It got a bit easier to move around Cyprus this spring, an island that suffered division into Turkish and Greek sectors following the 1974 invasion by Turkey to prevent Greece from taking over the whole island. Increased freedom of movement has led to a mini economic boom on the island. A recent study by the Peace Research Institute of Oslo predicted that if Cyprus were to reunify, it could gain up to 1.8 billion Euros per year from tourism and increased trade with Turkey.
See: “No Love Lost: The Two Halves of Aprodite’s Island Remain at Loggerheads,” Special Report on EU Enlargement, The Economist, May 31, 2008, 8-9.
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