Saturday: Omonia v Nea Salamina (7.00), AEL v
Enosis (8.00)
With the negative stance of the Church towards the Annan Plan, the long-standing
Enosis project was finally recalled (p.
As the author indicated, in 1963 the Greek Cypriots pushed forward constitutional amendments aiming to abrogate the 1959-1960 agreements in order to open the way for '
Enosis.' It should be noted that besides the Greek Cypriots' goal of establishing '
Enosis,' the Greek Cypriots felt that the 19591960 agreements were imposed by the international community and they wanted an out at the first occasion.
These measures increased antagonism between the British administration and Greek Cypriots and boosted the cause of
Enosis rather than reducing it.
The present day conflict, however, has its roots embedded even further back than 1963 -- in fact, as long ago as May 1948, when George Grivas, a semi-retired colonel in the Greek army, and a Cypriot by birth, decided to lead a revolutionary force on Cyprus with the intention of overthrowing the British administration and thereafter declaring
enosis, the union of Cyprus with Greece.
The most transfer-shy teams were last season's runners up AEK, and
Enosis who managed to avoid relegation on the very last day of the season with four.
Invincibile admitted he'll drag pal Mark Burchill, who plays for rival Cypriot team
Enosis Paralimni, to the Scotland game with him.
Was it not for the Peace Operation, the Turkish Cypriots would have had to accept "
Enosis" (the unification of Cyprus with Greece) and would have been forced to mass slaughter (by Greek Cypriots), Eroglu said.
Led by Nicos Sampson, a Greek Cypriot advocate of
enosis (Cyprus's unification with Greece), the coup of July 15 provoked the Turkish operation five days later.
Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church of Marlboro and also a member of the
Enosis Society.