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After the 1989 opening of the Brandenburg Gate, symbol of Berlin's Cold War division, Nicosia became Europe's last divided city, and the Ledra Street barricade was the most poignant symbol of the divide. The last divided capital in Europe. On first week of April the barricade will be removed . Many news agencies and journalists are covering this event. In the photo a Greek-Cypriot soldier is looking at the other side of his country occupied in 1974 by Turkish army.