tourists and Greek Cypriots traders in the centre of north Nicosia say they can hardly scrape by as they preside...
Coronavirus: heart of the capital begins to wake up but mood is gloomy
Doubt, rent worries and uncertainty were the words on the lips of Nicosia shop owners as a staggered reopening began islandwide on Monday. A common...
Akinci tours north side of shuttered Ledra crossing
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Thursday toured the pedestrian shopping area on the northern side of the shuttered Ledra Street crossing point and spoke...
Apoel fans march to Ledra crossing, demand all checkpoints be closed (video)
Apoel fans held a protest at the Ledra Street checkpoint on Wednesday night calling on the government to close all the crossings to the north....
Two more charged after Ledra Street protest scuffles
Police have identified two further people suspected of being involved in illegal acts during protests at the Ledra street checkpoint on Saturday, it was reported...
Group wants all crossings closed, announces protest for Friday
A group, which said it had no political affiliations, on Wednesday demanded the permanent closure of all crossing points to the north and announced a...
Negative reactions to closing checkpoints unjustified says President
The negative reactions to the temporary closure of four crossing points due to the threat posed by the coronavirus was unjustified, President Nicos Anastasiades said...