Restored Cypriot monastery opens as peace talks begin

takes a photo of the church at the Apostolos Andreas Monastery, on a rocky outcrop near the tip of Cyprus’s northeastern Karpass Peninsula, which opened yesterday after two years of restoration works. The 5-millioneuro project was funded by both ethnic communities, with a small contribution from the US Agency for International Development (USAID). ‘Completion of the renovation project by Greek and Turkish Cypriots offers a message of hope,’ tweeted Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, in Switzerland for new UN-backed peace talks on a peace deal.