Children sent to Greece in 1974 a ‘tragic’ aspect of invasion
Children whose parents were forced to send them to Greece after the 1974 Turkish invasion for their own safety are “a tragic story” that has been kept under wraps for decades, ...
Prisoner of war benefits go from ridiculous to bogus
Prisoners of the 1974 war are faced with a slew of injustices, ranging from getting an €8 stipend every month, while others who receive a government subsidy may not have been prisoners ...
Excavations begin to find first victims of 1974 invasion
Excavations in the north, at Pente Mili in Karavas, are underway to find and exhume the bodies of the first people who died during the 1974 Turkish invasion – an estimated 40 to 70 ...
Turkish invasion: 50 years
British teen killed in invasion to be honoured
A British teen who served with Unficyp in 1974 and was killed on July 21, a day after the Turkish invasion, is to be honoured at a ceremony in the UK on ...
Henry Kissinger a champion of war not peace
Now he is dead it may be possible for more light to be shed on the true extent to which he manipulated events in Cyprus in 1974
Henry Kissinger died peacefully ...
Cyprus to increase its contribution to CMP, president says
The government of Cyprus will increase its financial contribution to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) and offer allowances for carers to relatives of those who died or are missing ...
‘Cyprus has failed to address trauma women faced during invasion’
Cyprus has failed to completely address traumatic issues people faced during the 1974 Turkish invasion, especially those of women who were raped, the ZOE vs War Violence foundation said on Tuesday.
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Christodoulides Cyprob manifesto, a lot of noise signifying nothing
Recently, the promised details on the Cyprus problem of Nikos Christodoulides’ election manifesto were made public with great fanfare. I have carefully read the relevant text of some 2,000 words three ...
Remains of presidential guards killed in 1974 identified, handed back to families
The remains of four resistance fighters killed during the 1974 July coup were returned to their families on Wednesday, after their bodies were found in a Limassol cemetery, where they had ...
Groups affected by invasion call for more government support
Groups affected by the 1974 Turkish invasion on Tuesday told the House refugees committee that more needs to be done to support them as some of them, including women raped during ...
Help promised to families of missing persons
Lawmakers on Tuesday pledged to assist the families of missing persons from the 1974 conflict who have complained that the state has all but forgotten them.
Mothers and children of missing ...
Woman raped by invading soldiers says family, God allowed her to carry on
Forty-eight years are not enough for a young girl to forget a rape at the hands of Turkish soldiers, during the 1974 Turkish invasion. Now 62, the girl only identified as M ...
Turkish Cypriots wait to see who will come from Turkey for 1974 anniversary parade
Celebrations in the north to mark the 48th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of July 20, 1974 began on Tuesday, but it looks very unlikely that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan will ...
Former minister speaks of ‘miracle’ rebound of economy after invasion
On the eve of the anniversary of the 1974 invasion, Commerce Minister at the time Michalis Kolokasides recalled the impressive efforts to rebuild Cyprus’ economy after the one third of the ...
War disabled lost benefits with introduction of Gesy
About 700 war-disabled lost free access to health care following the introduction of the national health scheme (Gesy), MPs heard on Tuesday.
Speaking at the House refugee committee, the head of ...