Now a shell of its former self, this once glamorous destination is now a ghost town with a dark history, though it is once ...

Visitors walk on a street lined with derelict buildings at the fenced-off beachfront eastern town of Varosha in October 2020.BIROL BEBEK/AFP/Getty Images After Turkey took control of northern Cyprus ...

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 ...

VAROSHA, Cyprus -- The freshly paved street with its new bicycle lane markings meanders through the heart of abandoned Varosha in ethnically split Cyprus' breakaway north, to a crumbling cinema in ...

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 ...

Once dubbed the “French Riviera of Cyprus”, the town has fallen into a state of total disrepair, with soldiers and barbed ...

UNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS — 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 ...

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 ...

Nikos Hristodulidis, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, has announced that they have applied to the United Nations Security Council regarding the attempts to partially open the Varosha ...

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.

VAROSHA, Cyprus -- The freshly paved street with its new bicycle lane markings meanders through the heart of abandoned Varosha in ethnically split Cyprus' breakaway north, to a crumbling cinema in ...