Green Line

Cyprus announced on Friday that it has made a deal with Israel for a new electronic surveillance system on the country's border, the Green Line. The border divides the Republic of Cyprus from the occupied side of the island,...

The restoration of the buffer zone that divides the island of Cyprus into two has again become a hot topic. In September, photographer Roman Robroek had the rare opportunity to be commissioned to document the buffer zone in photographs. Robroek's photographs spurred...

The UN secretary-general's special representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar addressed the issue of the buffer zone along Nicosia's green line on Wednesday, stating “t never ceases to be a shocking image.” The comment was made at a bicommunal conference, where attendees...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, on his second day in Cyprus, visited the Greek Contingent in Cyprus (ELDYK), in line with the provisions of the 1960 Constitution which established the Republic of Cyprus, as well as the...

A significant reduction of Greek Cypriots visiting the occupied part of Cyprus controlled by Turkey are crossing over through the buffer zone, known as the Green Line, has been recorded in the annual report of the European Commission, while...

The monastery of Saint Panteleimon in the village Myrtou of Cyprus is in terrible condition. It was converted into a Turkish military camp after the Turkish invasion in 1974. A little after the opening of the Green Line in...

A fascinating interactive documentary project serves up 14 video portraits of first and second generation Cypriots (both Greek and Turkish) that live and work in North London. The “Green Line” of the title is the one drawn in dark green...