#1974 Turkish invasion

Air raid sirens wailed across Cyprus at dawn on Saturday as Greek Cypriots mourned, and Turkish Cypriots celebrated 50 years since the Turkish invasion. “This is a difficult day for everyone,” ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday unveiled busts for Christos Fotis, Tasos Markos and Andreas Arrestis, whom he called heroes during a memorial ceremony at the Tomb of Makedonitissa. The three ...

A Turkish Cypriot who was held captive in Limassol by Greek Cypriots for 93 days after Turkey’s invasion of the island has opened up about his experience on the eve ...

‘Panicking, we hid in the bathroom’ By Emilia Christofi It was a Saturday morning, August 24, 1974, ten days after the second wave of the Turkish invasion. Charalambos Zenou and Paraskevoula Charalambous ...

It is exactly 50 years today that Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus, was launched and within a few weeks – by August 16 – the offensive was completed, with the invasion force spreading eastwards ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday instructed his government to explore the possibility of offering financial and psychological support to the children of missing persons. The decision came as he met ...

Turkey and Greece’s defence ministries have exchanged barbs over recent statements made by Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias on the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. During a trip to ...

In a special session of the House of Representatives on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of ‘twin crime’ of the coup and occupation attended by the president, the party ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Monday urged that Greek Cypriots “dare to take the next step” in the Cyprus issue in a parliamentary speech to mark the July 1974 coup and ...

In a career spanning five decades, journalist Michael Nicholson made his reputation covering wars from Vietnam to Rwanda, but few scoops were as bittersweet as the one he clinched on ...

Sirens will sound across Cyprus on July 15 and 20 as part of events to mark the anniversary of the 1974 coup and Turkish invasion, the civil defence said on Friday. On Monday, ...

UK political parties on Monday have responded to a call by the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK to pledge their support for a free and reunified Cyprus, as ...

The Press and Information Office (PIO) is presenting the short film entitled “Cyprus Problem: 50 years is far too long”. That “50 years is far too long” is stated unequivocally in this ...

The repercussions of the 1974 Turkish invasion, including the unseen aspects of women and children, were at the centre of a meeting on Friday between an American Hellenic Institute Foundation (Ahif) ...

For centuries, ancient artefacts, art, and relics have been a topic of ownership, provenance and morality debates. But what is the current situation for those who have intentionally purchased stolen ...

With the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion fast approaching, a poignant new exhibition at the Cyprus Folk Art Museum in Nicosia takes visitors on a journey through some of ...

A new film documents how antiquities department director Vassos Karageorghis’ oversaw the safekeeping of the Cyprus Museum’s artefacts in the panic of 1974 On August 16 or 17, 1974 – a couple of days ...

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...

A group of Greek-American US Congress members from the Hellenic Caucus have sent a letter to US President Joe Biden, urging him to formally welcome President Nikos Christodoulides, to the ...

Ayia Napa Mayor Christos Zanettou said he hoped the refugee stamp would soon be replaced with a peace stamp, during the inauguration of an exhibition at the centre of Sefer ...

An Australian MP of Greek Cypriot heritage has reportedly been suspended from a sub-faction of the Victorian Labour Party after sparking factional in-fighting over a speech backing Cyprus. According to ...

Opposition Akel on Monday called for an immediate resumption of Cyprus talks in a memorandum presented to the UN as part of an event in Dherynia to mark the second ...

Monday marks the 49th anniversary of the second phase of the Turkish invasion during which Turkish military forces who invaded the island on July 20, 1974, seized more areas of the Republic, ...

The resumption of a new effort for a Cyprus settlement has been set as a priority by the Government of Nikos Christodoulides, the Minister of Justice and Public Order, Anna ...