Parliament on Thursday voted into law a bill which allows for the European Union’s visa information system (VIS) to be implemented and operated in Cyprus, bringing the island a step closer to member ...

Crossings between the south and north broke records in 2024, with 7.18 million legal crossings via the Green Line recorded, ...

In the heart of Nicosia's militarised buffer zone, Australian-Cypriot Costa Constanti turned an abandoned building into a ...

2003 - Turkish and Greek Cypriots cross island's dividing "green line" for first time in 30 years after Turkish Cypriot authorities ease border restrictions. 2004 - Cyprus joins the EU, but does ...

Nicosia’s green line “I mean, there’s a deserted petrol station just before you cross over to Morphou – and the patination, and the colours, and the letters of the Mobil [logo], is all ...

Peacekeepers last week in the Green Line between the internationally recognized south of Cyprus and the Turkish-occupied north. Nearly 30 asylum seekers are stranded in the zone.

Leaders of war-divided Cyprus said on Monday they supported opening further crossing points along the 1974 ceasefire line splitting the island to meet popular demand, and would work with the ...

We had a series of static observation posts along the Green Line which were manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and those were augmented by vehicle patrols and foot patrols." ...

United Nations troops patrol the "Green Line" dividing the two parts of Cyprus. Some key dates in the history of Cyprus: 1914 - Cyprus annexed by Britain, after more than 300 years of Ottoman rule.

A chronology of key events in the history of Cyprus, from 1914 to the present. BBC Homepage. ... Turkish and Greek Cypriots cross island's dividing "green line" for first time in 30 years after ...