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22-04-2008
[+] Swedish Archives Confirm: It was a genocide!
A recently conducted study at the Uppsala University has revealed highly interesting information in the Swedish Archives, which once again confirm the researchers' view of the events in the Ottoman Turkey during the First World War: the Christian...[+]

15-04-2008
[+] Turks can only blame themselves for not Joining the EU
A major controversy has been brewing for some time throughout Europe about the wisdom of admitting Turkey to the European Union. Most Europeans oppose Turkey's membership either out of prejudice or because of irreconcilable legal, political,...[+]

08-02-2008
[+] Apo Torosyan: Interview
A Rigid Sense of Honor, Brainwashing and Escaping the Ottoman Past.NEW YORK - When it comes to the Turkish Government, it's relatively simple to understand why there is a rigid policy of denial and rejection concerning the Greek, Assyrian and...[+]

02-02-2008
[+] Worldwide Appeal: Armenian Genocide-Denial Offensive by Turkey Must Be Countered
The time has come for all the Armenians to be united against a Turkish government-sponsored surge in denialism.In the name of our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents exterminated since 1895 by successive regimes of the Turkish Ottoman...[+]

News

18-04-2008
[+] A step closer: Armenian Chair in the University of Cyprus
On the signing of an agreement of Cooperation between the University of Cyprus and Yerevan State University, Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian said that this agreement lays the foundation of a close co-operation between our homelands . He also pledged that he will play an active role during the future co-operation between the two universities, which...[+]

09-04-2008
[+] Serzh Sarkissyan: four-party government
The first move by Serzh Sarkisyan in the capacity of Armenia president is to form a coalition government consisting of four parties represented in the National Assembly. Sarkisyan said so ahead of his inauguration in Yerevan on Wednesday. Our country is going along the difficult path of establishing statehood. Overcoming an economic crisis,...[+]

04-04-2008
[+] Serzh Sarkissyan: Armenia is ready for the peaceful resolution of Karabakh conflict
Armenia is ready for the peaceful resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group and on basis of the document which is on the negotiation table, said Serzh Sarkissyan, newly elected president of Armenia, in Bucharest. The press service for Armenian government reported that during Sarkissyan's meeting with Andjzey...[+]

02-04-2008
[+] Symbolic crossing point: The Ledra Street
Tomorrow one of the symbolic crossing points between the two divided parts of Cyprus will be opened: the one on Ledra Street, which for decades has connected the Greek half of the capital Nicosia with the one occupied by the pro-Turkish forces in the north, through the buffer zone set up by the United Nations. The announcement was made by...[+]

27-03-2008
[+] Knesset panel to consider recognition of Armenian Genocide
The Knesset decided Wednesday that a parliamentary committee will hold an unprecedented hearing on whether to recognize the World War I-era mass murder of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as a genocide. The decision to hold a hearing, which was proposed by Meretz Chairman Haim Oron, was approved by a 12-MK margin. The government did not oppose the...[+]

05-03-2008
[+] Our sorrow and anger against racistic comments
Mr. Vartkes Mahdessian, the Armenian Parliamentary representative of Cyprus, through press-release, expresses his and the communities sorrow regarding the comments made against Marios Garoyian, candidate for the Cyprus Parliamentary speaker. He brands this comment as racist, and refers to similar comments; regarding Mr. Garoyian's Armenian origin,...[+]

Experimental Cyprus Armenians Live Radio station

The station will be officially launched on 6 January 2008, starting with live X-Mass mass from Nicosia Sourp Asdvadzadzin Church.
Please do not bookmark the streaming URL as pending licence and some other development problems, it might change.

Meanwhile if you have any problems listening to the stream, please let us know.

This is the unoficial Cypriot Armenians web page. The aim of the site is to collect/distribute information about the Cypriot Armenians, its history and culture.

Armenians have lived in Cyprus for centuries, but the present community on the island is mainly the result of immigration during and immediately after the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 in Turkey. Currently, some 2000 Armenians live in Cyprus, mainly in Nicosia, Larnaca and Limassol.