Tag: Cyprus history

Cyprus celebrates Independence Day on 1 October

Cyprus marks its Independence Day on 1 October, a national holiday that commemorates the island’s independence from British colonial rule in 1960. The day is...

EOKA Foundation brands critics as propaganda mouthpieces

The EOKA Liberation Struggle Foundation and the Council of Historical Memory of the Struggle have issued a strongly worded statement on recent public debates...

61 years since the deadly Tylliria bombing

Today marks the 61st Tylliria bombing anniversary, recalling the deadly August 1964 Turkish air raids that devastated the region. For three consecutive days, from...

1 July 1878: When the Ottomans sold Cyprus to Britain

On 1 July 1878, a new chapter began for Cyprus as the island transitioned from Ottoman to British administration. This followed an agreement signed...

Race against time to find traces of Tasos Markou

Leonidas Pantelides, the Greek Cypriot Representative on the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), spoke on SIGMA's "Protoselido" program about ongoing efforts to locate the...

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Displacement after the invasion and the Red Cross response: What eyewitness accounts reveal

The violent displacement that followed the Turkish invasion in...

New digital bridge between Cyprus and Syria: Ugarit 2 cable on the way

A new submarine internet cable linking the Republic of...

Motorway crash: Lane closed, two people taken to hospital

The left lane of the Nicosia-Limassol motorway near Moni,...

Twitch users angry over Amazon AI training setting

Twitch has been criticised by users after it emerged...
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