On the final leg of his journey from Iraq to Europe, Hawye Rasool Saleh paid 400 euros ($457) borrowed from his best friend to a smuggler who would help him across the cease-fire line of ethnically split Cyprus. Continue reading →
{FD} After 20-year wait, refugee sees ‘bright future’ in UK
Nine-year-old Miles imagines himself a Manchester United player as he kicks a ball down Clarendon Road, a lonely street in a corner of this British military base on Cyprus that’s been his home all his life. Continue reading →
{FD} Cyprus’ rival leaders agree on 2 more crossings along divide
The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus agreed Friday to open next month two more crossing points along a United Nations-controlled buffer zone that cuts across the small island nation, in a bid to generate some momentum toward resuming stalled … Continue reading →
{FD} Turkish Cypriots protest price hikes from Turkish lira woes
Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of ethnically divided Nicosia on Thursday to protest huge hikes in the prices of electricity, fuel and other goods sparked by the sharp devaluation of the Turkish lira. Continue reading →
{FD} Cyprus to seek EU help on growing asylum applications
Cyprus will coordinate with other front-line Mediterranean countries bearing the brunt of new migrant arrivals to demand that other European Union member states take in more people who have been granted asylum, the island nation’s interior minister sai… Continue reading →
{FD} Cyprus extradites Egyptian hijacker who dropped legal fight
An Egyptian man who hijacked a domestic EgyptAir flight in 2016 and ordered it to land in Cyprus to allegedly protest Egypt’s military-backed government has been extradited to his homeland after giving up a drawn-out legal fight, authorities said Sunday. Continue reading →
{FD} In split Cyprus, a homecoming digs up old conflicts
Perched halfway up a cragged mountain range, limestone outcrops frame the small village of mostly single-story homes where Nicholas Skourides was born, and where he says he simply wants to live out the rest of his days. Continue reading →
{FD} Jewish museum in Cyprus aims to build bridges to Arab world
A new Jewish museum in Cyprus aims to be a bridge-builder to the Arab world and beyond, a place where visitors who may never set foot in Israel can learn about the Jewish faith, the Holocaust and the tumultuous beginnings of the Jewish state. Continue reading →
{FD} Greek Cypriots to vote in runoff in hopes of peace deal
Greek Cypriots are gearing up for a presidential runoff, barely seven months after the latest failure to reunify the eastern Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. Continue reading →
{FD} Old guard against new blood in Cyprus presidential vote
Cypriots are voting Sunday to choose a president who could break a cycle of failure in talks to reunify the ethnically split island-nation — and deliver the benefits of a rebounding economy to citizens still recovering from a severe economic crisis. Continue reading →
{FD} Cyprus: Asylum claims get anti-immigrant group ship ejected
The captain and crew of a ship chartered by an anti-immigrant group was ordered to leave Cyprus after being detained on suspicion of forging the documents of 20 Sri Lankans on board, a Turkish Cypriot aid group said Thursday . Continue reading →
