On the 11th of March, a group of artists gathered on the northern side of Nicosia, the last divided capital city in the world. They were all there to take part in a European Union-funded residency, aiming to bridge the border between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities.
The island of Cyprus has long been a contested area, its history a series of invasions and occupations by foreign powers. In the 16th century it was seized by the Ottoman Empire who held onto control of the island until it was taken over by the British Empire in the late …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
