Archive for October, 2015
Cyprus calls on Turkey to end island’s occupation and violation of its people’s rights
Cyprus has called upon Turkey, in line with the calls of the international community and the resolutions and recommendations of the UN and other relevant bodies, to end the occupation of Cyprus and to cease violating the fundamental rights of …
Properties and pending issues in Cyprus to be discussed in November
President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades described his meeting today with the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci as constructive and productive, noting that in November the Cyprus talks will be intensified.
In statements at the Presidential Palace, after returning from …
British MP to submit motion for the return of Famagusta
Conservative MP David Barrowes said he will submit a motion calling for the return of the sealed-off section of Famagusta to its lawful inhabitants.
Burrowes and other MPs presented a petition to Number 10 Downing Street, signed by over 50,000 …
Romanian nightclub fire leaves 27 dead, 184 injured
A fire in a Bucharest nightclub killed 27 people and injured 184 during a rock concert that featured fireworks late on Friday, Romanian government officials and witnesses said.
In one of the capital’s worst disasters in decades, about 400 people, …
Appeal for missing Cypriot man in London
[Image: Christos Adamou]
Police are appealing for the public’s assistance to help trace a vulnerable missing man from Hackney.
Christos Adamou, 76, was last seen at 09:00hrs on Thursday, 29 October, at his home address in Dalston.
Mr Adamou is …
Eide: Leaders decided to intensify Cyprus talks
The leaders of the two communities in Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, have decided to intensify the Cyprus negotiations, aiming at reunifying the island.
In a statement read out on behalf of the two leaders, …
Russian airliner with 224 aboard crashes in Egypt’s Sinai
A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Saturday, the Egyptian prime minister’s office and civil aviation ministry said.
The Airbus A-321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia with registration number KGL-9268, was flying from …
Echo Wants Her Voice Back is the heart and soul of Cypriot-born singer/songwriter Eleni Skarpari
‘Echo Wants Her Voice Back’ to release debut EP album
Following her recent successful crowd funding campaign, Echo Wants Her Voice Back is set to release her debut EP album Heart Of Stone on November 13th 2015.
Echo Wants Her …
In Search Of Sixpence, new novel by Michael Paraskos
You don’t have to be an anarchist art historian like Michael Paraskos to believe in the redemptive power of art. But in his new novel, In Search of Sixpence, Paraskos tests that theory almost to anarchistic destruction.
In Search of …
