🇨🇾🇬🇷🇺🇸Cypriot arch, classics, heritage, museums, looted antiquities, decolonization *RT not endorsement*
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Maria 𐠔𐠥𐠀 retweeted
Signed in Rome 76 years ago, the European Convention on Human Rights continues to safeguard the rights and freedoms of millions across Europe. It is a living promise to protect human rights, every day, for everyone.
Read more: coe.int/en/web/impact-conven…
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The day the EU, as we know it today, was born. 🇪🇺
On 1 November 1993, the Maastricht Treaty entered into force, officially establishing the European Union, formerly the European Communities.
Happy birthday to us! 💙
Maria 𐠔𐠥𐠀 retweeted
How often does the Security Council vote on competing draft resolutions on the same matter?
Here are cases from 1991 to 2026 ⬇️
Maria 𐠔𐠥𐠀 retweeted
Gender equality is both a human rights issue and a security imperative.
The Women, Peace & Security Agenda is key to prevent conflict, build peace & secure justice for survivors. The #WPS agenda must be reinforced & the EU remains a committed partner in this endeavour.
Maria 𐠔𐠥𐠀 retweeted
#InternationalLawWeek ⚖️brought legal advisers from around the world to the 🇺🇳UN.
Now more than ever, the 🇪🇺EU stands firm: international law & the courts that uphold it, from the #ICJ to the #ICC, must be defended & strengthened, their legacy passed on to future generations.
Maria 𐠔𐠥𐠀 retweeted
🩸Blood Donations per 1,000 People in Europe
🇨🇾 Cyprus — 75
🇬🇷 Greece — 52
🇭🇷 Croatia — 49
🇩🇪 Germany — 44
🇮🇹 Italy — 43
🇦🇹 Austria — 42
🇸🇰 Slovakia — 42
🇨🇿 Czechia — 41
🇸🇮 Slovenia — 39
🇱🇹 Lithuania — 38
🇭🇺 Hungary — 37
🇵🇱 Poland — 37
🇫🇮 Finland — 32
🇱🇻 Latvia — 32
🇫🇷 France — 33
🇲🇪 Montenegro — 33
🇷🇸 Serbia — 33
🇪🇸 Spain — 33
🇧🇪 Belgium — 35
🇪🇪 Estonia — 35
🇸🇪 Sweden — 35
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina — 31
🇩🇰 Denmark — 31
🇲🇰 North Macedonia — 31
🇳🇴 Norway — 30
🇹🇷 Turkey — 30
🇲🇹 Malta — 29
🇮🇸 Iceland — 28
🇵🇹 Portugal — 28
🇨🇭 Switzerland — 28
🇧🇬 Bulgaria — 27
🇲🇩 Moldova — 24
🇳🇱 Netherlands — 22
🇷🇴 Romania — 22
🇦🇱 Albania — 9
📊 Higher = more whole-blood donations per 1,000 people
Source: Council of Europe / EDQM — 2023 data.
Maria 𐠔𐠥𐠀 retweeted
On Cyprus Missing Persons Day, we remember those still missing & their families who have endured over half a century of anguish and uncertainty.
Their suffering remains an open wound. 🇨🇾 will not rest until the fate of every missing person is established.
Ημέρα Αγνοουμένων Κύπρου, 29η Οκτωβρίου.
Ό,τι και αν πούμε, τα λόγια είναι πάρα πολύ φτωχά για να αποδώσουν τα αισθήματα που μάς κατακλύζουν κάθε φορά που αγγίζουμε το ανθρωπιστικό δράμα των αγνοουμένων μας, αυτή την ανοικτή πληγή της κυπριακής τραγωδίας, που αιμορραγεί για περισσότερο από μισό αιώνα.
Οι σύζυγοι, τα παιδιά, τα αδέλφια των αγνοουμένων μας, και κυρίως οι απαρηγόρητοι γονείς, είναι τα θύματα αυτού του εγκλήματος, που γίνεται πιο βασανιστικό, χρόνο με τον χρόνο, μέρα με τη μέρα, ειδικά για τους μεγαλύτερους σε ηλικία, που αγωνιούν καθημερινά να ακούσουν ένα μαντάτο τους αγαπημένους τους προτού φύγουν από τη ζωή.
Αυτή η προσπάθεια δεν θα τερματιστεί, η συνείδησή μας ποτέ δεν θα ησυχάσει εάν δεν διακριβώσουμε την τύχη και του τελευταίου αγνοούμενου μας. Η πατρίδα έχει το ηθικό χρέος να λύσει αυτό τον δεσμό που ανέτρεψε τις ζωές εκατοντάδων οικογενειών και θρυμμάτισε τα όνειρα χιλιάδων ανθρώπων, που ποτέ δεν θα μπορέσουν να συμφιλιωθούν με την απώλεια.
