Rubbish at the Tomb

Sir,

In “Cyprus Today” (December 16, page 3) I read about your plan for the Girne Hirondel roundabout, which will cost app. 160.000 TL.

May I kindly ask your attention for another priority in Girne?

Every time I walk there, admiring the treasures of “old Cerennia” I feel […]

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An illustrated visit to Nicosia International Airport - part 1

Nicosia International Airport is an airport to the west of Nicosia in the so-called Buffer Zone (controlled by the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus), abandoned since the fighting in 1974. It was the principal Cyprus airport from 1930s until 1974. The original facilities were three Nissen huts used as a terminal plus a restaurant […]

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Historic Cyprus: test your knowledge. Where is it? (02)

Hint 1: a self-styled emperor tried to hide here from one of the most formidable Anglo-Norman fighters of all times… Hint 2: the place was was first built by the Byzantines, probably after the complete deliverance of Cyprus in 965 AD from the Arab danger…

More pieces of this puzzle and more hints are […]

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