Kyrenia

A decision issued by the Kyrenia District Court in Cyprus which awards monetary compensation to four brothers could open the way for similar rulings in EU member states -- to the detriment of Turkish assets. The court, which is seated...

Several people were slightly injured after consecutive explosions occurred in a military zone Thursday near the Turkish-occupied city of Kyrenia. According to Cyprus News Agency, the explosions took place at an ammunition depot following a fire that began 30 minutes...

A resolution condemning the continued Turkish occupation of Kyrenia was handed to the Speaker of the Cypriot House of Representatives and embassies on Monday, calling for an end of the occupation and the return of the Kyrenia people to...

No corner of Cyprus should be written off, stressed Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, saying at the same time that the important thing is the right of Cypriots to go back to their Turkish occupied communities, rather than who will...

A project to upgrade the Kyrenia Shipwreck Gallery, located within the castle of the Turkish-occupied town of Kyrenia, has been launched by the bi-communal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, a move with wider symbolic meaning both for Kyrenian refugees,...

The last enclaved Greek- Cypriot, Angeliki Karefillidi-Yasar, was buried in occupied Kyrenia in an atmosphere of inexpressible anguish. She passed away at the age of 85 in the Nicosia General Hospital after a brief illness. Since 1974, Angeliki was the...

The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) is proceeding with the investigation of locating missing people in military zones in the regions of Nicosia and Kyrenia. According to a publication of the newspaper POLITIS, these are specific areas where,...

Nearly 39 years after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has begun digging for possible burial sites of victims within a fenced Turkish military area in the occupied areas, said Aristos Aristotelous, the Greek...

Amphorae were used in Ancient Greece to store and trade wine and other liquids. They were two types of amphorae; the neck amphora, which the neck and the body met at a sharp angle and the one-piece amphora, which...

The Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus has announced the election of Archimandrite Chrysostomos Ykkotis as the new Metropolitan of Kyrenia. The new Metropolitan was elected with 9 votes for him, while Gregory Bishop of Mesaoria received 6 votes and...