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Cyprus proudly co-organised today’s #HRC63 event alongside 🇳🇱 🇩🇴 🇿🇦 & UN Women, sharing our national approach to prevention, protection, prosecution & coordinated policy. The final act of violence is rarely the beginning of the story - we must recognise warning signs & act early
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At #HRC63, the Core Group on sea-level rise & human rights came together to discuss how to protect and strengthen “Coastal Cities, Towns & Settlements on the Front Line.” Resilient coastal communities are built by putting people and their rights at the centre 🇨🇾 🇩🇴 🇧🇸 🇨🇻 🇪🇨 🇲🇻 🇲🇹
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At #HRC63 the GoF of Cultural Rights of Persons w/ Disabilities 🇮🇶🇮🇹🇨🇾🇲🇽🇲🇪🇩🇿🇱🇧 spotlighted disability narratives, cultural heritage & collective memory. 🇨🇾 highlighted how museums, sites & institutions can help persons w/ disabilities shape how heritage is experienced & preserved
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The EU continues its efforts to reach those in need in Gaza where humanitarian conditions are dire.
Assistance delivered via the 🇨🇾 Cyprus Maritime Corridor under the 🇪🇺Civil Protection Mechanism just reached Gaza, with items from 🇫🇷 and 🇸🇰.
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“Supporting women human rights defenders is an investment in peace” — 🇨🇾 Commissioner Christodoulou
Afghan women shared powerful testimonies at an #HRC63 side event on protection & advocacy in times of crisis, co-organized by WPHF & Iceland, w/ remarks by OHCHR, UN Women & UNFPA
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Our shared heritage is a shared responsibility. The places, traditions and languages we pass on help shape who we are.
This autumn, discover them through the #EuropeanHeritageDays. Visit a place you've never been, hear a story you've never heard, and help keep Europe's shared heritage alive.
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The EU welcomes the UN Youth Office Report & commends its leadership in advancing the youth agenda worldwide.
📢To all the young persons calling for a role in decision-making, we hear you loud & clear.
Find out how the EU is making this happen👉eeas.europa.eu/delegations/u…
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The 2026 edition of the European Heritage Days has kicked off with cultural events across over 50 countries from September to October. This year's theme ‘Heritage at Risk: Revive, Resist, Reimagine' focuses on protecting endangered heritage.
cyprus.representation.ec.eur…
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Με βαθιά θλίψη και αγωνία παρακολουθούμε τις εξελίξεις μετά τη βύθιση σκάφους ανοικτά της Κερύνειας.
Η σκέψη μας είναι με όσους έχασαν τη ζωή τους, με τους τραυματίες, με όλους όσοι βιώνουν αυτή την τραγωδία και με τις οικογένειές τους, σε αυτές τις εξαιρετικά δύσκολες ώρες.
Η Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, από την πρώτη στιγμή, δήλωσε την πλήρη ετοιμότητά της να συνδράμει άμεσα στις προσπάθειες εντοπισμού και διάσωσης, διαθέτοντας κάθε αναγκαίο μέσο.
Σε μια τέτοια στιγμή, η προστασία της ανθρώπινης ζωής βρίσκεται πάνω από όλα.
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Girne açıklarında bir teknenin batması sonucu yaşanan gelişmeleri derin bir üzüntü ve endişeyle takip ediyoruz.
Bu son derece zor saatlerde yüreğimiz hayatlarını kaybeden, yaralanan ve bu trajediyi yaşayan herkesle ve aileleriyledir.
Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti, ilk andan itibaren, insanların bulunması ve kurtarılmasına yönelik çabalara derhal katkı sağlamaya ve gerekli tüm imkânları seferber etmeye tam anlamıyla hazır olduğunu ifade etmiştir.
Böylesi bir anda, insan hayatının korunması her şeyin üzerindedir.
Maria 𐠔𐠥𐠀 retweeted
The Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Cyprus to the Kingdom of Sweden had the honour to meet yesterday His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and all Scandinavia and visit St. George Cathedral and the Museum of Hellenic-Christian Heritage
#Cyprus #Sweden #Diplomacy
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#HRC63 preparations are well underway in Geneva. PR @mariapapakyria2 joined today’s organizational meeting, as CY continues its term on the @UN_HRC through 2027, and informed delegations of an upcoming side event on Women Human Rights Defenders 🇨🇾🇺🇳
