Dherynia mayor seeks funding to revitalise buffer-zone village of Strovilia
Dherynia municipality on Wednesday said it was looking at ways to keep the people who live in Strovilia in place and also increase the population...
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Woman arrested for knife possession at Dhekelia crossing point
A Russian woman is due to appear before the SBA Court in Dhekelia early next month after she was charged with possession of two large-bladed...
Bases make a number of arrests over invalid Covid tests
British bases police have made a number of arrests after officers at the Pergamos and Strovilia crossing points realised that some people had presented fake...
Coronavirus: three remanded on suspicion of forging negative tests
Three individuals were remanded for five days on Saturday by the Famagusta District Court, suspected of forging negative Covid-19 PCR tests to cross back and...
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...
Unficyp to monitor wellbeing of trapped Strovilia residents after north closes crossing
Unficyp on Thursday said it would continue to follow up on the well-being of Strovilia residents after the Turkish Cypriot side announced it would temporarily...
Unficyp takes reports of status quo violations ‘extremely seriously’
The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) takes reports of violations of the status quo “extremely seriously”, its spokesperson Aleem Siddique told the Cyprus News...
Cabinet grants monthly stipend to ‘encroached’ families in Strovilia
The cabinet decided on Thursday to give three families in the Strovilia area of the buffer zone a monthly stipend of €500 due to the...
UN officially records Turkish violations in Strovilia
The UN has officially recognised the recent disputed actions on behalf of the Turkish military in the Strovilia area as new violations of the military...
SBA steps into Strovilia fuss
The British High Commission said Friday it has erected a barrier to prevent smuggling in a disputed zone in the Famagusta district, as reports suggested...
Tensions rise over Strovilia violations by Turkish military
The government said on Thursday it was in contact with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) regarding recent tensions in the Strovilia area,...
Detained father and son fined and released
A Greek Cypriot father and son who were arrested on Saturday evening by Turkish Cypriot authorities were freed on Monday afternoon. They entered in the...
Father and son arrested in north
A father and son were arrested on Saturday evening by authorities in the north in the Strovilia area on charged of having illegally entered a...
Toddler abducted from north by father and taken to UK
THE mother of a three-year-old girl reported to authorities in the north that her daughter had been abducted by her ex-husband and his parents and...
Turkish man found in Frenchman’s boot
A French man and his mainland Turk friend, who appeared before a sovereign base area (SBA) court after the latter was found in the boot...