Posts tagged with "Varosha"

‘Deep state faction’ does not want a Cyprus solution Cyprus

‘Deep state faction’ does not want a Cyprus solution

March 15th, 20195941 Famagusta Mayor Alexis Galanos said that a ‘deep state’ exists within the Republic, which does not want a Cyprus solution and has been influencing the Greek Cypriot side’s stance during talks. According to media reports on Friday, Galanos said during a press conference on Thursday to announce a campaign to promote refugees’...
Varosha’s flora is disease-ridden and the problem is spreading Cyprus

Varosha’s flora is disease-ridden and the problem is spreading

January 13th, 20194732 By Lizzy Ioannidou   Varosha, the ghost city of Famagusta which has been left to decay since 1974, has become a breeding ground for disease, with the Famagusta Initiative (Mağusa İnsiyatifi) calling on specialists and local authorities to step up. Okan Dagli, a member of the Initiative which was officially formed in 2010,...
Varosha return a government priority, FM says Cyprus

Varosha return a government priority, FM says

October 13th, 20183709 The return of Varosha has always been a government priority, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Saturday in an address read out by the ministry’s spokesman Demetris Samuel. “We have not abandoned our hope as well as our just demand for the termination of the status quo in our country through a just and viable solution...
Prickly pear in north at risk from disease Cyprus

Prickly pear in north at risk from disease

August 27th, 20182760 The prickly pear is at risk in the north due to a disease spreading from pests known as cochineals, the Turkish Cypriot media reported on Monday. The prickly pear cochineal, known scientifically as Dactylopius Opuntiae, was found tearing through the prickly pears (babutsa in Turkish Cypriot) in the fenced off area of Varosha,...
MEPs re-visit Varosha, look for small steps forward Cyprus

MEPs re-visit Varosha, look for small steps forward

May 8th, 20184731 Chairwoman of a delegation from the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament Cecilia Wilkstrom on Tuesday told refugees from Famagusta that even though she could not give them hope to return home, her committee was trying to look at any small step forward to help them. The delegation was in Cyprus to conduct a fact-finding...
Group awaiting arrival of MEPs near Varosha told to leave, have photos deleted Cyprus

Group awaiting arrival of MEPs near Varosha told to leave, have photos deleted

May 8th, 20183362 Nine people, eight Greek Cypriots and one British citizen were briefly interrogated by authorities in the north on Tuesday morning while waiting on Glossa beach in Famagusta for the arrival of a delegation of MEPs on fact-finding mission to the area that borders the fenced-off ghost town of Varosha. According to CNA, the nine were...
Students arrested for entering Varosha Cyprus

Students arrested for entering Varosha

April 23rd, 201810981 Three male European nationals, aged 21 and 24, who have crossed to the north from the government-controlled areas, found themselves in trouble after being caught trespassing into the closed off town of Varosha, it was reported on Monday. According to Turkish Cypriot media reports, the three - two from Latvia, one from Poland...
The return of Famagusta: starting-point and catalyst to a solution Opinion

The return of Famagusta: starting-point and catalyst to a solution

February 18th, 201824704 By Theophilos V Theophilou, George Arestis, and Demetrios H Hadjihambis We should state at the outset that we are acting as private citizens of Famagusta, not representing any bodies or interests and are independent of political or party beliefs and commitments. At the same time, due to our constant contact with fellow citizens, we...
MEPs to attempt to visit Varosha Cyprus

MEPs to attempt to visit Varosha

January 24th, 20185658 MEPs are set to visit Cyprus in early May to attempt to enter the fenced off town of Varosha, in the occupied Famagusta area, Akel MEP Takis Hadjigeorgiou said on Tuesday. Hadjigeorgiou said the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions (Peti) decided on Monday to carry out a fact-finding visit to Cyprus and more specifically...
Turk-only access to Dherynia beach a ‘shameful’ policy Cyprus

Turk-only access to Dherynia beach a ‘shameful’ policy

August 28th, 20175905 The bicommunal group #UniteCyprusNow on Monday slammed the opening of Dherynia beach close to the fenced-off town of Varosha in Famagusta only to Turkish Cypriots and Turkish nationals. “The recent opening of a beach in Dherynia to just Turkish Cypriots and Turkish citizens is ethnic separation and a violation of human rights and...
Famagusta residents call for return of Varosha Cyprus

Famagusta residents call for return of Varosha

August 14th, 20178789 Residents of the fenced off town of Varosha in Famagusta on Monday called for the recommencement of the settlement talks. Following a meeting at the Famagusta municipality’s cultural centre in Dherynia to mark the 43rd anniversary since the capture of Varosha by the Turkish troops, the municipality adopted a resolution on the...
Akinci: Varosha opening only within UN framework Cyprus Talks

Akinci: Varosha opening only within UN framework

August 7th, 20179168   No decision has yet been taken on the opening of the fenced-off town of Varosha, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Monday, stressing that it must be done within the framework of the parameters defined by the United Nations. In an interview with Turkish Cypriot daily Milliyet and translated by the Cyprus News...
Varosha: town of ghosts Opinion

