False homage mocks sacrifice of Eoka fighters
The celebratory orations, the fanfare and the folk-dancing of last Saturday (April 1) commemorating the beginning of the Eoka liberation struggle made me feel a...
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Koursoumba says she has the right to weigh in on all matters child-related
Commissioner for Children’s Rights Leda Koursoumba had said her office has the right to weigh in on matters relating to children’s rights. Koursoumba had last...
British serviceman remembers life in a tent on Cape Greco
Between 1947 and 1963 over two million young men were called up for national service and sent to far flung locations including Korea, Palestine and...
Lessons from the parrot with one word
THIS YEAR, as on every anniversary of April 1, we heard the familiar refrain from the politicians: that we owe our independence to the EOKA...
Honouring the day by restoring unity
THOSE who blame the upcoming legislative elections in May for a slowdown in the Cyprus talks negotiations are simply masking the fact that their positions...
EOKA-era cache found during apartment renovation
Ammunition and explosives believed to be connected with the 1955-1959 EOKA struggle against colonial rule, were discovered during an apartment renovation in Mesa Yitonia in...
Proposal made to name street after Costas Papacostas
By Angelos Anastasiou The Cyprus Friends of the Police Association has suggested to the local authorities in Strovolos, in Nicosia among others, that a street...
Colonial executioner’s personal items acquired by Cyprus for museum
By Andria Kades Personal items belonging to British executioner Harry Allen whose job it was to execute nine Greek Cypriot EOKA fighters in the 1950s...
The many lives of a photo
By Jean Christou Does a picture really paint a thousand words or do a thousand words help paint a more accurate picture? With the Cyprus...
Cyprus Mail archives: The EOKA years
The EOKA years and the road to independence (1955-60) are the focus of the Cyprus Mail’s 70th anniversary archive uploads for the next few weeks....
Cyprus Mail archives: The EOKA years
The EOKA years and the road to independence (1955-60) are the focus of the Cyprus Mail’s 70th anniversary archive uploads for the next few weeks....
EOKA veterans ready to take on British government over torture claims
By Jean Christou A British legal team representing a number of EOKA fighters is to fire its first volley at the UK government on June...
‘An assault upon the people’
A new book by a former BBC journalist recalls his days as a British conscript in Cyprus during the EOKA uprising By Jean Christou British...
Cyprus marks 60 years from EOKA struggle
By Evie Andreou CYPRUS celebrated the 60th anniversary of the start of the EOKA struggle against British colonial rule on Wednesday, with liturgies and events...
The EOKA struggle: what was it all for?
By George Koumoullis AS WE have done every year on this day, today we will celebrate the anniversary (60th) of the start of the EOKA...
Hammond visit not ‘firmed up’
By Jean Christou Political parties were all riled up on Thursday over reports that British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond would be in Cyprus on March...
Two-day conference on 60th anniversary of EOKA struggle
The University of Nicosia and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung are this week organising a two-day conference on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the EOKA struggle...
Laws from a bygone age
By Constantinos Psillides IN CASE you missed it over the last three weeks, Accept-LGBT Cyprus head Costas Gavrielides got into hot water with the police,...
