1960s intercommunal troubles Archives

The government was merely honouring a 2009 agreement between the two communities when it allowed a bus convoy of Turkish Cypriots through to the government-controlled...

Cyprus

Remains of Greeks missing since 1964 to be exhumed

George PsyllidesApril 3, 2017

By George PsyllidesApril 3, 20175 98

As part of the search for people missing since the intercommunal strife in the 1960s and the Turkish invasion in 1974, experts will this week...

Cyprus

RAF man given medal for saving Cypriot families in 1963-64

Annette ChrysostomouDecember 31, 2015November 14, 2016

By Annette ChrysostomouDecember 31, 2015November 14, 2016136 202

By Annette Chrysostomou After more than 50 years, an ex-RAF serviceman was awarded a medal for saving Cypriot families during the conflicts in the 1960s,...

Cyprus Talks

A time before the divide

Agnieszka RakoczyJune 15, 2014November 15, 2016

By Agnieszka RakoczyJune 15, 2014November 15, 201636 153

Same mahalle or neighbourhood, two different worlds. Yet behind the barbed wire on either side of the Ayios Kassianos divide in Nicosia’s old city, lingering...

Cyprus

Setting the record straight over the troubles of 63-64

CM Guest ColumnistMarch 9, 2014March 9, 2014

By CM Guest ColumnistMarch 9, 2014March 9, 201447 596

By Philippos Stylianou I GAVE A lot of thought as to whether I should respond to my old Enosis colleague and dear friend Loucas Charalambous...

CM Regular Columnist

How was it possible to honour the fighters of 63?

Loucas CharalambousJanuary 12, 2014November 3, 2016

By Loucas CharalambousJanuary 12, 2014November 3, 201610 142

By Loucas Charalambous WHEN I was writing my comment about the events of 1963 which was published in this space on December 22, I was...

Cyprus

1963 is still a historical minefield

Elias HazouDecember 22, 2013November 15, 2016

By Elias HazouDecember 22, 2013November 15, 2016145 3664

By Elias Hazou THE FANATICS won: that’s the view shared by a growing number of modern historians and researchers on the outbreak of inter-communal violence...