The ''Cyprus Mail'' is the only
English-language daily newspaper published in
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
. Established in 1945, it is published every day except Monday, and most of the local articles are available on its website.
History
With the demise of the ''
Cyprus Times'' in 1960, the ''Cyprus Mail'' remained the only English-language newspaper in Cyprus until the establishment of the ''
Cyprus Weekly'' in 1979. Despite claiming to take an
independent
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political position and to have no local political affiliations, it is widely regarded as a politically
conservative
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and
right-leaning publication.
In its early years, the ''Cyprus Mail'' was the main rival to the ''Cyprus Times'', another English-language newspaper founded in Cyprus during the
period of British rule. At that time, the ''Cyprus Mail'' was seen as more right-wing than the
left-leaning
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''Cyprus Times'', especially in its tendency to oppose
the unification of Cyprus with Greece. Due to this, it was disliked by Greek-Cypriots and circulated mainly among the British colonial administrative and
military personnel. It later took a "pro-confederate" stance on the
Cyprus dispute and supported the controversial 2004
Annan Plan, which led to allegations of anti-Greek bias and of "normalizing" the
Turkish occupation in the northern part of the island.
[Simerini, 27 April 2004]
Ownership
The newspaper was purchased in 2019 by
Andreas Neocleous, a lawyer and former
EOKA member who was previously found guilty of bribing deputy attorney general Rikos Erotokritou.
Criticism came when articles referring to his conviction were removed from the website of the newspaper the day after ownership of the newspaper changed.
See also
List of newspapers in Cyprus
References
Newspapers established in 1945
Newspapers published in Cyprus
English-language newspapers published in Europe
1945 establishments in Cyprus
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