It seems that the Cypriots in Cyprus are increasingly becoming more interested in the social networks (such as Facebook), as shown by a Eurostat survey, where Cyprus ranks 3rd among the EU countries in terms of how many people aged 16-74 participated in social networks in 2020. Are there any reasons for that? What do […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our beloved mother Constantia (Costou) Louka who died on the 11 May 2021 at the age of 93. She was born in Eptakomi on 09.10.1927. She emigrated to the UK in 1961 and married her beloved husband Andreas Louka (RIP 2009) in the same […]
The latest Protests over the expulsion of Palestinian families and Israeli raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound preceded Israel’s heavy bombardment of Gaza. Days of heavy bombardment on the Gaza Strip intensified on Wednesday, with Israeli fighter jets bombing sites belonging to Palestinian armed groups, as well as police buildings and apartment blocks. Since the offensive […]
Was Averof Neophytou, the Leader of Democratic Rally (DISY), which is currently the governing party in Cyprus, involved in the “golden” passport affair? Indeed he he was, according to an exclusive report appearing in Haravgi, the newspaper of the Working People’s Progressive Party (AKEL), making the top front page headline in its Sunday edition on […]
My Island By Makis Lazos My island with the broken dreams. The land with the crystal streams. The birthplace of love and Hemisphere’s white dove! The sun’s beloved child So sweet and so bright! The morning’s strongest light. But no one to help her in her darkest plight. The knife of power Imprinted its incision […]
The United Nations failed on 29 April 2021 to bridge disagreements over restarting peace talks on ethnically-split Cyprus but Guterres stressed he is not giving up and would not deviate from his UN mandate . “The truth is that at the end of our efforts, we have not yet found enough common ground to allow […]
“One minute without light for a bright future in a Reunited BB Federal Cyprus”. This is one of the many messages that come from the rapidly developing, vibrant bicommunal movement in Cyprus. In particular, all Cypriots, both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, that participate in the mobilisation of the bicommunal movement for a Reunited BB […]
The Tory government had no right to veto the presence of EU representatives as observers in the Geneva talks. All Cypriots are EU citizens. Our EU membership has played an especially important role in terms of creating trust and a sense of security between our communities and would certainly play an equally important role in […]
A joint appeal by the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot journalists to the political leaders of both communities: “Do not let this opportunity be wasted”The leaders of the Cypriot Journalists’ Union and the Press Workers’ Union, Basin Sen, jointly appeal to the leaders of both communities “not to let this opportunity provided by the United […]
UKCY NEWS will be, among other things, a magazine for books. If you are interested to write articles and reviews for this section, please send them or write to the following address: editorial@ukcynews.com. If you wish to send us reviews about the books you read, please send them to the same email address. We would […]