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	BGGLOBE - Bulgaria travel guide, аccomodation in Bulgaria, tourism, landmarks, holidays, vacations, sea, mountain, ...
		In 1969 “Varosha” residential area is pronounced for an architectural and historic reserve.
		The 14-meters monument is erected on 27 May 1965 in “Varosha” residential area, next to Hisarya fortress.
		The residential area is in a proximity to the center of the town, which is on the other side of Osam river, connected with a monumental pedestrian bridge.
	www.bgglobe.net /index.php?l=1&s=-716 (796 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 29 Nov 1995 (pt 4)
		The 35,000 people who fled Varosha in August 1974 were a substantial portion of the total number of Greek Cypriots displaced during the tragic events of that summer.
		It might seem perverse that the international community insists that Varosha, as a fenced-off area with no settlement, retains its special status, but the fact that it is a closed area keeps alive the hope that, one day, its original inhabitants might return.
		The proposals envisage the resettlement of Varosha as an area for bi-communal contacts and enterprise and the reopening of Nicosia international airport.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo951129/debtext/51129-04.htm (2283 words)

	Xak.com: This would have been Varosha day
		TODAY is the day Varosha would have been handed back to Greek Cypriots had they voted 'yes' to the Annan plan.
		According to Article 9 of the plan, 'Constituent state boundaries and territorial adjustment', Phase 1 was to have been implemented 104 days after April 29, the day of the coming into force of the Foundation Agreement had it been endorsed at referendum.
		Instead the issue of Varosha has been a bone of contention over the past week, with the 'yes' and 'no' camps at loggerheads over the handling of an event last weekend to mark the fall of the city in 1974.
	www.xak.com /main/newsshow.asp?id=35685 (251 words)

	Greek Cypriots Suggest Return Of Varosha For Eu-control Of Famagusta Port
		The proposal is viewed as a counter-move by the Greek Cypriot leadership which is keen to prevent Brussels from agreeing to trade directly with the Turkish Cypriot north of the divided island.
		Varosha -- the island`s premier tourist resort in its heyday -- is a UN-protected area with its decaying hotels and sandy beaches remaining empty for the past 30 years.
		Varosha would have been returned to its rightful residents under a UN reunification plan rejected by Greek Cypriots at a referendum in April but accepted by Turkish Cypriots.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=26362 (474 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 29 Nov 1995 (pt 2)
		Varosha now stands crumbling and overgrown; in people's homes the curtains blow in the wind and their goods--washing machines, televisions and other personal possessions--have been looted by Turkish troops.
		Member who meets refugees from anywhere in the world can fail to be moved by their personal circumstances, but Greek Cypriots can go to the dividing line, the green line, today and see their homes, their gardens and their fruit trees--but they cannot get to them.
		Such a move cannot happen with just Varosha because it is too small and insecure for people to commit their capital to it.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo951129/debtext/51129-02.htm (1940 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Even more disturbing is the attempt of the Turkish Cypriot leadership to use the fenced area of Varosha, for which the United Nations holds the Government of Turkey responsible, as a card for the promotion of its schemes to upgrade the status of the illegal entity in the occupied part of Cyprus.
		Specifically, the proposed discussions in Nicosia on the return of Varosha, after the adoption of the two EU regulations, would have become meaningless, since they would have led to a trade-off between the return of Varosha in exchange for something already obtained by the Turkish Cypriot side.
		Those measures are in line with EU policy defined in April 2004, which aims at the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community by placing particular emphasis on the economic integration of the island and on improving contact between the two communities.
	www.mfa.gov.cy /mfa/mfa.nsf/NewsDisplay?OpenForm&NewID=2D7B1485ABDDCBD3C225706D003A4740 (1049 words)

	Return to Varosha, Famagusta, Cyprus
		Famagusta developed to the south of the old town, in the area of the relatively new town of Varosha, with its long beach backed by modern hotels.Today Varosha is no more than an empty ghost town.
		As the occupants fled from the fighting of the Turkish invasion, Varosha remained empty as it became part of an eery no-mans-land between makeshift borderlines.
		Varosha remains a bargaining counter - a symbol of the madness and the tragedy of those awful summer days of 1974
	groups.msn.com /ReturntoVaroshaFamagustaCyprus/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-ca (338 words)

