While there is one month left for the halloumi to be released on the European market, the preparations in north Cyprus have not yet been completed, according to a report in the Turkish Cypriot newspaper “Yeni Duzen” on 06/09/21. According to the newspaper, almost five months have passed since the European Parliament registered halloumi as […]
Some hours before the arrival of the Turkish President in north Cyprus, Turkish pro-government media make general references to Ankara’s plans, which are likely to be announced by Tayyip Erdogan, both in the Turkish Cypriot Parliament and during his visit in the enclosed city of Famagusta, which is his second in the last eight months. […]
The new Central Committee of the Working People’s Progressive Party (AKEL) that was elected by the party’s 23 Congress, which was convened on 3-4 July 2021, has elected Stefanos Stefanou as the party’s new General Secretary, to replace Andros Kyprianou, who has retired from that position. AKEL has released the following details regarding its new […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Translation of the title from Latin into English: “Hail Caesar! They who are about to die salute you!” This is the title of a coment in Greek that was posted by Giorgos Eleftheriou on his timeline on Facebook regarding Covid-19 in Cyprus. Reading Giorgos’ text will probably enligthen you as to why he chose this […]
What you see in the photograph is just some clerics taking a short walk around the church of St. Lazarus in Larnaca. That’s all for St. Lazarus this year. Larnaca is believed by many Christians to be the saint’s second resting place. Each year, eight days before Orthodox Easter, a casket containing remains of Jesus’s […]