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Makarios was sent package labelled ‘poison’
THE EXILE of Archbishop Makarios was planned by the British only a few months after the EOKA struggle began, according to the first batch of colonial administration records released yesterday by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).The British, who believed the Primate to be heavily involved in the organisation’s struggle for Cyprus’ independence, exiled him, along with the Kyrenia Bishop and two other priests – Stavros Papagathangelou and Polykarpos Ioannides - to Mahe island in the Seychelles in 1956.He was released after a year but not allowed to return to Cyprus.The documents have been made public in the National Archives and are part of a series, which will continue to be released until 2013... 4 comments
Political insults of the past
WE ARE often forced to witness a level of political discourse unbecoming to politicians of an EU member-state, but a new publication has revealed that insults and mud-slinging were far cruder and more cruel a few decades ago.Perhaps one of the most outspoken - and rude - was respected doctor Themistocles Dervis, who also served as mayor of Nicosia between 1929 and 1946.Dervis, a fierce opponent of Archbishop Makarios, did not pull any punches in his criticism of Cyprus’ first president.“Dervis was unrestrained in his use of adjectives against the archbishop and his government,” writes veteran journalist Panayiotis Papademetris in the first edition of the magazine To Parelthon Simera (the past today). ... 2 comments
