We are informed that in the context of the events organized to commemorate 50 years of displacement from our homes and lands, the authorities have created "Threads", a project for each displaced person to record the itinerary followed and all the places one has stayed in throughout our ongoing uprooting. Okay, we've pulled the thread [...]
The Democratic Party (DIKO) was founded by Spyros Kyprianou, in 1976, under the name Democratic Front (DIPA). Kyprianou served as foreign minister in the Makarios government from August 1960 to June 1972, when he was fired at the behest of the Greek dictator Georges Papadopoulos. He returned to politics after the events of summer 1974, [...]
The case of EDEK is of particular interest for a variety of reasons, including its ideological orientations, its relations with forces outside Cyprus, the ideological composition of its leadership and its voters. Doctor Vassos Lyssarides, the personal physician of the Archbishop and President Makarios founded the party, which took its name with reference to the [...]
