authorities to open that stretch of beach in Varosha with the Security Council, spokesperson for the peacekeeping force Aleem Siddique said on Friday. The UN announced its "position on Varosha is unchanged and we are monitoring the situation closely". In October 2022, the Turkish Cypriots announced that public institutions will be opened in the city. Cultural References Varosha was analyzed by Alan Weisman in his book The world without us as an example of the unstoppable power of nature. Filmmaker Greek Cypriot Michael Cacoyannis described the city and interviewed its exiled citizens in the film Attilas '74, produced in 1975. In 2021, the Belarusian group Main-De-Gloire dedicates a song to this city that has become a ghostly place. Gallery References External links BBC News - Varosha: The abandoned tourist resort Hopes for reunification NYTimes, 2015 Nearly 50 Years On, a Forbidden Seaside Ghost Town is about to Re-Open The abandoned town in Cyprus Former populated places in Cyprus Ghost towns in Asia Ghost towns in Europe Famagusta Greek Cypriot villages depopulated during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus Modern ruins