"Shopping street in Cyprus divided capital brings sign of change
Charlie Charalambous
AFP
November 28, 2005
NICOSIA -- Rusty barbed wire, abandoned buildings and military checkpoints are visible symbols of the Mediterranean island's decades-long partition but moves to reopen a major shopping street in Cyprus' divided capital are bringing signs of change.
Conflict between the island's Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities has kept Ledra Street, in the heart of Nicosia, closed for more than four decades.
The Greek Cypriot mayor of Nicosia, Michalakis Zampelas, hopes that Cyprus' version of the Berlin Wall will come tumbling down with the reopening of Ledra Street and prove a catalyst for change. "
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