One part of Cyprus mourns, the other rejoices 50 years after split
Nicosia, Cyprus Reuters Greek Cypriots mourned and Turkish Cypriots rejoiced on Saturday, the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of part of the island after a brief Greek inspired coup, with the chances of reconciliation as elusive as ever. The ethnically split island is a persistent source of tension between Greece and Turkey, which are both […]
Portugal celebrates democracy anniversary amid far-right surge
Santarem, Portugal Reuters Veteran military officer Captain Joaquim Correia Bernardo, 84, remembers the revolution that toppled Portugal’s fascist dictatorship five decades ago as if it were yesterday. He was in his thirties when he helped organise the 25th April, 1974, military coup that returned Portugal to democracy after 48 years of authoritarian rule. Colonel Correia […]
Books: A classic read on the importance of solitude gains new resonance in a 24/7 world
MATTHEW SMEAL, a writer and photographer who specialises in the humanitarian sector, finds “a depth that belies its simplicity” in Henri Nouwen’s 1974 book, ‘Out of Solitude’…