Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors walk on a street lined with derelict buildings at the fenced-off beachfront eastern town of Varosha in October 2020.BIROL ...

Varosha, Cyprus, once stood as the pinnacle of tourist destinations. Before the division of Cyprus in 1974, the beach coast was a vibrant resort town, attracting visitors from around the globe with ...

Northern Cyprus has reopened part of the beachfront Varosha resort, which had been abandoned since Turkey invaded the Mediterranean island decades ago. The Turkish Defense Ministry declared the area ...

In the early seventies, Varosha shimmered like a jewel on Cyprus's eastern coast, where the Mediterranean's turquoise waters met golden beaches. The district attracted the world's elite with its ...

I was eager to listen to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly. As a prominent player in the Cyprus dispute, I was hoping to hear about the ...

NICOSIA, July 21 (Reuters) – Cyprus appealed to the UN Security Council on Wednesday over plans by Turkish Cypriot authorities to partially reopen an abandoned resort, as Turkey repeated its call for ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The pristine, azure waters lapping at the skirts of uninhabited Varosha contrast sharply with the dilapidated, crumbling buildings lining the beachfront of this abandoned suburb ...

NICOSIA (Reuters Life!) - An eerie silence lingers over Varosha, an abandoned Greek Cypriot neighborhood left in beachfront limbo since war split the Mediterranean island. Derelict apartment blocks ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council called on Turkey and Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus on Thursday to close a beach in uninhabitated Varosha that was opened this week and avoid any ...

Cyprus President Anastasiades says they are considering revoking the passports of a large number of Northern Cyprus government officials, including its president. Cyprus may revoke the passports of ...

Cyprus complains to Security Council over Varosha plans Turkey brushes off chorus of criticism Varosha poignant symbol of Cyprus's division NICOSIA, July 21 (Reuters) - Cyprus appealed to the U.N.