The ghost of Grivas divides Cyprus again

From: The Independent - London | Date: February 9, 1997| Author: Patrick Cockburn | Copyright information

He Stares defiantly out of his picture in the church of St Nich- olas in Limassol, pistol in his belt and right hand raised in a military salute. General George Grivas, the guerrilla leader against Britain in the 1950s who fought for enosis - the union of Cyprus with Greece - is once again proving his ability to divide Greek Cypriots, 23 years after his death.

The row started when President Glafkos Clerides attended a service in memory of Gen Grivas in St Nicholas's, and laid the found...

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