Varosha was Cyprus's own Riviera until conflict split the island in two in 1974 and the resort's Greek-Cypriot community fled, leaving a ghost town. But on Thursday Turkey's military took down the ...
Varosha was for decades entered only by Turkish military patrols and the occasional UN visitor until 2020 when the Turkish side unilaterally decided to open the fenced-off area, causing shock ...
Varosha refugee Christos Fysentzou made the decision 16 years ago, the year of the referendum, that he would return home even if his 46-year-old ghost town was under Turkish Cypriot administration.
After a conference, the President of the Security Council, Jerry Matthews Matjila highlighted the importance of the resolutions 550 and 789 of Varosha and warned that "no actions should be ...
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