Missing persons
Cyprus
Turkey 'Must Protect' Burial Sites of Missing Persons in Cyprus
Turkey should ensure that no more intrusion of burial sites of missing persons takes place, by employing practical and effective means, says the government of Cyprus.
According to Nicosia, it has been established that the intentional relocation of remains belonging...
Greece
Skeleton Found in Well on Crete is Missing Brit Steven Cook, Police Say
The authorities investigating the skeletal remains found at the bottom of a well in Crete have confirmed that they are the missing British tourist, Steven Cook, who disappeared almost 12 years ago while on holiday.
Steven disappeared on the first night of...
Greece
Human Skeleton Discovered in Well, Close to Where Brit Tourist Vanished 12 Years Ago
Police have reported that a skeleton has been discovered at the bottom of a well in the resort town of Malia, Crete near the same location where British tourist Steven Cook vanished almost 12 years ago.
The skeleton was discovered...
Cyprus
Presidential Commissioner Places Heavy Responsibility on Turkey for Cyprus' Missing Persons
Turkey bears a heavy responsibility for the humanitarian issue of missing persons in Cyprus, Presidential Commissioner Fotis Photiou stressed on Saturday.
He was speaking at the burial of the remains of Greek Cypriot Antonis Antoniou, who was executed by Turkish soldiers during...
Crime
British Police Knock Down Kos Farmhouse in Search for Ben Needham
Continuing their search for possible remains of Ben Needham, a toddler that disappeared while holidaying with his parents on the Greek island of Kos in 1991, police officers from South Yorkshire on Tuesday obtained permission to knock down part...
Cyprus
PresComm. for Humanitarian Affairs Fotiou: Turkey’s Stance on Missing Persons ‘A Challenge to all Civilized Humanity’
Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Fotis Fotiou said on Saturday that the continuous refusal of Turkey to cooperate in efforts to determine the fate of missing persons is “a challenge to all civilized humanity.”
He was speaking in Limassol during...
Cyprus
Cyprus Cabinet Approves 200,000 Euros for Archive Research into Missing Persons
President Nicos Anastasiades has announced that the Cabinet decided to approve the funding of 200,000 euros to be used for the recruitment of researchers who will work intensively to search the archives of UN and other countries and collect...
Cyprus
Turkey Grants Access to 'Military Areas' in Occupied Cyprus for Missing Persons
Turkey has granted access to 30 "military areas" in occupied Cyprus, over a three-year period for excavation of missing persons.
According to a press release issued Thursday by the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP), the Committee was notified by...
Cyprus
Mass Greek-Cypriot Grave Found in Occupied Cyprus
Human remains and military clothing were unearthed in occupied Cyprus, in the area of Trahonas in Nicosia, according to the Greek-Cypriot spokesman of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), Nestoras Nestoros.
The committee notes that they were able to recover...
Cyprus
Cypriot Missing Persons Memorial Tree in European Parliament
By E. Adamandopoulou
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), took part in anti-occupation events organized by Cyprus MEP Antigoni Papadopoulou (DIKO, S&D) in Brussels. The events promoted the importance of a viable and functional solution to the Cyprus problem, along...