#The Missing

A group representing the missing persons has called on EU MP Fidias Panayiotou to apologise to them on Monday, after they accused him of “mocking and disrespecting” them in a ...

Eight more archaeologists and a new digger have been secured with Cyprus’ latest funds for the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP). The agreement for €300,000 was signed on Monday at the ...

By Rebekah Gregoriades Quoting Thucydides “for the whole earth is the tomb of famous men”, President Nikos Christodoulides said burying the remains of Greeks missing since intercommunal strife in the 1960...

The missing persons issue is the saddest aspect of the drama that marked Cyprus in the summer of 1974, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Sunday. He was speaking at the ...

Out of the 36 children missing since the 1974 Turkish invasion, only 20 have been identified so far, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday in his address at the naming ceremony of the ‘...

Cyprus will increase its contribution to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) and intensify the excavations to locate missing persons, Government Spokesman ...

Switzerland and the committee of missing persons (CMP) signed an agreement for the contribution of one million Swiss francs on Wednesday an announcement said. According to the announcement, the 1 million ...

The funeral of Xenophon Kallis, the head of the missing persons service at the foreign ministry for many years, was held on Tuesday, in Dali. Kallis dedicated his life to ...

Truth is the basis for peace, lawyer and member of non-governmental organisation TruthNOW Achilleas Demetriades stated on Monday. Demetriades, who is spearheading efforts towards the establishment of a truth commission ...

The Standing Rapporteur on missing persons in Cyprus, MEP Isabel Santos said on Monday that time represents the biggest challenge in ascertaining the fate of those still missing. Santos, who ...

Women’s organisation Pogo called on Wednesday for a monument to be built in the capital to honour females who fell victim to war crimes in 1974. The statement said the ...

The funeral for Andreas Georgiou whose fate was unknown since the 1974 invasion, was held on Saturday after his remains were identified through DNA testing. “His parents Stavros and Athena endured ...

Today ‘we honour those who fought on the front line’, the office of the presidential commissioner said marking the Missing Persons’ Day on Saturday. President Nicos Anastasiades also marked the ...

The Republic of Cyprus has donated a total of €252,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons in 2022, with the latest tranche of €175,000 being handed over on Monday at a meeting between ...

The people depicted in recently published photographs appear to be included in the list of missing persons, presidential commissioner Photis Photiou said on Monday after a cabinet meeting at the ...

The international community must pressure Turkey to reveal details of burial sites of Cyprus’ missing persons if there is any hope of ever finding them, presidential commissioner Fotis Fotiou said ...

The government wants an exhumation to be carried out at a landfill in occupied Dikomo, at a mass-grave site where it’s thought the remains of dozens of missing Greek ...

The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has called on the Turkish authorities to abide by their international obligations and pay the “just satisfaction” awarded by the European Court ...

The Christmas tree dedicated to the Missing symbolises Turkey’s responsibility for the ongoing tragedy of the relatives who have been waiting for almost five decades to learn what happened ...

Two Greek Cypriot soldiers missing since the invasion are reportedly buried in the garden of a house in Varosha, according to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeni Duzen. The report focuses on ...