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Woman caught with untaxed tobacco at Ledra Street crossing

Customs officers seized untaxed tobacco products found in a woman’s bag and on her body at the Ledra Street...
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Turkish Cypriot leader pushes for four new checkpoints

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman has proposed four new checkpoints from Mia Milia to Pyroi and Louroujina, but refuses...
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Separate crossing lanes for Greek and Turkish Cypriots scrapped after discrimination concerns

The government has scrapped separate crossing lanes for Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots at checkpoints after an MP raised...
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Police chief plans checkpoint and airport security overhaul

The police chief is studying changes to how checkpoints and airports are policed to make controls more effective. Speaking during...
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Turkish Cypriot crossings to Republic rise 14% as Greek Cypriot visits to the occupied north fall

The number of Turkish Cypriots crossing from the occupied areas to the free areas is rising, whilst the flow...
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The… cracks in the wall and “normality”

A week after the signing of the EU enlargement Treaty at the Stoa of Attalos in the ancient agora...
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Cyprus to enforce traffic camera fine blacklist at airports, ports and checkpoints

Cyprus will implement a blacklist next month targeting motorists who have not paid fines issued by traffic cameras, with...
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President Christodoulides signals readiness for talks with Ersin Tatar amid UN envoy visit

President Nikos Christodoulides has reiterated his willingness to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, as UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo...
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Customs seize stimulants and pesticides at buffer zone checkpoint

Customs officials have confiscated hundreds of illegal stimulant pills and pesticides at the Astromeritis-Zodia checkpoint, after stopping a Greek...
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Pyla becomes Turkish tension melting pot as TC leader makes demands for strategic control

There does not seem to be any interest from the Turkish Cypriot side in seriously engaging or responding to...
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Checkpoint talks stall ahead of leaders’ meeting

Negotiations on new checkpoints between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities showed no progress during Thursday's meeting between...
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Negotiators meet as new Cyprus checkpoints hang in balance

Today's meeting between negotiators Menelaos Menelaou and Gunes Onar could prove decisive for proposed new crossing points across Cyprus,...
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New location for Louroujina checkpoint explored to end stalemate

Further discussions on opening new checkpoints between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities depend on Turkish Cypriot leader...
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