00:02Wczoraj dziewczyna drzewa, Akrotiri, w Cyprusie.
00:08To jest akrotiri akrotiri, w cyprusie south, cyprusie,
00:12zainteresowanym z Iraniem, Szahed, na dzień 1 March.
00:18Ta strzałka była jedna z powrotem,
00:20przyjeżdżą województwem w Europie.
00:24Kiedy Chypę jest przeciw, to Europe jest przeciw.
00:28Cyprus znowu pojawia się jako strategiczna frontlina w konfliktycznym i nieprawdopodobny konflikt.
00:36Całd między głównych powers, regionalne tensions i własną dziedzinę dziedziną,
00:42to islanda stało się na krytyczną, geopolityczną frontlina.
00:46Co to znaczy żyć na frontu Europy w czasie wojny?
00:50To jest to, co zobaczymy w tym odcinku do Euronews Investigatesu.
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02:05Powiedziałam się, co maierze.
02:35Nie ma żadnego rodzaju, nie ma żadnego rodzaju.
02:40Odwiedźcie się na następnym dniu, a ciągle 10 dni.
02:44W około 1,000 ludzi zostały evacuada.
02:47Właściwie zostały wśród rodziców,
02:49zazwyczajem w średnicy i w hotelach.
02:54Czy czujesz bezpieczeństwo?
03:01Nie wiem czy jestem gotowy na to odpowiedzialny,
03:06ale myślę, że z tych amyntikach miejsca wokół mnie,
03:12to jest bardzo trudno odpocząć się do przeszłości.
03:26w kraju.
03:28Zajmowała USA w USA
03:30używanej swojej bases w kraju
03:31w defensyjnej operacji.
03:33Wtedy do dronu attacku,
03:35to, że to stronie, to, że to,
03:37to, że to, że to, że to,
03:39to, że to, że to, to,
03:39że to, to, to, to,
03:40że to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to.
03:43Nie wyszeliśmy,
03:47w porządku,
03:48a nie w porządku,
03:50i nie w porządku,
03:51w porządku,
03:53Właś w Świętejmieckim i drogę zostały coś, czego nie chcę rozmawiać.
03:58Nic nie ma nic. W życiu nie ma nic.
04:02Czasem nie ma nic.
04:03Nie ma nic.
04:09Co oczywającym się, że to wydarzenie,
04:12które nie mało trochę zainteresów.
04:14Jak mówił Kuryon,
04:16Przewodnicząca, że Republika w Cyprusie nie ma żadnej autorizacji
04:19do evacuć żadnej sprawy bezpieczeństwa w około 60%
04:24z municipii, including Akrotiri,
04:28jak to jest jedna z jednej strony Sovereigny Bays Areas
04:30administracji przez Britia.
04:33Myślę, że to, że nikt nie jest przygotowany,
04:38szczególnie Sovereign Bays.
04:40Nie są żadnych planów i planów planów w SBA.
04:44What is the general feeling about this basis?
04:49We believe that things should start to change
04:54and actually get a clear sense on whose authorities to do what,
05:00especially with regards to the civil defence issue.
05:06I'm the only mayor in Cyprus that has to deal with two different legislations
05:10and basically two different governments.
05:13But the attack also exposed a deeper controversy.
05:17Would you say these British bases are a threat?
05:21After the incident last month, people are starting to change their mind
05:28and feeling that having a base right next to us
05:34and that gets involved so much in the Middle East crisis
05:39that's happening over and over again,
05:41it's becoming a threat to their country.
05:45The two British bases of Akrotirie and Ekelia cover around 200 square kilometres,
05:52about 3% of Cyprus' territory.
05:55They were retained when Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960.
06:01The right-wing Cypriot government has raised questions about the future of the bases
06:06after the drone strike,
06:08with the issue remaining a long-standing source of political friction.
06:13Actress, TV presenter and activist Melanie Stelio
06:16is among public figures who see the British bases as a legacy of colonialism.
06:21She is speaking out ahead of the May parliamentary elections,
06:25where she is a candidate for the left-wing Akel alliance.
06:29Over 56% of the population of Cyprus don't want the bases to be here anymore.
06:35We're not sending our soldiers there,
06:37but we're giving Cyprus as a permanent aircraft carrier
06:41for the United States of America
06:43and any other power that wants to use us,
06:46including the bases, including RAF Akrotirie.
06:50We're enabling them.
06:52We're giving them our facilities to bomb other countries.
06:57So how is that exactly creating peace?
07:00The Cypriot ministers of defence and foreign affairs declined,
07:04my request to comment on the future of the bases
07:07and on key geopolitical issues.
07:09The focus instead appears to be on reassurance,
07:13with the economy, especially tourism, as a priority.
07:17This key sector, which accounts for around 12% of GDP,
07:21is very vulnerable to external shocks like conflict.
07:25Industry leaders say the response to the drone attack was excessive.
