The official celebrations began with a memorial service at 8:30 AM, where President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides laid a wreath at the Memorial of the Imprisoned
Today, October 1, is officially celebrated as the day of the proclamation of Cyprus’s Independence.
Cyprus was declared an independent, sovereign state on August 16, 1960, according to the Zurich and London agreements of 1959 and following the liberation struggle of EOKA (1955-1959) against British colonial rule. However, on July 11,
