This was plugged on the paper's front page on Friday, saying it would feature "the announcement of the unyielding struggle against the Turkish invasion and occupation by the President of the Republic, Archbishop
Makarios III, at the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Omodos on 14 September 1975." This was a "preamble of the speech, of great significance, he made on 20 July 1977."
Makarios III Avenue, Limassol, will be attended by Byblos Bank business partners and associates.
Former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and former Cypriot President
Makarios III enjoyed friendly relations during the sixties.
He was the first and only Egyptian author to interview the Argentinian Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara;
Makarios III, the first president of Cyprus; and Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary politician who led the country for over three decades.
1970 Cyprus President Archbishop
Makarios III escapes assassination as terrorists shoot down his helicopter.
His Majesty laid a wreath at the monument of the former Cypriot President
Makarios III. The prime minister, the Royal Court chief and ministers of foreign affairs, planning and energy are accompanying His Majesty to Nicosia summit.
Later on, President Anastasiades decorated President Sisi with the Grand Collar of the Order of
Makarios III and President Sisi decorated President Anastasiades with the Collar of the Nile.
There was independence but no union, the political head; Archbishop
Makarios III, presided over a new, generally moderate, state but the far right never went away and, in 1974, the ageing cleric was sent packing in a military coup which set alarm bells ringing in Ankara.
Cyprus, under British control since 1878, gained independence after a referendum, with Archbishop
Makarios III elected its first president.
While Cypriot President decorated HM the King with the Order of
Makarios III in recognition of HM the King's resolve to promote cooperation with his country.
Cyprus, strategically important in the Mediterranean, had been granted independence from Britain in 1959, when Archbishop
Makarios III became its first president, combining his archiepiscopal role with presidency.
Presidents al-Assadand Christofias exchanged national orders of merit: Christofias awarded President al-Assad the Order of
Makarios III, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Cyprus.
