POGO, the AKEL-affiliated women’s organisation, on Thursday castigated efforts to link Cyprus’ demographic issue with migration as a cheap attempt to divert attention from the difficulties young people face in starting a family, problems it attributed to the government’s social and financial policies. The statement came in the wake a meeting of the ad hoc […]
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 […]
Are UK Cypriots really still bilingual or are they rapidly becoming unilingual (or monolingual)? Why are we failing to stay bilingual if we do? What is happening in the family? Has the UK Cypriot family changed? Definitely! The UK Cypriot family has changed. The UK Cypriot family has changed beyond recognition and in many ways. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]