Cyprus Mail 70 years: From the archives, late 60’s, early 70’s

The late 1960s and early 1970s are the focus of this week’s Cyprus Mail 70th anniversary uploads of archive material.

After the threat of a Turkish invasion receded at the end of 1967, relations between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots improved. Many restrictions on the Turkish Cypriot enclaves were lifted in March 1968 and talks between the two sides started in in mid-1968.

Far more tense, however, were relations between President Makarios and the Greek junta, General Grivas and nationalist Greek Cypriot opposition.

New archive material is upload every Wednesday and Saturday.The archives can be accessed by clicking on the link beneath the Cyprus Mail 70th anniversary logo on the right of the webpage.

Wednesday’s highlights

  • ‘Door not shut on local talks’: Negotiations on the Cyprus issue stall over pro-Enosis statements – September 22, 1971

  • Leader not to resign: President Makarios insists he will not step down after press reports speak of a secret meeting between the president and General Grivas – April 5, 1972

  • Foreign minister forced to go: Spyros Kyprianou resigns in the face of persistent pressure from the Athens junta – May 6, 1972

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    • 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.