Presented by Theatro Technis in association with the "National Federation of Cypriots in Great Britain" www.cypriotfederation.org.uk to coincide with the 35th Anniversary of the Greek Junta Coup and the Turkish Invasion, the Ethnic cleansing of 200,000 Greek Cypriots and occupation of 37% the Republic of Cyprus.
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Monday 13th July 2009:
"Raising of the Cyprus and EU Flags at Theatro Technis"
An exhibition of the Archives of Theatro Technis and of the Cypriot
community in Camden and the launching of the booklet
Building on the Foundations funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund
and Unity Theatre Trust.
Music and songs by the Michaeloudes Orchestra & EKA choir, and the
Harpist Richardo Curbello, followed by poetry by Vasilis Panayi and
others.
Video of the entire evening's event can be downloaded
(and embed code for placing the video
in website pages can be obtained)
from links at the
source page at Archive dot org.
Click here to view the entire video of the 2009 event at this website
Click here to view the entire video of this event in 2008
Click here to view the entire video of this event in 2007
Tuesday 14th July 2009:
A seminar presented by www.lobbyforcyprus.org at Theatro Technis
"Cyprus: Getting it Wrong, Getting it Right"
* Mr. Martin Packard a former intelligence analyst and author of 'Getting it Wrong: Fragments from a Cyprus Diary 1964' explained the partitionist approach pursued by the British Authorities during the time he served in Cyprus.
* Dr. Klearchos Kyriakides, a lawyer and Senior Lecturer at the School of Law of the University of Hertfordshire attempted to explain what had gone wrong and how we can 'get it right'.
Video of the entire evening's event can be downloaded
(and embed code for placing the video
in website pages can be obtained)
from links at the
source page at Archive dot org.
Click here to view the entire video on this event at this website
See also, additional videos about the Book, "Getting it Wrong - Fragments from a Cyprus Diary 1964"
by Martin Packard at the book's fan page
at Facebook
See also the video of the 2007 Seminar by the Lobby for Cyprus, Property Rights in northern Cyprus
See also the video of the 2009 Seminar by the Lobby for Cyprus, Costantinos Candounas and the Apostolides vs Orams Property Rights Case
Wednesday 15th July 2009:
British Parliamentarians in association with the
National Federation of Cypriots in the UK hold a debate with an
invited audience on ‘A Solution for Cyprus: By Cypriots For
Cypriots’ in Committee Room.14, House of Commons, SW1. The
meeting heard contributions by
Peter Droussiotis, President of the National Federation of Cypriots
in the UK and Parliamentarians addressing the meeting were:Eddie O’Hara MP,
Roger Gale MP,
Rudi Vis MP,
Joan Ryan MP the Government’s former Special Representative on
Cyprus,
David Burrowes MP,
David Lepper MP,
Theresa Villiers MP,
Andy Love MP,
Tom Cox, the former MP for Tooting and a committed friend of Cyprus
for decades and
Tony Wright MP.
Video of the entire evening's event can be viewed
(and embed code for placing the video
in website pages can be obtained)
from links at the
source page at the YouTube Playlist
Click here to view full video of this event on this website
You can also see this item at the 'Turkey
must change its intransigent stance on Cyprus say British
Parliamentarians' page of the National Federation of Cypriots in
the UK Website
See video of National Federation of Cypriots March 2009 event at the Palace of Westminster by clicking It is time for Turkey to meet its obligations on Cyprus and for the island to be reunited
Thursday 16th and Friday 17th July 2008:
Theatro Technis event: Video viewings from the archives, talks and music
View video items available online from the History/Archives page on this website by clicking here.
Sunday 19th July 2009:
Anti-occupational Rally for Cyprus at Trafalgar Square
Assembly outside the Turkish Embassy, 43 Belgrave
Square,SW1 at 3.00 pm.
Main speaker Mr. Neoklis Sylikiotis, Minister of Interior of The Republic of Cyprus.
The video covers events at Trafalgar Square,
preparations and arrivals followed by speeches, with Peter
Droussiotis, President of the National Federation of Cypriots in the
UK leading the spoken contributions. Also addressing the Rally were
Mary Hannibal MEP, Theresa Villiers MP, Andrew Dinsmore MP (spoken
in Greek), Simon Hughes MP, Charles Tannock MEP, Alexis Galanos as
the President of the Occupied Municipalities of Cyprus and finally
Mr. Neoklis Sylikiotis, Minister of Interior of The Republic of
Cyprus who addressed the Rally in both English and Greek.
Video of the entire evening's event can be viewed
(and embed code for placing the video
in website pages can be obtained)
from links at the
source page at the YouTube Playlist
Click here to
view report & full video of this event
See this item at the 'UK
Cypriots march for justice for Cyprus and an end to the island's
division' page of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK
Website