Cyprus

Man taking photo of self in mirror with a desert background

Out of Eden Walk: Cyprus

Out of Eden Walk

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells host Carolyn Beeler about his first stop after having walked through the Middle East. On Cyprus he found beaches slathered with baking Russians and Brits, a busy port city and a checkerboard of olive groves and yellow hay fields. But he also found the vestigial border line that divides the island’s Greek and Turkish communities.

A migrant looks through a fence as others wait in a line to be registered inside a refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia, outside Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.

Cyprus takes a hard line against immigration, trapping migrants in limbo

Refugees
Greek and Cypriot flags flutter on poles on the left, as Turkish and Turkish Cypriot breakaway flags fly between minarets on the right

As Cyprus’ leaders convene for peace talks in Geneva, some Cypriots say ‘expectations are low’

A Turkish ship with a flag sails in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Greece and Turkey sail toward a crisis of sea borders 

Borders
Two men pose in front of an old tree trunk.

Olive oil company unites Cyprus with a ‘taste of peace’

Food
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington April 17, 2014.

A court says Americans should know the reason their government kills its citizens abroad

Global Scan

The Obama administration’s effort to keep its memo on extra-judicial killings secret received a setback this week, when a judge ruled it had to hand over the rationale under the Freedom of Information Act. Meanwhile, North Koreans are increasingly frustrated with their own government — while Russians are falling more and more in line with theirs. That and more in today’s Global Scan.

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington April 17, 2014.

A court says Americans should know the reason their government kills its citizens abroad

Global Scan

The Obama administration’s effort to keep its memo on extra-judicial killings secret received a setback this week, when a judge ruled it had to hand over the rationale under the Freedom of Information Act. Meanwhile, North Koreans are increasingly frustrated with their own government — while Russians are falling more and more in line with theirs. That and more in today’s Global Scan.

Photos from the UN buffer zone in Cyprus show a place where time stands still

Lifestyle & Belief

For the past four decades, Cyprus has been split between Turkish Cypriots in the north and Greek Cypriots in the south. Between them is a 112-mile, UN-mandated buffer zone — where little has changed since the 1970s. A photojournalist shows this strip of land left behind by time.For the past four decades, Cyprus has been split between Turkish Cypriots in the north and Greek Cypriots in the south. Between them is a 112-mile, UN-mandated buffer zone — where little has changed since the 1970s. A photojournalist shows this strip of land left behind by time.

Illegal bird trapping a surging problem in Cyprus

Environment

In Cyprus, there’s a tradition of hunting and killing millions of migratory birds. The poaching had dwindled recently but as focus has drifted off the problem, has surged back.

Cyprus Banks Reopen

Lifestyle & Belief

Banks in Cyprus reopen after a two-week closure sparked by negotiations over an EU-IMF bailout, but withdrawals are being tightly controlled.