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April 29, 2009
The European Court of Justice has endorsed the rights of Greek Cypriots ethnically cleansed from northern Cyprus during the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974 to reclaim their land and properties and seek compensation from those currently exploiting them.
April 16, 2009
The Cypriot left would like to portray the Turkish Cypriots as helpless bystanders in the war crimes committed by the Turkish army against Greek Cypriots during the 1974 invasion of Cyprus; but the evidence shows that ordinary Turkish Cypriots enthusiastically and willingly participated in the rapes, massacres and looting that took place and that, indeed, the Turkish Cypriot demand for 'taksim' (partition) was predicated on the violent ethnic cleansing of Greek Cypriots.
March 06, 2009
The UN´s so-called expert on minority issues has produced a contemptible little report on so-called ethnic and religious minorities in Greece, which disregards truth and reality, shows no understanding of history and politics and even challenges Greece´s right to define its national identity
February 04, 2009
The usurpation and exploitation of Greek land in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus reflects the greed and resentment of the Turkish Cypriots and defines, to a large extent, the Turkish occupation of the Greek island. However, it's also worth pointing out that supporting Turkish usurpation are a number of foreign companies, mostly from Israel and Britain.
January 29, 2009
The recent confession on Turkish television of the actor Attila Olgac that while a soldier serving during Turkey´s invasion of Cyprus in 1974 he murdered 10 Greek Cypriot POWs has reignited debate about Turkey´s barbaric assault on the island and the terrible atrocities it committed.
January 27, 2009
The unhappy Turkish presence in Cyprus can be traced back to 1571, when invading Ottoman forces captured the island from Venice. Avaricious Turkey's seizure of Cyprus also provide the backdrop to Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello.
January 25, 2009
A sincere study of Skopjo-Vardaskan history and identity, conceived out of pity for this group of people who have to live in the shadow of Greece, which, as everybody knows, has the most illustrious history and culture of any country in the world.
December 17, 2008
Tassos Papadopoulos is dead, struck down by lung cancer, having lived 74 years, nearly all of which were dedicated to the struggle of Cypriot Hellenism, to rid itself of British colonialism, to unite the island with the rest of Greece, to defend it against Turkish Cypriot terrorism, the Greek junta ...