Mass Varosha applications to IPC ‘will encourage Turkey’s plans’
Mass applications for Varosha properties to the immovable properties commission (IPC) would encourage Turkish plans for the fenced-off part of Famagusta and would be the...
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FM, municipality discuss Varosha issue
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides met with a delegation from the municipality of Famagusta, headed by Simos Ioannou, to discuss the issue of the closed-off town...
Historian called to apologise for saying Famagustans ‘ran away’ during 1974 invasion
FAMAGUSTA mayor Simos Ioannou on Friday call on historian Andros Pavlides to apologise after he accused refugees of unnecessarily abandoning their town during the 1974...
ECHR to judge value of Varosha properties
By Achilleas Demetriades There is a lot of talk about Evcaf’s claim on the fenced-off area of Famagusta (Varosha). It is a very emotional issue...
North signs deal with university to study Varosha buildings
Turkish Cypriot ‘deputy prime minister’ Kudret Ozersay signed on Wednesday an agreement with a university in the north to carry out on studies concerning the...
Tatar says plans to go ahead for opening Varosha
The Famagusta Municipality on Friday called “unacceptable” statements by Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ersin Tatar that reviving the closed-off area of Varosha was still on the...
Fifty years since Abba came to play …. in Varosha
Fifty years ago this week a Varosha hotel gave free board and lodging to four Swedes to entertain Unficyp soldiers. Neither the singers nor the...
National council meeting underway
A national council meeting was underway on Thursday morning to discuss Varosha, migration, and measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The council is...
National Council to convene Thursday
The national council will convene on Thursday morning to discuss Varosha, migration, and measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the Cyprus News Agency...
Position on Varosha ‘very clear’ and unchanged, Security Council President says
The position of the Security Council on Varosha is very clear and has not changed, Ambassador Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, the Permanent Representative of Belgium...
Anastasiades has informed Security Council, EU member states about Varosha
President Nicos Anastasiades last week wrote to the leaders of the permanent members of the UN Security Council informing them of Turkey’s moves regarding Famagusta,...
Our View: International community won’t step in over Varosha without a solution
It has been a few months since Varosha was last in the news but after last weekend’s highly-publicised meeting of Turkish and Turkish Cypriot officials...
Cyprus to veto EU funds to Turkish Cypriots if Varosha opens, Anastasiades says
President Nicos Anastasiades has warned the Republic would veto EU financial assistance to Turkish Cypriots and funds to Turkey if Ankara opened Varosha for settlement....
President calls for bicommunal committee on Varosha
President Nicos Anastasiades has called for help from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in setting up a bicommunal committee on Varosha as a confidence-building measure (CBM),...
Akinci says Varosha move an election ploy
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci suggested on Wednesday that Varosha was being used as an election ploy and said he continues to support UN-backed efforts...
Turkey looms large as Anastasiades meets European Council president
The Cyprus problem, Turkey’s violations in the EZZ, Varosha and migration were discussed at the first official meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and European Council...
‘Robust defence needed to block Turkey’s unilateral plans for Varosha’
The Greek Cypriot side needs to mount a robust legal defence to block unilateral Turkish plans to develop Varosha, and it needs to do it...
Patience of Turkey, Turkish Cypriots wearing thin says Turkish vice president
We will not wait another half century, the patience of both Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots has been exhausted, Turkish vice president Fuat Oktay was...
Turkish actions in Varosha ‘unacceptable’ says President
President Anastasiades said on Sunday he would strive find a solution to the Cyprus problem that would allow people to return to Famagusta and other...
Protests as Turkey discusses opening of Varosha (Updated)
Turkish and Turkish Cypriot officials met on Saturday in Varosha to discuss potentially re-opening the fenced-off area after 46 years, a move that Ankara said...
