#Rizokarpasso

Conservation works at the Apostolos Andreas Monastery in Rizokarpaso are progressing on schedule, according to officials following an on-site inspection by project partners on Thursday. Representatives from the United Nations ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman visited the Greek Cypriot middle school in Rizokarpaso on Wednesday, meeting pupils and teachers from both that school and the town’s Greek Cypriot primary ...

An urgent appeal was issued on Tuesday by Turkish Cypriot conservationist Kemal Basat after an injured donkey died in the Karpass region days after being shot. In his post issued ...

Details of a report compiled by the European Parliamentary research service which was seen by the Cyprus Mail on Wednesday decried “the violation of the human rights” of Greek Cypriot ...

School supplies have been donated to Greek Cypriot and Maronite children who attend schools in the north, the Pancyprian volunteerism coordinating council said on Friday. It said the supplies had ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced the reactivation of the housing plan for families enclaved in the north after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. The plan provides for grants reaching €15,000 to build ...

Work to widen and resurface the road between Rizokarpaso and the Apostolos Andreas monastery on Cyprus’ northeastern tip began on Thursday, with the road set to be widened by as ...

Residents of Rizokarpaso on Sunday staged a protest to demand that the road linking the village to the Apostolos Andeas monastery be completely rebuilt. A couple of hundred people blocked ...

Harsh words flew back and forth on Friday over plans to upgrade the road linking the village of Rizokarpaso and the Apostolos Andreas monastery, with the north’s ‘transport minister’ ...

Concerns over the status of the Republic’s schools in Rizokarpaso in the north were raised during a meeting of the House refugees committee on Tuesday, with members calling for ...

The level of E. coli at Ayfilon beach near Rizokarpaso is off the scale, according to analysis published by the north’s ‘health ministry’ on Tuesday. The figures given stated ...

The government on Tuesday announced it had simplified the criteria for Greek Cypriots and Maronites wishing to resettle in villages in the north. The criteria cover the villages of Rizokarpaso ...

The ministry of education will always stand by children of Rizokarpaso, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said. The minister’s statement was made in the context of an event held on ...

Greek Cypriots living in Rizokarpaso are being “used as political pawns” by the Republic’s government, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

By Iole Damaskinos and Nikolaos Prakas The government will take all necessary action as soon as possible for Rizokarpaso schools it emerged on Tuesday after interventions by Turkish Cypriot officials ...

Officials from the north on Monday entered the three Greek Cypriot schools in Rizokarpaso to “carry out checks”, the education ministry said. They said the officials, who could not be ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou will inform the Culture and Education Committee of the EU parliament on issues faced by Greek Cypriot schools in the north in Rizokarpaso. According to an ...

Greek Cypriots working in schools in Rizokarpaso have blocked education ministry inspectors, it emerged on Tuesday, after reports suggested that the ‘authorities’ in the north had been blocking the inspectors. ...

The foreign ministry is addressing an issue that arose when inspectors from the ministry were not allowed to visit schools in Rizokarpaso, blocked by the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin ...

The children of Rizokarpaso keep alive the hope that one day they will be able to live there as free citizens, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday during the annual ...

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a housing scheme for Greek Cypriots who reside in the villages of Rizokarpaso and Ayia Triada in the north, or have decided to resettle there. ...

The government has approved a budget for restorations at the Rizokarpaso school buildings while a futsal court is to be constructed for the enclaved Greek Cypriot pupils, Presidential Commissioner Photis ...