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Nicosia to ask for excavation of site in Famagusta where two missing reported buried

Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 19, 2021

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 19, 20210455

Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said on Tuesday he has asked the Greek Cypriot representative on the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) to ask, for humanitarian...

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Dramatic reduction in exhumations for missing persons

Staff ReporterJune 9, 2021

By Staff ReporterJune 9, 20210329

By Mary Spyrou The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is “particularly concerned” over the dramatic reduction in the number of human remains found in recent...

Cyprus

Coronavirus: New measures in north will hit enclaved hard

Katy TurnerDecember 13, 2020

By Katy TurnerDecember 13, 202001805

The decision in the north which effectively bans anyone from travelling to or from the Karpasia and Maronite villages, causes problems to Greek Cypriots, especially...

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Over half of missing persons cases remain unresolved

Staff ReporterJuly 20, 2020

By Staff ReporterJuly 20, 20200876

Over half of cases before CMP remain unresolved Over 50 per cent of cases before the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) are still missing, and...

Cyprus

Options mulled for 2020 overseas Cypriots conference

Annette ChrysostomouMay 29, 2020

By Annette ChrysostomouMay 29, 20200461

Taking into account the coronavirus, there are two options for holding the annual expat conference in the summer, presidential commissioner for humanitarian issues and overseas...

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Coronavirus: Turkish Cypriot side will deliver humanitarian aid to enclaved, Photiou says

Evie AndreouApril 14, 2020

By Evie AndreouApril 14, 202001016

Turkish Cypriot authorities will this week distribute humanitarian aid to enclaved Greek Cypriots and Maronites escorted by Unficyp staff, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said on...

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Greek officer’s remains to be handed over to family after 46 years

Nick TheodoulouFebruary 12, 2020

By Nick TheodoulouFebruary 12, 20200658

The remains of a Greek officer killed during the fighting in 1974 will be handed over on Thursday – allowing his relatives to bury him...

Cyprus

Nostos programme to continue with focus on youth

Source: Cyprus News AgencySeptember 29, 2019

By Source: Cyprus News AgencySeptember 29, 20190166

Nostos – The Return, a programme implemented in the context of the trilateral cooperation between Cyprus, Greece and Egypt on diaspora issues, will continue with...

Cyprus

Rizokarpaso students to enjoy afterschool activities for first time since ‘74

Source: Cyprus News AgencySeptember 12, 2019September 12, 2019

By Source: Cyprus News AgencySeptember 12, 2019September 12, 20190587

For the first time since 1974, students attending enclaved schools at Rizokarpaso, will have the chance to enjoy afterschool activities such as learning foreign languages,...

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Cyprus–Greece–Israel trilateral cooperation on diaspora ‘becoming a reality’

Source: Cyprus News AgencyAugust 28, 2019

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyAugust 28, 20190994

Presidential Commissioner, Photis Photiou said on Wednesday that a trilateral cooperation mechanism established between Cyprus, Greece and Israel on the diaspora was becoming a reality....

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Push to relocate remains of those killed in invasion for reburial in the Republic

Andria KadesAugust 21, 2019August 21, 2019

By Andria KadesAugust 21, 2019August 21, 20190485

Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou submitted to cabinet on Wednesday, a proposal to investigate, exhume and identify the remains of some 500 Greek Cypriots and Greeks...

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‘Islamisation of the north’ to be discussed at this year’s Overseas Cypriots conference

Staff ReporterAugust 8, 2019

By Staff ReporterAugust 8, 20190910

The ‘Islamisation of the north’ will be addressed during the congress of overseas Cypriots in Nicosia from August 27-30, the Cyprus News Agency reported on...

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Turkish side not responding to efforts to resume talks

Source: Cyprus News AgencyApril 14, 2019

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyApril 14, 20190205

The Turkish side is not responding to efforts to lift the deadlock and proceed with the resumption of settlement talks, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said...

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Diaspora chambers in Australia launches trade initiative with Cyprus, Greece and Egypt

Source: Cyprus News AgencyMarch 26, 2019March 26, 2019

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyMarch 26, 2019March 26, 20190222

The Chambers of Commerce of the Cypriot, Greek and Egyptian diasporas in Australia are preparing an action plan to promote trade and investment relations with...

Cyprus

Commemoration for 2,200 children of Holocaust survivors born in Cyprus

Staff ReporterFebruary 12, 2019February 12, 2019

By Staff ReporterFebruary 12, 2019February 12, 20190166

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday visited a monument in Nicosia dedicated to the 2,200 children of Holocaust survivors who were born in British detention...

Cyprus

CMP hopes Cyprus File will be of use in finding Missing

Peter MichaelFebruary 4, 2019

By Peter MichaelFebruary 4, 20190120

The CMP hopes to be able to use information in the Cyprus File to find missing persons, Greek Cypriot representative to the group Nestoras Nestoros...

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Remains of a TC victim of Athalassa bombing handed over to relatives

Staff ReporterNovember 27, 2018

By Staff ReporterNovember 27, 20180221

The remains of one of three Turkish Cypriots killed along with dozens of Greek Cypriot at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital in Nicosia when it was...

Cyprus

Around 60 new applications from Maronites to relocate north

Peter MichaelNovember 16, 2018

By Peter MichaelNovember 16, 20180144

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...

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Turkey’s attitude on missing persons ‘criminal and inhuman’, Photiou says

Source: Cyprus News AgencyJune 24, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyJune 24, 2018129 160

Turkey’s attitude on the humanitarian issue of missing persons is criminal and inhuman, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou has said, adding that the international community had...

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Government ‘satisfied’ with numbers moving to Karpas

Evie AndreouMay 15, 2018

By Evie AndreouMay 15, 2018180 112

Commissioner for humanitarian affairs Photis Photiou on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the interest of young couples in resettling in the Karpas peninsula. Photiou was briefing...