#Varosha

By Nikolaos Prakas and Iole Damaskinos There is nothing for the government to investigate, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday about the sale of properties in Varosha last week, ...

Every few months a news story breaks about the fenced area of Varosha. This is given extensive coverage in the media, the politicians express concern about the matter and the ...

House President Annita Demetriou said that she will inform her EU counterparts on the issue of Varosha, in light of recent reports on the sale of hotels owned by Greek ...

No sales transaction was made for the three hotels in Varosha through the immovable property commission, its ‘chairman’, Novber Ferit Vehci was reported as having stated on Wednesday. As reported ...

Disy leader says they can’t be blamed for lack of progress on Cyprus solution Greek Cypriots who sold their property in Varosha did so because they can see no ...

Authorities scrambled on Friday to get to the bottom of reports in the north that Greek Cypriot owned hotels and buildings in Varosha had been bought by an unnamed Turkish ...

Refugees have asked President Nikos Christodoulides to raise the matter of the status of Varosha with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron. The mayor of Famagusta and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ proposal for more EU involvement in the Cyprus issue has not yet been received in Brussels Director General of the DG Structural Reform Support in the EU, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar praised 2022 as an important year for the north’s foreign relations and vowed that he will work decisively towards bolstering them further in 2023. He also ...

Varosha will soon become one of the most beautiful and sophisticated tourist centres in the world, Justice and Development Party Deputy Chairman Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday. The Turkish politician ...

An episode of Masterchef Turkey was filmed in the ghost town Varosha, where contestants were asked to cook Cypriot dishes, reports in the north said on Friday. The episode featured ...

The EU Council on Thursday called on Ankara to stop all actions that could potentially upgrade the breakaway state in the north of the island, a development that was welcomed ...

The fight for mayor is not simply a local election, it is about Varosha and Turkish control Two Famagusta mayor candidates simultaneously withdrew from the upcoming municipal elections 24 hours after ...

During the debate on the state budget on Thursday, a deputy had heard of the latest statement about Varosha by the Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and asked that ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said it was a necessary condition to strengthen the cooperation of the nine Mediterranean states, in order to turn the region into an area of ...

The House of Representatives unanimously condemned statements made by Unal Ustel, the north’s ‘prime minister’, that the north will move to reopen the entirety of Varosha after local ‘elections’ ...

Over 7,000 Greek Cypriots have applied to the Immovable Property Commission (IPC), according to the north’s ‘ambassador’ to Ankara. Ismet Korukoglu, in wide-ranging statements to Turkish media, hit out against ...

Varosha is the guiding light to a solution, and if this light goes out Cyprus will hurtle towards division, independent presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades said on Thursday. Speaking at a ...

The Famagusta mayor on Monday called for meetings with representatives of the five UN security council members over the latest threats that more areas of Varosha will be reopened. Mayor ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Friday confirmed reports there will be a further partial reopening in areas of Varosha, namely that of Ayios Memnonas. Speaking to CyBC radio, Kasoulides said ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s bullying of Cyprus and Greece has led to a deterioration in Turkey’s relations with the European Union, according to the latest European Commission report. ...

Famagusta Mayor Simos Ioannou is seeking urgent meetings with the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council after Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar announced on Friday ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Friday that in the coming months they would be opening a number of ‘municipal’ and ‘government’ buildings in Varosha. Speaking ahead of celebrations ...

The forced division of an EU member state is not a Cyprus question, but a European question, the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said on Friday in an ...