CyBC protests EuroNews map

EURONEWS, the European satellite news network, altered its weather map earlier this week, after the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) sent a letter protesting the depiction of Cyprus as divided.

In the letter, CyBC General Manager Pavlos Soteriades said that “as one of the founder members and shareholders of EuroNews”, CyBC assured the broadcaster that Cyprus consisted of just one internationally recognised state.

He also asked that the station, which is broadcast locally on CyBC’s second channel, and occasionally on Greek channel Et1, rectify the situation immediately.

CyBC said they had received assurances from EuroNews that the map, used in the Meteo slot, which gives weather forecasts for the whole of Europe, would be replaced immediately.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.