Cyprus reunification a step closer
Published: 03 April, 2008, 13:42
Edited: 19 April, 2010, 19:28
Greek and Turkish Cypriots have reopened a major crossing for the first time in 44 years in the divided capital of Nicosia.
Ledra Street, which runs through a UN-controlled buffer zone, becomes the sixth point where people can cross between the Greek Cypriot south and the Turkish occupied north.
The city's mayor, Eleni Mavrou, said Cyprus had a long way to go before reunification, but the opening of Ledra Street is a step in the right direction.
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I am for the Cyprus reunification and it's long overdue. Now, about Turkey joining the European Union at any time I am against it. First of all Turkey in not a European country and Turks are not Europeans and they nothing in common with any European nation. Occupying a small part of a European land does not make Turkey a European country.