Tylliria: beautiful, remote, struggling
In August the region around Kato Pyrgos springs into life as a popular holiday spot for Cypriots. The rest of the year, the villages are...
Limnitis
TCs protest to UN over trenches dug by the GCs near Limnitis
The Turkish Cypriot side has protested to the UN over the placement by the Greek Cypriot side of trenches of portable heavy weapons near the...
Kato Pyrgos residents seek special arrangements for checkpoints after new measures from the north (Update 2)
The government is taking steps with the UN and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci to try resolve issues caused by the new entry measures announced...
Coronavirus: Unficyp seek clarity over TC crossing measures (updated)
Unficyp said on Tuesday it was engaging with the Turkish Cypriot side to clarify the situation at the Limnitis crossing point, after the new arrangements...
Coronavirus: Limnitis crossing point reopens (Updated)
The Limnitis crossing opened on Friday morning after almost three months of remaining closed due to coronavirus restrictions. The crossing opened at around 9.30am. Head...
Limnitis crossing to open on Friday
The Limnitis crossing will be open on Friday, Kato Pyrgos community leader Nicos Cleanthous announced on Wednesday. Cleanthous said he got the news earlier in...
Akinci assures Limnitis crossing will open within the week (updated)
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci gave reassurances on Tuesday that the Limnitis crossing would open within the week, Government Spokesman Kyriacos Kousios said. According to...
North bars entry to citizens from 22 countries, including UK until April 1 (Update 2)
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Thursday expressed his opposition to the ‘cabinet’ decision in the north to temporarily close two crossings, those at Limnitis...
Three arrested in the north for people smuggling – reports
Authorities in the north have arrested three men, a Turkish national and two Turkish Cypriots, suspected of smuggling Syrian refugees arriving from Turkey to the...
New group of refugees lands in Limnitis (Updated)
A new group of Syrian refugees who arrived on the beach at Limnitis on Wednesday morning were transferred later in the day to the Kokkinotrimithia...
More migrants found in Limnitis (updated)
Thirty three migrants – 25 men, two women and six children – were found walking between the villages of Limnitis and Pyrgos after having entered...
Migrants detained near Limnitis (updated)
Forty seven people who appear to be Syrians and are believed to have arrived on the island by boat were found by police on Tuesday...
Over 1,000 Turkish Cypriots cross for Kokkina event
A total of 1,015 Turkish Cypriots travelled to the Kokkina enclave on Monday to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tylliria bombing by Turkish warplanes...
Turkish Cypriots to mark Kokkina battle anniversary
Some 30 buses with Turkish Cypriots are expected to cross over at Limnitis on Monday to mark the 53rd anniversary of the bombing on Tylliria...
Arrested fishermen due to appear in court in the north
Four fishermen, one Greek Cypriot, 33, and three Egyptian crewmen, were due in court in the north on Friday after being arrested off the north...
‘We were running from fire to fire’
By Poly Pantelides FIRE services should get an additional 50 staff to partly offset the early retirement of over 100 fire-fighters this year alone, whose...
Fisherman to go on trial in north
THE 42-YEAR-OLD Greek Cypriot man who was arrested in the north on Saturday for fishing in a military zone in the Limnitis area will be...
