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North Cyprus hosts first Greek schools in three decades
07 March 2005
RIZOKARPASO: Headmaster Savvas Xenophodos has to show his passport every time he travels to his school in this remote and beautiful part of Turkish Cypriot-controlled northern Cyprus.
However, the fact that his Greek-language school is open at all highlights a gentle easing of tensions between Cyprus' feuding Greek and Turkish camps since they split 31 years ago.
The school, which opened its doors last September, has only 10 students, aged 12 to 15, but 15 teachers to cover the full range of subjects. A Greek-language elementary school nearby also has 10 pupils and two teachers. "
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