UK-based Cypriot Marios Demetriou, 50, was jailed for six years earlier this week for deceiving people into giving him £1.4m under the pretence that he would sue an NHS trust and police after the brutal murder of his mother. Rather, Demetriou used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle for… Read More »UK Cypriot jailed for defrauding £1.4m after mother was murdered
European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker declared on Thursday he was a Cypriot when called on to answer how the bloc ought to deal with Turkish actions in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Juncker is in Sibiu in Romania where the informal European Council meeting was taking place and where… Read More »Juncker: I am a Cypriot
Apostolos Giannakas (Απόστολος Γιάννακας) Today, I had the pleasure of being taken to a village called Koilani, in the Troodos mountains to meet a man called Apostolos Giannakas. He is exactly the type of person I am looking for to participate in my ‘Cypriot Diaspora’ videos. He left the village at… Read More »Cypriot Diaspora – Apostolos Giannakas
Today, Cyprus celebrates its 56th year as an independent state. Cyprus had officially gained its independence from the British rule on August 16, 1960, when the agreements for the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus were signed. However, Independence Day was moved to October 1 after the cabinet of ministers… Read More »1st October Cyprus Independence Day