Varosha: town of ghosts

August 6th, 20177897 By Achilleas Antoniades I woke up at 5.30. It’s been a bad night. My sleep was interrupted several times. Anxiety set in my soul since the late afternoon. I got out of bed unable to sleep or think. I am sitting on the balcony overlooking some watermelon fields and bunches of acacia trees in Kapparis Bay. Some houses are further away...
Galanos says no return to Varosha outside UN parameters Cyprus

Galanos says no return to Varosha outside UN parameters

August 4th, 20176667 Famagusta municipality will only endorse a return to the fenced-off town of Varosha under the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions, mayor Alexis Galanos said on Friday. The municipality is also ready to deal with all possible moves by the Turkish side, he said. During a news conference, Galanos addressed recent news...
Varosha rumours a Turkish bluff says mayor Cyprus Talks

Varosha rumours a Turkish bluff says mayor

August 2nd, 20175666 Famagusta mayor Alexis Galanos said the Turkish side was bluffing in relation to opening the fenced-off area of Varosha. In an interview with the Cyprus news agency, Galanos also said that he saw Turkish financial interests behind the move. “We insist that the only viable and functioning development with regard to Famagusta …...
Could this be the opportunity to cut the Gordian knot? Opinion

Could this be the opportunity to cut the Gordian knot?

August 1st, 20174464 By Christos P. Panayiotides IT IS a self-evident fact that, over the past 70 years, Greek Cypriot politicians have miserably failed to achieve the objectives they set for themselves, in relation to the political settlement of Cyprus. It is true that there have been a handful of happy exceptions: politicians with vision and foresight,...
Confusion mounts over scope of reported Varosha handover Cyprus Talks

Confusion mounts over scope of reported Varosha handover

July 31st, 20176844   Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Ozdil Nami seemed to indicate on Monday that the issue of opening the fenced-off town of Varosha was being considered but under what circumstances that might happen had not been settled. Responding to unconfirmed reports over the weekend that the Turkish side would hand Varosha to the UN,...
Spokesman: don’t play with people’s feelings on Varosha Cyprus Talks

Spokesman: don’t play with people’s feelings on Varosha

July 30th, 20174989 The government is preparing very specific actions in relation to the issue of Varosha, spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Sunday. He was responding information in the Turkish Cypriot press that the fenced-off area of Famagusta would be returned to UN control. Christodoulides said there is no ‘official’ information on the...
Reports that Turkey intends to hand Varosha over to the UN Cyprus

Reports that Turkey intends to hand Varosha over to the UN

July 29th, 201710259   The United Nations have not been informed of any plans by the Turkish Cypriot side to hand over the fenced-off city of Varosha to UN control, the Cyprus Mail was told on Saturday. A UN spokesperson was commenting on an astonishing report by Turkish Cypriot journalist Esra Aygin, which cited a “senior Turkish Cypriot...
Legal steps to counter Varosha manoeuvre Cyprus Talks

Legal steps to counter Varosha manoeuvre

July 27th, 201710921 Cyprus is drafting a legal document to explain that the opening up of the fenced-off area of Varosha in Famagusta is tantamount to “expanding the occupation”, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Thursday. Kasoulides said Nicosia would be censuring the Turkish moves with the United Nations and elsewhere after reports...
Cyprus settlement must be based on European principles (updated) Cyprus

Cyprus settlement must be based on European principles (updated)

July 27th, 20175388 A settlement of the Cyprus problem must be based on European principles because they afford the best prospects for lasting peace and prosperity, Commission President Jan Claude Juncker said, as reports suggested the Turkish side could be opening the fenced-off town of Varosha, following a similar decision regarding Maronite...
Turks will allow 16,000 refugees back into Varosha – reports Cyprus Talks

Turks will allow 16,000 refugees back into Varosha – reports

July 24th, 201725151 The Turkish side may allow the return of 20,000 refugees to the fenced city of Varosha and to three Maronite villages, media reports in the north said on Monday. According to the Turkish Cypriot daily Detay, Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots have began planning new unilateral steps following the dead-end reached at the talks in...
Off limits beach to be opened in Deryneia Cyprus

Off limits beach to be opened in Deryneia

July 18th, 20178373 A beach in occupied Deryneia that was off-limits as it was in a military area, is to open to the public as of next month, but only for Turkish Cypriots and Turkish nationals, it was announced on Tuesday. The announcement, according to Turkish Cypriot media, followed a protocol signed between the Famagusta ‘municipality’ in the...
European parliamentarians call for freeze on Turkey EU accession Cyprus

European parliamentarians call for freeze on Turkey EU accession

June 20th, 20177325 Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs called on Tuesday for a freeze in Turkish EU accession talks if changes to the country’s constitution are implemented unaltered. The committee approved the draft of the 2016 commission report on Turkey and proposed upgrading the EU-Turkey Customs Union instead, by...
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