Reports of missing Greek Cypriot soldiers buried in Varosha garden
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...
The Missing
Turkey donates US $100,000 to CMP
Turkey has donated 100,000 US dollars (€84,500) to the committee on missing persons (CMP), it was announced on Wednesday. In a statement, the CMP thanked...
Turkish Cypriots deny CMP work has been halted
Turkish Cypriot officials on Wednesday denied that work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has halted in the north and certainly not due to...
Greek officer’s remains to be handed over to family after 46 years
The remains of a Greek officer killed during the fighting in 1974 will be handed over on Thursday – allowing his relatives to bury him...
Nearly half of relatives believe Missing could still be alive
Forty per cent of relatives of the Missing still believe that their loved ones could be alive decades after the events of 1974 and the...
President: come to me with information on the Missing
President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday called on anyone with information on missing persons from the intercommunal troubles of the 1960s and the Turkish invasion to...
CMP carrying out new excavations for Missing
The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has started two excavations this week to locate remains of Turkish Cypriots missing since 1964 and of Greek Cypriots...
CMP seeking to expand military zone excavations in 2019
The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) will be requesting new permission to excavate in military zones in 2019 in their search for remains, the Turkish...
MEPs call on access to military sites in search for missing
A delegation of MEPs on Wednesday called for full access to every possible burial site where the remains of the missing persons might be buried....
CMP apologises for wrongly identifying remains of missing person
The committee on missing persons (CMP) said Saturday it had recently found out that the remains returned to a family in 2009 belonged to the...
Religious leaders unite in missing call
The leaders of religious communities in Cyprus joined forces with the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in a call for new information on burial sites...
UNFICYP archives opened up to aid search for missing
By Evie Andreou Cyprus’ request to access the archives of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in the hopes it would shed more...
CMP in Brussels to seek further funding
Members of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) have visited Brussels to muster further financial and political support for the exhumation programme. A statement from...
Art unites
By Maria Gregoriou After being performed in Nicosia earlier this year, the Turkish play The Missing by young writer, director, poet and playwright Aliye Ummanel...
A battle against time for relatives of the Missing
By Constantinos Psyllides WHILE URGING the public to give information on the burial sites and whereabouts of missing persons is a step forward, the Turkish...
The human effect
By Maria Gregoriou The Satiriko Theatre in Nicosia will stage the Turkish play The Missing by young writer, director, poet and playwright Aliye Ummanel on...