President unveils Noratlas aircraft in honour of Greek commandos [V] (Update 2)
An aircraft, similar to the Noratlas transport plane which was shot down by friendly fire during the 1974 Turkish invasion, was unveiled on Friday by...
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Cyprus to honour the fallen heroes of doomed Noratlas
An aircraft, similar to Noratlas transport plane which was shot down by friendly fire during the 1974 Turkish invasion, will be unveiled on the 44th anniversary...
Military gear found at Noratlas site handed to National Guard
Military equipment and other findings located at the Makedonitissa military cemetery in Nicosia during excavations to unearth the remains of an aircraft carrying Greek commandos...
Noratlas plane arrives from Greece to form invasion memorial
A Noratlas transport plane arrived in Cyprus from Greece on Monday and was taken to a military cemetery in Nicosia to be used as a...
Unidentified bone fragments of Greek commandos buried in Nicosia
Fragments of bone belonging to 15 Greek commandos on board the Noratlas plane, that were unearthed last year and could not be identified though DNA...
Anastasiades off to Athens on Monday
President Nicos Anastasiades travels to Athens on Monday where he will attend an event for the Greek missing persons from the Turkish invasion. At the...
Bodies of Greek soldiers downed in 1974 returned home
The remains of 16 Greek soldiers who died as a result of friendly fire in July 1974 were transferred to Greece on Tuesday after a...
Only survivor of doomed Noratlas mission dies
Thanasis Zafiriou, the only survivor from a Greek military transport plane shot down by friendly fire in Cyprus in July 1974, has died, it was...
Apology for tardy identification of Greeks killed in 1974
Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Photis Photiou on Monday apologised on behalf of the Cyprus government to the families of Greek soldiers, shot down by...
Discussions to begin on whether to excavate two Noratlas planes
Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues and Overseas Cypriots Photis Photiou is set to discuss with the ambassador of Greece a course of action for two...
Two more Noratlas planes from ’74 found buried in old Nicosia airport
Two more Greek military transport planes badly damaged by friendly fire in July 1974 have been located, this time near the old Nicosia airport, according...
Remains of Noratlas soldiers will be repatriated within weeks
The remains of 15 Greek soldiers killed during an airborne operation in Cyprus during the 1974 invasion, have been identified and will be repatriated in...
‘Intensive month’ ahead on issue of missing persons
January will be an intensive month for the issue of missing persons, Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Fotis Fotiou told the Cyprus News Agency in an interview...
Noratlas excavations to be concluded in the next few days
Εxcavations to locate a Greek military aircraft which was shot down by friendly fire in the summer of 1974 and the remains of the soldiers...
Experts do not expect problems in Noratlas identification process
Human remains found during excavations at a military cemetery where a Greek transport aircraft carrying commandos was buried in 1974 were in good condition and...
Two more skeletons found in Trahonas (updated)
The discovery of two more human skeletons and the remains of combat attire raised hopes on Thursday that experts have managed to locate a mass...
Human remains found in Noratlas search
By George Psyllides Human remains have been found during excavations at a military cemetery where a Greek transport aircraft carrying commandos was buried in 1974,...
Noratlas remains located
By George Psylides Crews have found part of the fuselage and the cockpit of a Greek military transport plane shot down by friendly fire in...
Second phase of Noratlas search begins
The second phase of excavations to locate Noratlas, a Greek military plane shot down by friendly fire during the 1974 Turkish invasion, began on Thursday at...
Search for missing commandos enters second phase
The second, difficult and potentially dangerous, phase of a search for the remains of Greek commandos killed when their transport plane was shot down by...
