Hidden behind checkpoints and barbed wire, Cyprus’ U.N. buffer zone is one of the strangest and most heavily divided places ...

The buffer zone that traverses the island’s divide has developed into an unexpected area of biodiversity, with nature expanding in areas where human activity has been limited for decades.Speaking to ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. United Nations Chief of Mission in Cyprus Colin Stewart stands between Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, left, and leader ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns in his latest report on Unficyp that the situation in Cyprus’ buffer zone remains fragile, with particular concern over the Pyla plateau, ...

Two village leaders, a mosque, Orthodox churches and the UN: welcome to Pyla, one of the few places on the divided island of Cyprus where Greek and Turkish Cypriots live side by side. Nestled in the ...

Daniel Ejube (L) and Grace Enjei (R), two Cameroonian nationals, had been stuck in Cyprus’s buffer zone since May, living in a tent behind a building – Copyright ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus — A senior official with Europe’s top human rights watchdog has urged the government of ethnically divided Cyprus to allow passage to nearly three dozen asylum seekers out of a ...

A woman walks by a U.N. sign at the U.N. buffer zone inside Pyla village, outskirt of coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File) (CN) — Europe’s top ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A senior official with Europe’s top human rights watchdog has urged the government of ethnically divided Cyprus to allow passage to nearly three dozen asylum seekers out of a ...