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View from the Turkish side to the Greek Cypriot side at Uray sk, next to the Turkish Public Market UN Buffer Zone warning sign on the Greek Cypriot side near Ledra crossing, with a view towards the Turkish side UN buffer zone guard post in Nicosia UN tower in the buffer zone Buffer zone in Nicosia Parking gate in the buffer zone
Reporters Without Borders rank the Republic of Cyprus 24th out of 180 countries in the 2015 World Press Freedom Index, with a score of 15.62. [256] The law provides for freedom of speech and press, and the government generally respects these rights in practice. An independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political ...
Geography of Cyprus. Cyprus is an island in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, after the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia, and the 80th-largest island in the world by area. It is located south of the Anatolian Peninsula, yet it belongs to the Cyprus Arc. [1]
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (/ ˌækroʊˈtɪəri ənd diˈkeɪliə /), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia[2] (SBA), [a] is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, and a part of the United Kingdom. The areas, which include British military bases and installations that were formerly part of the Crown colony of ...
The Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus conflict, Cyprus issue, Cyprus dispute, or Cyprus question, is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot community which runs the Republic of Cyprus (de facto only comprising the south of the island since the 1974 coup d'etat and the following invasion) and the Turkish Cypriot community in the north of the island, where troops of the Republic of ...
Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighboring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1]
Outline of Cyprus. Cyprus – Eurasian island country located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and north of Egypt. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and the Republic of Cyprus is a member state of the European Union.
A sign at the border of Dhekelia. The borders of Akrotiri and Dhekelia refer to the international boundary between the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (a British overseas territory) and the republic of Cyprus. The SBAs consist of two enclaves in the island of Cyprus. The border of Akrotiri is 48 km (30 mi), [1] and the border of ...