Relatives of missing persons march to crossing point, hand resolution
Relatives of missing persons on Friday urged the UN chief to renew his efforts to determine the fate their loved ones without further delay and marched from the House to ...
Missing persons a European issue, says EP rapporteur
The issue of missing persons in Cyprus is a European issue and the EU could make resolving it a condition for continuing its financial support to Turkey, European Parliament rapporteur ...
Vafeades urges UN to use ‘all tools available’ to protect civilians in war
Protecting civilians in times of war is a moral imperative, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said, while representing Cyprus at a United Nations security council working debate on the matter.
He ...
‘Missing persons issue a prerequisite for peace’
Investigations into the fate of missing persons are not only a legal obligation but a moral imperative and a prerequisite for peace, Cyprus’ Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Maria ...
Funeral held for Polis woman missing since 1974
A funeral was held on Friday for a woman from Polis Chrysochous who had been missing since 1974, and whose remains were unearthed by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP).
Ayse ...
Cyprus demands answers on missing persons at UN Assembly
The pain of uncertainty still haunts families in Cyprus, five decades after the island was divided. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Cypriot diplomat Rona Panteli called the issue of ...
Mexicans hope uncovered mass grave sheds light on missing relatives
The families of many Mexicans who have been missing for years are looking for answers in the discovery of piles of clothes, shoes and skeletal remains at a ranch in ...
Efforts ongoing to keep Missing issue alive at CoE
Efforts are ceaseless to keep the issue of Missing people in Cyprus open on a Council of Europe level, along with the question of territory, as part of Cyprus’ fourth ...
‘It is our duty to learn the fate of all the missing’
Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Anna Aristotelous on Sunday said it is the government’s “duty and commitment” to ascertain the fate of all the people who went missing during Turkey’s ...
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 ...
President inaugurates monument of fallen and missing persons in Mosfiloti
President Nikos Christodoulides attended the unveiling ceremony of the Monument of Fallen, and Missing Persons of the Pigi and Peristerona Communities in Famagusta during the Turkish invasion of 1974.
During his ...
Cyprus and Armenia to work together on missing persons
Cyprus and Armenia reaffirmed that they will cooperate on the issue of missing persons faced by both countries.
The confirmation came during a meeting between the head of humanitarian affairs ...
Aristotelous vows unyielding pursuit for truth about missing persons
The head of Humanitarian Affairs for Missing and Enclaved Persons Anna Aristotelous stressed her office’s “unwavering commitment to uncovering the truth about the missing individuals.”
Speaking at an event ...
EU MP says she is in favour of truth commission for Cyprus missing persons
EU MP and rapporteur on missing persons in Cyprus Isabel Santos on Sunday said she supports the idea of creating a truth and reconciliation commission on the island, and that ...
Turkish Cypriot missing since 1963 troubles to be buried on Friday
A Turkish Cypriot missing person, who was found and identified by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), will be buried on Friday.
Mustafa Mulla Huseyin was 27 years old and married ...
Delegation to discuss missing persons issue in European Parliament
The House of Representatives announced this week that the issue of missing persons in Cyprus will be discussed during a visit of the Standing Committee on Refugees, Enclaved, Missing, and ...
CMP reps stress importance of cooperation to find missing
The Representatives of the Greek Cypriot community and the Turkish Cypriot community to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), Leonidas Pantelides and Hakki Muftuzade, respectively, on Sunday underlined the importance ...
Consultations continue for UN envoy appointment, Lacroix says
The UN Secretary-General continues to be in active consultation with both sides on the appointment of an envoy for the Cyprus problem, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix said ...
Tatar meets EU rapporteur on missing persons in Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar held a meeting with Isabel Santos, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on missing persons in Cyprus, on Thursday.
The meeting was also attended by Confidence ...
Xenophon Kallis, champion of missing persons, dies aged 73 (Updated)
Xenophon Kallis, head of the missing persons service at the foreign ministry for many years, has passed away at the age of 73 after a long battle with cancer, CyBc reported ...
CMP using geophysics to ratchet up search for remains of the missing
The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is striving to accelerate the pace of recovery, identification, and return of remains to the families and are utilising new technologies to help in ...
CMP begins excavation for missing TCs in Aloa
Excavation works have started in the Aloa village, where dozens of Turkish Cypriots were killed ahead of the second leg of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus 1974, the Turkish Cypriot member ...
EP Rapporteur on missing persons visits Cyprus
The Standing Rapporteur on the missing persons in Cyprus, MEP Isabel Santos met with relatives of the missing during her visit on the island on Saturday.
Santos held meetings with ...
Demetriou says parliament will promote issue of missing persons
House Speaker Annita Demetriou on Thursday emphasised the urgency of addressing the fate of missing persons in Cyprus and called for pressure to be exerted on Turkey to allow access ...