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Greek Cypriots who fled area when troops invaded in 1976 among those embittered by Turkish moveFor the first time in 46 years the public have been permitted to access the beach of Varosha in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Cyprus, in a contentious move unveiled by its internationally unrecognised premier who is running in an election on Sunday.Hundreds filed through a gate manned...

Mother of woman found guilty of lying about being gang-raped says Ayia Napa resort is unsafeThe mother of a British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has backed calls for a tourism boycott of the country.The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that she supported the campaign and that she believed the...