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Two 14th-century Byzantine icons stolen after 1974 invasion returned to Cyprus

Two 14th-century Byzantine icons illegally removed from Cyprus following the 1974 Turkish invasion have been returned to the island...
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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...
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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...
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Playing hide and seek with the population in the occupied areas

Dig into the "social insurance" statistics in the occupied areas and you can draw your own conclusions about the...
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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...
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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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Giving voice to the women raped in 1974

By Sotiroula Vasileiou The European Parliament has recognised the women of Cyprus at European level as victims of crimes committed...
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‘We remain steadfast in striving for a free and reunited Cyprus’, Presidency says on anniversary of Turkish invasion 2nd phase

We will never back down from our fight, the Presidency declared, underlining a historic debt to achieve the reunification...
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Crime Complete-Invading Turks violate ceasefire on August 14th 1974 seizing Famagusta, Morphou and Karpass

The 2nd and final phase of the criminal plan was implemented on a day of ceasefire, as the Turkish...
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Stumbling back home across the border, 52 years later

They had been meaning to go for a while, show their grandchildren where they came from, let them touch...
Opinion

The hate-fest, and Erhurman’s fun club

He was the conductor of the orchestra at this festival of hatred, yet he's still the darling of a...
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Isaak and Solomou killings: 30 years on, no one has been convicted

This year marks 30 years since the killings of Tasos Isaak and, days later, his cousin Solomos Solomou, and...
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History cannot change. But it can teach us something.

A country that broke a ceasefire in wartime, and used it to carve out a bridgehead, then seized the...
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