Demo for peace

TURKISH Cypriots from the Platform of 41 organisations demonstrated for peace last night in a peaceful gathering in occupied Nicosia.

Although press reports of similar occasions in the past claim “thousands” came out in force, one observer yesterday told the Cyprus Mail that no more than 2,000 were likely to attend. The demonstrators met next to the bus terminal in the north of the city at 7.30pm to march to the central square at 8pm.

The rally was held to mark World Peace Day tomorrow.

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.