1974

Opinion

52 years on, and Cyprus still doesn’t know where its dead are

Fifty-two years after Turkey's invasion, and the occupation of Republic of Cyprus territory that followed, the wounds are still...
Local

Up to 70 people wrongly claim 1974 POW benefits, association says

Cyprus authorities are examining allegations that dozens of people may have been wrongly added to the official list of...
Politics

EU Parliament votes for memorial to victims of sexual violence in 1974

The new parliamentary year at the European Parliament has begun with an important development for Cyprus, following the approval...
Opinion

We once feared we would forget. Now we risk getting used to it…

We grew up with “I do not forget”: with our parents’ stories about the homes they left behind, with...
Local

Charalambos Alexandrou: Turkey had been trying to dismantle the Republic of Cyprus since 1963

Fifty-two years on, Cyprus is still searching for answers about the causes, the mistakes and the omissions that led...
Opinion

What are you doing, nationalist, in Kyrenia?

Kyrenia was on the table. Handed over to the Turks, part of the deal. It sat right there on...
Opinion

The Republic of Cyprus needs constant defending, and constant renewal

The Republic of Cyprus is not just our shared home, our state. Our survival here depends on it. That's...
Opinion

Don’t let the killers off the hook

Turkey has hidden murderers before. This is nothing new. It did so because they were acting on its orders....
Politics

Guterres crossing points plan set to top Christodoulides-Erhurman agenda

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will meet on August 26, putting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's...
Books

‘Every generation has to live and deal with what came before.’ : Cypriot author on shared guilt

Pavlos Pamborides’ novella And a Wake-up explores the events surrounding 1974 and the lives of those involved both before...
Opinion

From my notebook: I know I will never walk through that door again

The morning of 15 August 1974 found us in the basin around a lemon tree just outside Ormideia. We...
Opinion

Republic of Cyprus: An anniversary and a lament

August is the month of mourning. It has become synonymous with some of the greatest tragedies this country has...
Local

Aigialousa fell without a fight on August 17, 1974

By Ilias Pantelidis Attila, the codename of the Turkish invasion, entered the town of Aigialousa on Saturday, August 17, 1974,...
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