Refugeedom: always emotive, always with us
By Gavin Jones
Refugeedom is an emotive, complex subject which brings out the best and worst in people and has done so ever since I can remember.
The statistics are ...
Church events to mark invasion anniversary
The Church of Cyprus will hold a series of events to mark the 50-year anniversary of the Turkish invasion, Archbishop Georgios said on Saturday.
In statements on CyBC radio, he ...
Stories from 1974 presented to MPs (videos)
Students from Kokkinochoria high school presented a theatrical performance at the House refugees committee on Tuesday based on testimonies collected from people who lived through the invasion in 1974.
The performance ...
Cyprus to mark ‘black anniversaries’ of coup and invasion (updated)
The missing persons issue is at the forefront as Cyprus marks on Thursday July’s ‘black anniversaries’ of the coup that overthrew Archbishop Makarios from office and the Turkish invasion.
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‘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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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 ...
Bank of Cyprus largely saved the economy after 1974
By Evdokimos Xenophontos
In 1974 foreign banks were totally unwilling to participate in financing the Cyprus economy. It was up to the banking authorities, the finance ministry and the Bank of ...
‘Top secret’ plan for settling north post-invasion
Part of a ‘top secret’ plan on how to settle the north of the island in the wake of the 1974 Turkish invasion was published in Turkish Cypriot media on Wednesday.
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Erdogan unlikely to attend invasion celebrations in north
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not be visiting the north of Cyprus on 20 July, the anniversary of the invasion, according to Kibris Postasi newspaper.
This has dampened speculation in ...
All kinds of threatening gestures, but Russia will not invade Ukraine
I must admit that I googled the plot of the 1997 film ‘Wag the Dog’ before starting to write this. It’s a dark comedy about a US president facing a ...