07:31Unjustly so, has been created a big noise out of the incident.
07:40It has been augmented as a newsworthy event, which was not so.
07:46It was one remote incident.
07:48And there was an overreaction from all over the world
07:51that Cyprus is in a war zone,
07:54which, as you can see yourself,
07:57Cyprus remains a very peaceful, safe and friendly destination.
08:02There are also several countries that have issued heightened warnings
08:08for visiting Cyprus.
08:10We found them overreacting and unjust.
08:15Are they overreacting or are we minimising?
08:19Cyprus is open and safe,
08:22no matter if the war continues.
08:26US and Israeli first strikes on Iran on February 28th,
08:30hit just as the tourism season in Cyprus was reopening after winter
08:34and hotel bookings fell by nearly 40% in March.
08:39Cyprus's Deputy Minister of Tourism says the impact
08:42will ultimately depend on how long the conflict lasts.
08:46If the conflict ends tomorrow,
08:49I believe that at the end of the day
08:50we're going to have a very similar performance
08:53to the performance of the year before.
08:55If the conflict ends after the year, for example,
09:00definitely we will observe a reduction
09:02in the total number of tourist arrivals,
09:04but that will take place for every single country
09:09in the Mediterranean zone,
09:10especially for those located in the Eastern Mediterranean.
09:13Cyprus is not part of the conflict,
09:16but it's very close to an unpredictable war.
09:20I disagree with you.
09:22We are not so close.
09:23We are just belonging on the map.
09:27Definitely we are thousands of kilometres away
09:30from the conflict zone.
09:31We are not part of the problem.
09:33Cyprus was always acting as a pillar of peace and stability
09:39in the area of Eastern Mediterranean.
09:42But is the Middle East war altering the balance on the island?
09:47Divided since Turkey's 1974 invasion,
09:51triggered by a Greek-backed coup pushing for union with Greece,
09:55the island remains split between the internationally recognised
09:58EU member Republic of Cyprus in the south
10:01and the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus,
10:05recognised only by Turkey.
10:07A 180-kilometre-long UN buffer zone,
10:10the Green Line separates the two.
10:15Nicosia is considered the last divided capital in the world,
10:19with the Ledra Street checkpoint cutting through its centre.
10:25I have just crossed into a country that officially doesn't exist.
10:32Northern Cyprus is politically dependent on Turkey,
10:36a key player in the Middle East crisis.
10:38After EU countries deployed military assets in the south,
10:42Ankara responded by sending F-16 fighter jets to the north,
10:46sparking controversy.
10:49I raised this issue with a self-declared Turkish Cypriot administration.
10:54Under the gaze of Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey,
10:58I sat down with a hard-line nationalist foreign minister.
11:01Even his title doesn't officially exist,
11:04and it felt like stepping into a 3D history book.
11:08Why did you receive these several F-16?
11:11To show to the world and to the Greek Cypriots
11:14that Turkish Cypriots enjoy the support and security
11:17of the motherland, Turkey.
11:18We are not going to allow the balance,
11:22the military balance established on the island since 1974,
11:26to be changed.
11:27If the Greek Cypriots do anything
11:29to upset this military balance on the island,
11:32then it is our right and Turkey's right
11:35to make sure that this balance is restored.
11:39Around 40,000 Turkish troops are stationed in northern Cyprus.
11:44The Greek Cypriot side wants them withdrawn,
11:47but the Turkish Cypriot side insists they guarantee protection
11:50until a peace settlement is reached.
11:52Former negotiations have been stalled since 2017.
11:58So is this conflict widening the gap
12:02between the north and the south?
12:04Obviously, the Turkish Cypriot people,
12:06they are becoming more aware
12:09that there is no well-meaning policies
12:12of the Greek Cypriots
12:13that respect Turkish Cypriot rights,
12:17Turkish Cypriot entity,
12:19Turkish Cypriot sovereignty.
12:23Nationalists still hold a majority
12:25in the so-called parliament,
12:27but their views are losing consensus,
12:29and a left-wing opposition leader
12:31won the October 2025 presidential election.
12:35Even so, analysts say the current regional crisis
12:39could make reunification less likely anytime soon.
12:46The most obvious outcome would be a deepening of the separation
12:50because people will become entrenched in their own sides.
12:54So it's unlikely that people would leap to the other side
13:01as a result of the conflict
13:02unless there was something pushing them there.
13:03So unless the UN steps in and says,
13:07OK, you know, helping to solve the Cyprus conflict
13:10could help us solve other regional issues,
13:13but I have a feeling that the United Nations
13:16is rather distracted at the moment
13:17and probably is not going to be interested enough
13:21to take up that opportunity.
13:24Besides the military build-up and geopolitics,
13:27the island is also shaped by communities
13:29that fled conflicts.
13:31Many Israelis and Lebanese have relocated here
13:34in search of peace and stability.
13:36In Limassol, I met an Israeli-Jewish restaurant owner.
