The first of these bi-communal meetings held in the buffer zone took place in 1990. As the interest was growing, series of conflict resolution workshops and trainings were held, and bi-communal activities expanded rapidly. In April 2003, the restrictions that prevented people from crossing the Green Line were partially lifted. In contrast to the northern authorities' postulate that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots could never live peacefully together, the scenes following the opening of the checkpoints resembled those in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first of these bi-communal meetings held in the buffer zone took place in 1990. As the interest was growing, series of conflict resolution workshops and trainings were held, and bi-communal activities expanded rapidly. In April 2003, the restrictions that prevented people from crossing the Green Line were partially lifted. In contrast to the northern authorities' postulate that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots could never live peacefully together, the scenes following the opening of the checkpoints resembled those in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first of these bi-communal meetings held in the buffer zone took place in 1990. As the interest was growing, series of conflict resolution workshops and trainings were held, and bi-communal activities expanded rapidly. In April 2003, the restrictions that prevented people from crossing the Green Line were partially lifted. In contrast to the northern authorities' postulate that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots could never live peacefully together, the scenes following the opening of the checkpoints resembled those in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first of these bi-communal meetings held in the buffer zone took place in 1990. As the interest was growing, series of conflict resolution workshops and trainings were held, and bi-communal activities expanded rapidly. In April 2003, the restrictions that prevented people from crossing the Green Line were partially lifted. In contrast to the northern authorities' postulate that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots could never live peacefully together, the scenes following the opening of the checkpoints resembled those in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.