	Denktash determined Varosha resettlement
		TURKISH Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash said yesterday the Turkish side was preparing for the introduction of new measures, which would include the opening of Varosha for resettlement together with the United Nations.
		Since 1974, Turkish troops have had control of the abandoned town, but under a UN resolution the status quo must be maintained in the absence of a Cyprus settlement.
		In July, Denktash dramatically announced that he was willing to give back part of Varosha to the Greek Cypriots under UN auspices if Nicosia Airport was reopened.
	www.lobbyforcyprus.org /press/press2003/cyma180903varosha.htm (507 words)

	9411350E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They also agreed that other matters related to the implementation of the Varosha and Nicosia International Airport package would be worked out by the United Nations, in the exercise of the function of administrator provided for in the package, with the advice and assistance of the two sides.
		On the first key issue, that of the United Nations administration of the fenced area of Varosha and of Nicosia International Airport, it was strongly suggested by my representatives that the discussions with the two leaders should focus on fundamental aspects and that the leaders should not become embroiled in every detail.
		Such benefits would be additional to those that would result immediately after the formal approval of the Varosha and Nicosia International Airport package, such as the commencement of a flow of foreign visitors from the southern part of the island to the northern part of the island via the fenced area of Varosha.
	www.un.org /Docs/s1994262.htm (3580 words)

	City of Lovetch-Official Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Mediaeval town occupied part of the present-day "Varosha"- protected from behind by the fortress, and on the other sides by the natural obstacle of the river and Stratesh hill.
		According to the construction principles of that time, the town was built with a view to requirements for better defense.
		The earlier administrative and cult buildings- the mudurluk, the inns the public bath and several mosques - were in the lower and flat part of "Varosha", near the river.
	www.lovetch.com /english/galery3.htm (237 words)

	GOVERNMENT: No deal on Varosha
		THE government yesterday refused any deal with Denktash on Varosha (Famagusta) and reaffirmed its demand that the town be handed over to the United Nations to enable the resettlement of its lawful inhabitants.
		The Turkish Cypriot leader disclosed on Wednesday that his side was considering new moves and “openings”, including the opening of the fenced part of Varosha for settlement.
		Varosha, a once-thriving tourist resort and home to some 60,000 Greek Cypriots, came under Turkish army control in August 1974.
	www.lobbyforcyprus.org /press/press2003/cywe190903varosha.htm (711 words)

	Mark Moxon, Travel Writer: Cyprus: Agia Napa
		Climbing the stairs onto the roof of the Cultural Centre was challenging, but it was worth it, for in the distance, blurred by the rain, was the abandoned suburb of Varosha, a symbol of how utterly devastating the partition of Cyprus has been.
		It's utterly eerie; Varosha is a ghost town, and with binoculars you can look at the remains of the 33 abandoned hotels lining the coast, crumbling slowly while rusting cranes still stand alongside buildings that were half built when everything kicked off back in 1974, and which remain in the same state today.
		Battered windmills gently turn in the dead zone, almost all of their sails missing, and it's easy to kid yourself that you're witnessing the aftermath of some horrible industrial disaster, or the effects of a nuclear winter.
	www.moxon.net /cyprus/agia_napa.html (1254 words)

	RTA STARA PLANINA
		During XII century houses were built on the right bank of the Ossam River, at present - the Varosha quarter.
		At the time of the Turnovo uprising (the Assen brothers) the town was an unconquerable fortress, it sustained a three-month siege and Byzantium had to conclude the so-called Lovech peace (1187), set the beginning of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom.
		Varosha Tavern (70 seats), which offers comfort and delicious food is located closely to the hotel.
	staraplanina.org /engl/lovech.php (863 words)

	Turks.US Daily News - KKTC considers to open Varosha for settlement Daily News
		ANKARA - The Foreign Minister of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) said Wednesday his country is considering to open closed the Varosha area for settlement before the presidential elections in December.
		Tahsin Ertugruloglu, speaking to press in New York said the government is planning to open a part of Varosha for resettlement and maintanance which was closed since 1974.
		The minister is in New York to attend the 58th UN General Assembly Meeting as well as the Annual Coordination Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Countries.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20030925233016844 (368 words)

