Twenty years on, trade across the divide remains a trickle

Earlier this month, the European Commission adopted the “2024 Annual Action Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community to facilitate Cyprus’ reunification and to support the socio-economic development of the community”.

But 20 years on, what is the actual reality of trade across the Green Line?

For 2023, the value of exports from Cyprus to the EU and UK was €1,096.3 million. Sales using Green Line Regulations (GLR) from northern Cyprus to the south amounted to €16.0m – a drop in the ocean...