Pictures show Cyprus' once-stylish beach resort of Varosha, a playground for the rich and famous including Brigitte Bardot and Elizabeth Taylor still sits abandoned ...

Once dubbed the “French Riviera of Cyprus”, the town has fallen into a state of total disrepair, with soldiers and barbed ...

Visitors walk on a street lined with derelict buildings at the fenced-off beachfront eastern town of Varosha in October 2020.BIROL BEBEK/AFP/Getty Images After Turkey took control of northern Cyprus ...

Varosha was once a bustling holiday hotspot in Cyprus, with glamorous hotels and gourmet restaurants frequented by ...

Varosha refugee Christos Fysentzou made the decision 16 years ago, the year of the referendum, that he would return home even if his 46-year-old ghost town was under Turkish Cypriot administration. “I ...

A stunning North Cyprus town once frequented by the Hollywood elite has become a haven for dark tourism after being left abandoned for decades. Despite the likes of Elizabeth Taylor holidaying here in ...

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I was eager to listen to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly. As a prominent player in the Cyprus dispute, I was hoping to hear about the ...

But for how much longer? The Turkish side has not yet touched Varosha properties, but time may be running out for Greek Cypriot property owners to stake their claims Calls on Varosha refugees to ...

Before the division of Cyprus in 1974, Varosha - a resort in Famagusta - was booming. The rich and famous were drawn by some of the best beaches on the island. Richard Burton and Brigitte Bardot all ...