	Cyprus PIO: Turkish Press and Other Media, 03-10-06
		Mr Taner Dervis issued a written reply to various press reports and comments on the closed region of Varosha as well to the President of the House of Representatives Mr Christofias' statement to the effect that under the UN Resolution 550, Varosha should be returned to its legal residents under secure conditions.
		The EVKAF's property rights in the closed town of Varosha are derived from the documents of the Abdullah Pasha, Lala Mustafa Pasha, and Bila Agha foundations registered during the Ottoman rule as well from the 3,121 title deeds usurped by the cadastre office of the [British] colonial rule at the turn of the 19th century.
		Noting that until 1974 Varosha was the wealthiest region of the island with its 10,000 touristic beds, thousands of workshops, houses, administrative and cultural buildings, Taner Dervis said that the compensation rights accrued to the EVKAF Administration over a century exceed $74 billion in current value.
	www.hri.org /news/cyprus/tcpr/2003/03-10-06.tcpr.html (3085 words)

	Famagusta
		Famagusta developed to the south of the old town in the area of the relatively new town of Varosha.
		As the occupants fled from the fighting and the napalm of the Turkish invasion, Varosha remained empty as it became part of an eery no-mans-land between makeshift borderlines.
		In the current sporadic cross border talks, Varosha remains a bargaining counter - a symbol of the madness and the tragedy of those awful summer days of July 1974.
	www.ipw.com /cyprus/Famagusta/famagusta.html (249 words)

	MFA - Ten-Point Agreement of 19 May 1979 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Priority will be given to reaching agreement on the resettlement of Varosha under United Nations auspices simultaneously with the beginning of the consideration by the interlocutors of the constitutional and territorial aspects of a comprehensive settlement.
		After agreement on Varosha has been reached, it will be implemented without awaiting the outcome of the discussion on other aspects of the Cyprus problem.
		It was agreed to abstain from any action which might jeopardize the outcome of the talks, and special importance will be given to initial practical measures by both sides to promote good will, mutual confidence and the return to normal conditions.
	www.cm.gov.nc.tr /CM/CYPRUS/1979.HTM (245 words)

	WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Cyprus - 1979 Kyprianou-Denktas Communiqué (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The two intercommunal negotiators, Minister to the President George Ioannides for the Greek Cypriots and Üit Süleyman Onan for the Turkish Cypriots, pursued talks aiming at a communiqué stating the broad agenda for further talks.
		The UN-established common ground on which the talks resumed was a four-part agenda addressing, on a rotating basis, the resettlement of Varosha under UN auspices, initial practical measures to promote good will, constitutional issues, and territorial issues.
		The talks, conducted in Cyprus under the chairmanship of the UN secretary general's Special Representative on Cyprus, Ambassador Hugo Gobbi, continued without a major breakthrough and were temporarily suspended for the spring 1981 parliamentary elections on both sides of the island.
	encyclopaedic.net /world/cyprus/59.php (1070 words)

	includedynamic.asp
		U.N. Security Council Resolution 550 of 1984 states that it would be inadmissible for anyone other than the original inhabitants of Varosha to occupy the resort, which remains under the control of the Turkish Army today.
		The measures proposed by Denktash concerning the opening of the airport and the Greek-Cypriot settlement of Varosha were put forth in a package of confidence-building measures presented by then-U.N. secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali for discussion by the two sides in 1993 and 1994.
		There is, therefore, little incentive on the part of the government to reopen the airport in Nicosia, which has been declared unsafe by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for landings by contemporary commercial aircraft used for international flights.
	www.westernpolicy.org /Countries.asp?Country=CY&Article=190 (1520 words)

