(23 Apr 2013)
1. Wide of United Nations buffer zone between Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Cyprus, with Greek suburbs near border crossing in background
2. Mid of Turkish observation post
3. Close of Cypriot flag
4. Various of people crossing border opening on Ledras street in downtown Nicosia
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michel Bonnardeaux, Spokesman for UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP):
"Today, as opposed to 10 years ago, today you have over half a million per 6 month period, over a million people go through those crossings every year, so that means over 10 years, about 10 million crossings. And what that really does is to build confidence between the two communities. It means that they get to know each other better and it builds trust."
6. Various of people crossing border between Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Cyprus
7. Close of Turkish sweets being cut
8. Wide of Hassan Cirakli, Turkish sweetshop owner, preparing sweets for customer
9. Mid of Andreas Paralikis, former schoolmate of Cirakli, attending to customers inside the sweetshop
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andreas Paralikis, Greek Cypriot manager of printing company in Cyprus:
"Right before the war of '74, for at least the last 2 or 3 years, I had a number of Turkish-Cypriot classmates, so when the borders opened in 2003 I thought I might as well find them. It wasn't that I was very close to them but I really wanted to get to know them more because after about 30 years of separation, I wanted to get to know my Turkish-Cypriot compatriots."
11. Mid of tourists looking through window of sweetshop
12. Various of Cirakli and Paralikis
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hassan Cirakli, Turkish Cypriot owner of sweetshop in Turkish zone of Nicosia:
"The opening of the gates has opened a big door for the Turkish, especially for the Turkish Cypriots, because we were in a sort of enclave. I mean we were... we didn't have any relations with the outside world, but with the opening of the borders we were able to make or meet friends which we haven't seen for a long time and also have close ties with the whole world."
14. Wide of border
15. Mid of mosque minarets seen through barbed-wire fence
16. Various set up shots for Professor Hubert Faustmann
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Hubert Faustmann, political analyst and Associate Professor of History and Political Science at the University of Nicosia:
"It worsened the prospect for settlement, inasmuchas it weakened the newly ruling Greek-Cypriot President. The prospects for a solution are not as good as they used to be. The Greek Cypriots will be very busy with themselves. A solution is costly and there is less money now, or hardly any money if any money left, to finance that. So I think that the wider repercussions, the political repercussions, of the economic crisis are more significant for reunification, the economic repercussions will be part of the general recession that the Greek-Cypriots will be going through."
18. Mid of Cirakli and Paralikis sitting together
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andreas Paralikis, Greek Cypriot manager of printing company in Cyprus:
"I feel that the next couple of years are very very critical and although I would like to hope, I am not very optimistic."
20. Wide, tracking of Andreas and Hassan walking
STORYLINE:
With the Cypriot economy in a critical condition, hopes for the reunification of the Turkish Cypriot north and Greek Cypriot south are fading.
The island has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded northern Cyprus following a failed coup by supporters of union with Greece.


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