13:40He arrived in 2022 fleeing violence
13:43one year before the Hamas terrorist attacks,
13:46a traumatic event that prompted many more Israelis
13:49to seek refuge here.
13:51He complained about graffiti
13:53that appeared near his business.
13:56It was a terrorist attack next to us,
13:58so we fled to Cyprus.
14:00It's close to home, and it feels like Israel.
14:04Do you want to go back?
14:05No, no.
14:07Why?
14:08There is no stress here.
14:10Everything here is siga-siga.
14:12What is it, siga-siga?
14:13Slowly, slowly.
14:15OK.
14:16So what do you think about what's happening
14:18in the Middle East at the moment?
14:21We are witnesses to history.
14:23The Jewish nation is saving the world
14:26from the terror regime in Iran,
14:29and with God's help, we will finish them,
14:32and the world will be a better place.
14:34What about the international laws?
14:36The Israeli attacked both Lebanon and Iran.
14:41We are eliminating this threat one and for all.
14:45The same thing we are doing with Iran,
14:47and the same thing we did with Hamas.
14:49It was a threat.
14:50They invaded Israel in October 7, 2023.
14:54Does this justify killing civilians?
14:58We didn't start this war.
14:59We never start...
15:00But did this justify to kill civilians?
15:02We never start the war.
15:04We're just finishing it.
15:08Like this restaurant owner,
15:10a great majority of Israeli Jews, 78%,
15:14continue to support the month-long war on Iran and Lebanon,
15:17according to recent polls.
15:20In Israel, only a minority are opposed
15:23to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war.
15:30Avi Shai, a retired professor of political science,
15:33is among them.
15:34He lived and taught in Cyprus for 10 years
15:37and now visits as a tourist.
15:41My position is against the government
15:44and against the war.
15:46There are children in Gaza.
15:48Having been through what they've been in the last two years,
15:51I can't see them growing up without hatred.
15:55I see the children growing up in Israel
15:58with their fears,
16:00with the prospect of serving in wars
16:03and wars and wars for the rest of their lives.
16:07I was six when Israel was founded
16:12and my sixth...
16:14When I went to first year in school,
16:16we were in shelters and in bombs
16:19and I'm now 85 and I'm in shelters and bombs.
16:23How do you feel about the fact that
16:25your position is still a minority in Israel?
16:30The minority is not always a minority
16:33and there is a hope for change.
16:39At the time of editing my report in mid-April,
16:42more than 2,000 people had been killed in Lebanon.
16:47What are numbers to the wider public
16:49can be family or friends to the Lebanese diaspora.
16:53In Cyprus, many of the 20,000 people of Lebanese descent
16:57watch the news with horror and worry.
16:59Some are still trying to put their lives back together
17:03and keep the pain at bay.
17:05I grew up in Lebanon.
17:07Besides the war, I had a great childhood
17:11and the beauty of Lebanon is inside me.
17:17It's my country, it's my people
17:19and wherever I go, it stays with me.
17:25The Lebanese people are resilient
17:27but now, if you ask any Lebanese,
17:30they don't want to be resilient anymore.
17:32They are tired.
17:33We are all tired.
17:42Over 3 million people have been displaced in Iran
17:45and another 1 million within Lebanon
17:47since the war began.
17:50Humanitarian agencies warn of a potential refugee crisis.
17:54In Cyprus, the authorities say they remain vigilant
17:56despite the country not having seen
17:58large waves of refugees so far.
18:02The Cypriot Migration Minister believes
18:04the EU's new Pact on Migration and Asylum
18:06should help avoid a repeat of the 2015 crisis
18:10when the Syrian civil war
18:12caused the largest refugee movement in Europe
18:14since World War II.
18:17Things have changed since the last refugee crisis in 2015.
18:21We've got more robust legislation
18:25and we believe that we're more ready now
18:29to deal with new refugee crisis.
18:32We are getting ready for the implementation
18:34of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in June.
18:36It's also been pretty controversial.
18:38So are you going to support more people
18:41coming towards Cyprus or less people?
18:43So the new legislation gives us an opportunity
18:47to perform stricter controls at the borders,
18:52expedite our asylum procedures
18:54and improve our return procedures as well.
19:00So it's a general, comprehensive, cohesive legal framework
19:06that will enable us to improve our procedures.
19:09If you are going to have hundreds of thousands of people
19:11coming from Lebanon or Iran, what's going to happen?
19:16We have to examine on an individualized basis
19:19each application, of course, in order to ascertain
19:23whether these individuals are really in danger.
19:28Everyday life in Cyprus goes on as it almost always has, relaxed.
19:33The Middle East war watched from afar,
19:36as if not looking to directly, might keep it at bay.
19:41I left Cyprus feeling the island is already being shaped by the war,
19:46more than people are aware of,
19:48and the authorities are prepared to admit.
19:50and the projet the lawyers appear to be entered yet.
19:51Lifted
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