Members of both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot unions of journalists joined forces to plant trees “on the soil of their common homeland”, as stated in a joint press release.

The tree-planting initiative occurred last Saturday in the Trachonas area, situated in the north. Olive trees were planted in a space adjacent to a children’s park, and a commemorative sign will be erected at the site.

This initiative reciprocates a similar event conducted in Pervolia, near Larnaca, in March 2017.