Back in Cyprus, he led the Eoka paramilitary group, which fought to unite Cyprus with Greece, between 1955 and 1959, and believed that Archbishop Markarios III’s renouncing of ‘enosis ...

Cyprus had been under British administration since 1878 after the island was handed over in an agreement with the Ottoman Empire for British military support, if needed, against Russia. On 1 April ...

insist that if Britain gives up Cyprus, the island must be partitioned between Greece and Turkey. The obvious danger was that Foot’s plan might end EOKA violence only to set off a new wave of ...

of the EOKA terrorist group, British authority on Cyprus put a price of $14,000 on the head of Markos Kyriacou Drakos, 24. Last week, on a lightning-swept -night in the mountains of Troodos ...

It was very disappointing to see House president and Disy leader Annita Demetriou attend the memorial service for General ...

During the second half of the 1950s, Cyprus was involved in a prolonged and, often, violent struggle to gain independence from Britain. Some of this involved politics but some of it involved a ...

The 7th Baron Carew, who has died aged 86, was a fine horseman who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games in Ireland’s ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.N. Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart, center, Cyprus’ President Nikos ...

NICOSIA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Israel has suspended Israeli commercial flights to the city of Paphos in Cyprus, Cypriot officials said on Monday, for unspecified security reasons. Domestic security ...

10, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — President Joe Biden issued a directive Wednesday that allows Cyprus to ...