	Financial Mirror
		In the first of his regular press conferences, Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat told journalists that the Turkish Cypriots had offered the return of the ghost town of Varosha to Greek Cypriot control durung negotiations in Brussels to open up Turkish Cypriot trade but that the offer was rejected.
		Talat said during the negotiations the Turkish Cypriot side had proposed that it would hand over Varosha to the Greek Cypriot side in exchange for the opening of air and sea ports, but that this was strongly rejected by the Greek Cypriot side.
		Accusing the Greek Cypriots of separatism, he said, "We don't have a policy for separation which is being pursued by the Greek Cypriot side".
	www.financialmirror.com /more_news.php?id=1304 (204 words)

	includedynamic.asp
		Cyprus government spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said the operation of the port, which could function with the participation of both the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots under the supervision of the European Union, could be useful to the process of reconstructing the city of Famagusta.
		Turkish Cypriot prime minister Mehmet Ali Talat stated that the future of Varosha and the port of Famagusta should not be referred to the European Union and should only be addressed through a comprehensive agreement to resolve the Cyprus problem, such as that envisaged by the Annan reunification plan.
		The meeting occurred a week after meetings were held between Talat and Nicos Anastasiades, the leader of the opposition, right-wing, Greek Cypriot Democratic Rally party (DISY), and between Akinci and Anastasiades, which resulted in agreements to establish joint committees between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot parties to discuss the Cyprus problem.
	www.westernpolicy.org /Countries.asp?Country=CY&Article=261 (1330 words)

	Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 97-02-14
		Kyprianou noted that possibly the threats to settle Varosha are "part of flmails and pressures exerted lately", in an effort to "close" the Cyprus problem.
		Kyprianou said the return of Varosha to its lawful inhabitants could be described as "a first step of good will".
		UN Security Council resolution 550 of 1984 considers attempts to settle Varosha by people other than its lawful inhabitants as inadmissible and calls for the transfer of this area to UN administration.
	www.hri.org /news/cyprus/cna/1997/97-02-14_1.cna.html (1311 words)

	Denktash, backed by Ankara, calls for reopening of Nicosia airport
		NICOSIA, July 11 (AFP) - Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, backed by Ankara, called Friday for the reopening of Nicosia's long-abandoned airport in a fresh attempt to seize the initiative after he was blamed for the failure of a UN reunification bid for Cyprus.
		The measures, outlined in a letter to the secretary general, involve the reopening of Nicosia airport located in a UN-controlled buffer zone for use by both sides, Denktash said.
		He also proposed that Varosha, abandoned by Greek Cypriots in the face of Turkey's 1974 invasion and fenced off by the Turkish army, be revived for the benefit of both communities.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/ay/Qcyprus-airport.Re9E_DlB.html (630 words)

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		Salaminia Tower was bombed in 1974 and that is why you can see half of it, I lived at that time in Famagusta and actually as a child saw a person who was killed by the bombing of the hotel.
		I was just asking someone else what it was like inside Varosha as very, very people have been in that position.
		The term «ghost town» was coined later by Swedish journalist Jan-Olof Bengtsson, who visited the Swedish UN battalion in Famagusta port and saw the sealed off part of the town from the battalion's observation post.
	www.greatestcities.com /community/forum/108823.html (1358 words)

	North Cyprus Sightseeing, Historical Places, Holiday, Famagusta
		Famagusta is a Frankish corruption of its Greek name, which means "buried in the sand," descriptive of the silted mouth of the Pedieos.
		The new town of Famagusta (also known as Maras or Varosha) lies just to the south of the walled old-city of Famagusta.
		As a seaport, Famagusta is a center for the export of citrus fruits and other agricultural products and livestock; other major economic activities include cotton spinning, the distillation of brandy, and fishing.
	www.northcyprusonline.com /North-Cyprus-Online-Sightseeing-Famagusta.php (658 words)

	Discover-Bulgaria.com - Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The old district "Varosha" has been the centre of the Revival educational and cultural life.
		You shouldn't miss to visit the old town Varosha - it is renewed today but the authentic spirit of the old houses and stone-paved streets is kept alive there.
		It is famous for the high quality of the wall-paintings and the iconostasis made by masters of the Bansko Art School.
	www.discover-bulgaria.com /Articles.aspx?ProductID=275 (485 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The restriction of movement along the Famagusta/Dherinia road, imposed in November 2000, prevented UNFICYP from monitoring the whole of the fenced-off area of Varosha.
		Observation by UNFICYP is limited to those areas within Varosha visible from static observation posts and a short patrol route, which is well away from the perimeter fence.
		Crossing of the maritime security lines — the seaward extension of the median line of the buffer zone that vessels of either side are advised, for their own safety, not to cross — continued.
	www.un.int /cyprus/unficyp6.3.htm (1464 words)

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