EU trade with the northern part of Cyprus should be governed directly by EU single market and customs union rules, and not by the EU’s rules for international trade. Possible trade with the northern part of Cyprus based on article 207 of the Lisbon Treaty on international trade would wrongly imply that it is not [...]

The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee last night upheld by an 18-to-five majority vote, a ruling saying the European Commission cannot bypass the Republic of Cyprus to implement direct trade with the Turkish occupied north. The EP’s legal service has ruled that the legal basis chosen by the Commission to push through the direct trade [...]

Well known Greek Cypriot businessman Andreas Lordos,83, who owns vast tracts of property in Varosha, visited the occupied areas of Cyprus last week.  He filed an application to the “Property Compensation Commission”, reports Bayrak Radio. Lordos demanded the return of his entire immovable property and 115 million Euros as compensation for its loss of use. [...]

An exhibition on the ancient Macedonian royal lineage of Alexander the Great that presents evidence that his family and kingdom were firmly rooted in the culture and civilisation of ancient Greece will open in Oxford this April. Titled: “From Hercules to Alexander: the Legend of Macedonia,” the exhibition will run from April 7th until August [...]

The long-awaited Limnitis-Pyrgos crossing in the north west of the island open at 10am today after 46 years of separation. The crossing provides the first road link between the Greek-Cypriot resort of Kato Pyrgos on the island’s northwest coast and the adjacent Turkish-Cypriot village of Limnitis (Yesilirmak in Turkish) since communal disturbances erupted in the [...]