Eavesdropping on the diplomats: Cyprus 50 years after https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1238872/eavesdropping-on-the-diplomats-cyprus-50-years-after/ Photo of the Hilton Hotel after the bombing by Turkish planes on July 21, 1974 in Nicosia, Cyprus. [AP] John Brady Kiesling - 16.05.2024 • 17:15 This coming July marks 50 years since the partition of Cyprus by an invading army, also 50 years since a brutal Greek dictatorship meekly handed over power to civilian politicians. Τhe connection between the two anniversaries was drawn most memorably by the poet-politician Alekos Panagoulis in 1975, when the tragedy was fresh: “Let us hold tight to this little liberty, which was gifted to us...