President tells Varosha refugees to ‘be patient’
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday said the government was monitoring and would react accordingly depending on any developments on Varosha, as the House adopted a...
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Myanmar state media says death toll in violence exaggerated
Myanmar’s state media said on Monday that 258 civilians have died in violence in the country in anti-military protests since Feb. 1 and that other...
Complaints after July 15 sirens failed to sound in some areas
Civil defence on Thursday said it did not operate some of the sirens during the coup anniversary because they were undergoing maintenance. The statements follow...
Parliament marks coup and invasion anniversaries
A minute of silence was observed during an extraordinary parliamentary session on Wednesday to mark the anniversaries of the 1974 coup and the Turkish invasion....
Air raid sirens sound to mark coup anniversary (updated)
Air raid sirens sounded at 8.20am on Wednesday to mark the beginning of the coup that took place 46 years ago to overthrow president Makarios....
Parties condemn Junta on 53rd anniversary of Greece coup
Parties on Tuesday condemned the April 21, 1967 coup in Greece, which installed a military dictatorship that ruled for seven years and came to an...
Cyprus marks 45 years since the coup
Sirens sounded around the island at 8.20 on Monday morning to mark 45 years since the coup by the Greek military junta then ruling Greece,...
Restored ‘Resistance Bus’ handed over to Paphos mayor
The National Guard on Monday handed over to Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos a restored Bedford bus, which had been used to transport resistance fighters from...
President receives ‘Cyprus File’
The findings of an inquiry into the events before and after 1974, when president Makarios was overthrown by a coup followed by the Turkish invasion,...
First ‘Cyprus File’ volumes presented to Greek officials (Update 2)
The first four volumes of the Cyprus File were handed over to Greece`s President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday. The Cyprus...
Syllouris files police complaint over ‘slanderous’ online post
By Lizzy Ioannidou House President Demetris Syllouris said on Friday he had filed a complaint with the police on Thursday regarding what he claims to...
Elam slammed for not mentioning the coup at anniversary House session
Far-right Elam was slammed by both socialist Edek and centre-right Diko on Sunday over the party leader Christos Christou’s speech during the special House session...
Kyprianou calls on Anastasiades not to go down as ‘the president of division’ (Update 2)
The House on Sunday held a special session of the plenum to mark 44 years since the 1974 coup and subsequent Turkish invasion. The session...
Sirens sounded to mark coup anniversary
Sirens sounds at 8.20am on Sunday to remind Greek Cypriots of the start of the 1974 coup against President Makarios 44 years ago, which led...
Cyprus to mark 44th anniversary of coup on Sunday
The anniversary of the coup on July 15, 1974 to overthrow the then president, Archbishop Makarios, will be marked on Sunday with the sound of air raid sirens at...
Greek court temporarily freezes asylum to Turkish soldier
Greece won on Monday a temporary injunction freezing asylum granted to a Turkish soldier who fled with seven others to the country after a botched...
‘There’s no going back,’ Zimbabwe’s party tells Mugabe (Update)
Leaders of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe‘s party are making plans to force him from office if the 93-year-old leader resists pressure from the army to quit,...
43 soldiers found guilty of trying to kill Erdogan in Turkey (Update)
A Turkish court on Wednesday found 43 former soldiers guilty of attempting to kill President Tayyip Erdogan during last year’s failed coup, and handed most...
Turkey to detain 254 municipal, ministry staff over Gulen links
Turkish prosecutors issued detention warrants for 254 Istanbul municipality and ministry staff over alleged links to the US-based cleric accused of orchestrating last year’s attempted...
Turkey detains main opposition leader’s lawyer over coup links
Turkey detained the main opposition leader’s lawyer on Friday for alleged links to the network accused of carrying out last year’s failed coup, in a...