Fourteen US Senators have asked US President Joe Biden to prevent Turkey from opening the coastline of Varosha by threatening sanctions if Ankara does so. US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob
If Turkey proceeds with reopening fenced-off Varosha, it will be the death-knell of the Cyprus peace process, said President Nicos Anastasiades has warned. Addressing a reception for the 245th anniversary of US independence,
President Nicos Anastasiades assured he would do everything possible to prevent Turkey’s plans to reopen the ghost-town of Varosha fenced-off since the 1974 Turkish invasion. Briefing the Municipal Council of Famagusta, the
Cyprus talks Greek Cypriot negotiator Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis fears it could be too late to save Varosha and reunification if something is not done very soon. He said what is happening in
The Turkish Cypriots are continuing infrastructure works to open up part of the fenced-off abandoned ghost town of Varosha, in Turkey-occupied Famagusta. CNA photographer Katia Christodoulou revisited the area when the crossings
The long history of negotiations on the Cyprus question has been unforgiving to its actors, hence the infamous characterisation of it as the “graveyard of diplomats”, littered with tombstones. It need not
More than 100,000 people have visited the fenced-off area of Varosha since the Turkish Cypriot side unilaterally opened part of the abandoned town’s beachfront in October despite international condemnation. According to Turkish
By Andreas Theophanous It was not the first time that Erdogan visited the occupied northern part of Cyprus to celebrate the anniversary of the “independence” of the “TRNC”. This time though it
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias denounced Sunday’s visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to fenced-off Varosha calling it an insult to all Cypriots. Speaking at the EU Foreign Affairs Council, held
Commonwealth member states expressed “deep concern” over the illegal opening of the beach-front in Varosha last month, the fenced-off part of Turkish occupied Famagusta. Cyprus Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Christodoulides briefed his
