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Varosha, as seen from outside the military fence Abandoned hotels in Varosha Varosha viewed from Paralimni in 2017.. Varosha (Greek: Βαρώσια, romanized: Varósia, locally; Turkish: Maraş or Kapalı Maraş [2] [3]) is the southern quarter of Famagusta, a de jure territory of Cyprus, currently under the control of Northern Cyprus.
The United Nations has reached an "understanding" to defuse a standoff in ethnically split Cyprus which triggered scuffles involving peacekeepers in August, its mission said on Monday. Turkish ...
View from the occupied side to the Greek Cypriot side at Uray sk, next to the Turkish Public Market UN Buffer Zone warning sign on the Greek Cypriot side near Ledra crossing, with a view towards the Turkish side UN buffer zone guard post in Nicosia UN tower in the buffer zone Buffer zone in Nicosia Parking gate in the buffer zone
Scuffles broke out between United Nations peacekeepers and Turkish Cypriot security forces in ethnically split Cyprus on Friday over unauthorised construction work in an area under U.N. control ...
[7] [8] U.S. imports from Cyprus agricultural products and minerals while business ties encompass several services. [ 2 ] The US also works closely with Cyprus in order to advance shared priorities both bilaterally and in the context of strategic partnership with the European Union , which Cyprus is a member state . [ 9 ]
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Armazi, the original capital of the country, was destroyed in AD 736 by the Arab invader Marwan ibn Muhammad and never rebuilt, apart from a church, built in the 12th century but later abandoned. The ruins are now protected. Ochamchire was a city of 18,700 people in 1978 but was left largely abandoned by the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in ...
This is a list of settlements in Cyprus. The English name is indicated first, followed by the Greek and Turkish names, in turn followed by any former names, including ones used in antiquity. Note that even though, prior to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus , Turkish names existed for some villages/towns, due to political reasons, most of the ...