Maronite language gets written for the first time
The Sanna language, spoken by only 800 people from the island’s Maronite community, has received a writing system in an effort to preserve the language...
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We support return of Maronites to their villages: President
President Nicos Anastasiades said he fully supports the request for the return of all four Maronite villages in the Turkish occupied areas to their legitimate...
Around 60 new applications from Maronites to relocate north
Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou received approximately 50-60 new applications from Maronites requesting to resettle in the northern villages of Kormakitis and Karpasha, he told CNA...
Five Egyptian fishermen released in north after being fined
The five Egyptian fishermen arrested last week by Turkish Cypriot authorities off the coast of Kormakitis have been released, and set off on Friday afternoon...
Fishermen have remand renewed in the north
The five Egyptian fishermen arrested by Turkish Cypriot authorities last week off the coast of Kormakitis were on Tuesday re-remanded in custody for a further...
Fishermen remanded in custody by ‘court’ in north
Five Egyptian fishermen on a Cypriot boat were remanded in custody for three days on Saturday by a ‘court’ in the north, following their arrest...
Government pledges more support for enclaved
The government pledged on Tuesday to do more to help the enclaved, following a recent decision by Turkish Cypriot authorities to start charging customs duties...
Maronites applying to move to their villages in the north
More than 100 Maronites have applied to resettle in the four villages belonging to their community in the north, Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues Fotis...
Preservation of the Maronite Arabic language moving forward
The third phase of an ambitious project to preserve the Cypriot Maronite Arabic (CMA) language was launched by the ministry of education and culture on...
Some young people interested in resettlement in the north, Fotiou says
PRESIDENTIAL Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues and Overseas Cypriots Fotis Fotiou said yesterday he had received several applications from young Greek Cypriots under a resettlement programme...
Kormakitis gathering
MEMBERS OF the local community and parliament visited the Maronite Church of Ayios Georgios tou Sporou in Kormakitis in the north on Sunday to celebrate...