Visitors walk on a street lined with derelict buildings at the fenced-off beachfront eastern town of Varosha in October 2020.BIROL BEBEK/AFP/Getty Images After Turkey took control of northern Cyprus ...

Over 1.8 million people have visited Varosha since it was reopened for visitors in 2020, Turkish public service broadcaster TRT reported on Monday. Varosha had been empty since the Turkish invasion of ...

Cyprus President Anastasiades says they are considering revoking the passports of a large number of Northern Cyprus government officials, including its president. Cyprus may revoke the passports of ...

UNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called on Turkey and Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus on Thursday to close a beach in uninhabitated Varosha that was opened this week and ...

VAROSHA, Cyprus -- The freshly paved street with its new bicycle lane markings meanders through the heart of abandoned Varosha in ethnically split Cyprus' breakaway north, to a crumbling cinema in ...

Commentators in the north say the three properties reported to be sold this week could lead to legal amendments so more could follow The agreement made for the purchase of three hotels in Varosha ...

NICOSIA, July 21 (Reuters) – Cyprus appealed to the UN Security Council on Wednesday over plans by Turkish Cypriot authorities to partially reopen an abandoned resort, as Turkey repeated its call for ...

14:00, Sun, Sep 29, 2024 Updated: 22:38, Tue, Oct 1, 2024 Varosha, once a glamorous seaside town in Cyprus adored by celebrities and the international jet set, now stands eerily abandoned, a shadow of ...

When sun-seeking holidays in the eastern Mediterranean became popular among Europe’s elite in the mid-20th century, stylish resorts with sky-scraping hotels sprung up to meet the demand. Varosha, a ...

Nikos Hristodulidis, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, has announced that they have applied to the United Nations Security Council regarding the attempts to partially open the Varosha ...

Cyprus complains to Security Council over Varosha plans Turkey brushes off chorus of criticism Varosha poignant symbol of Cyprus's division NICOSIA, July 21 (Reuters) - Cyprus appealed to the U.N.

VAROSHA, Cyprus -- The freshly paved street with its new bicycle lane markings meanders through the heart of abandoned Varosha in ethnically split Cyprus' breakaway north, to a crumbling cinema in ...