Europe Minister Caroline Flint MP set out why a Cyprus settlement is so important to the UK in the 2nd Keith Kyle Memorial Lecture on British-Cypriot Relations at the London School of Economics on Wednesday 25 February.
Caroline Flint said:
“With over 300,000 Greek and Turkish Cypriots living in the UK, a long history of trade and increasing numbers of British people choosing to retire in on the island, the UK and Cyprus have much in common. But, with a solution, this relationship will be even stronger and a resolution in Cyprus is strongly in the UK’s national interest.
With a settlement, the UK will benefit from a Cyprus fulfilling it potential on the international scene, the boost to Turkey’s EU aspirations – which we strongly support and the guarantee of long term stability, peace and security for the people of Cyprus and the wider region.”
Caroline Flint has a strong interest in supporting Cypriots to find a solution to the Cyprus problem and has made it one of her top personal priorities. Following a successful visit to the island in October (in her first week in the job) she has maintained a close interest in developments and visited the island earlier this month, meeting both leaders. In January she announced a UK donation of 50,000 Euros to the UN Mine Action Centre in Cyprus which helped this important confidence building measure continue its work.
The full text of the speech (but NOT of the Question and Answer Session) by Caroline Flint is available online at:
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/newsroom/latest-news/?view=Speech&id=14117650
View Video of the entire Lecture and QnA:
Caroline Flint, MP for Don Valley, was appointed Minister for Europe in October 2008. Her responsibilities include European Union and Europe; Russia, South Caucasus, Central Asia; Balkans; Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova; OSCE and Council of Europe; NATO; and Public Diplomacy Board.
From January until October 2008 Caroline Flint was Minister for Housing. Between June 2007 and January 2008 Ms Flint was Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform. Previously, as Minister for Public Health, she was responsible for taking the Health Act 2006 through Parliament.
Caroline Flint has a strong interest in supporting Cypriots to find a solution to the Cyprus problem and has made it one of her top personal priorities.
Following a successful visit to the island in October (in her first week in the job) she has maintained a close interest in developments and visited the island earlier this month, meeting both leaders. In January she announced a UK donation of 50,000 Euros to the UN Mine Action Centre in Cyprus which helped this important confidence building measure continue its work
The lecture is dedicated to the memory of Keith Kyle, an important scholar, historian, broadcaster, political commentator, a friend of Cyprus, and a long-standing and active member of the Association for Cypriot, Greek & Turkish Affairs. Soon after his death on 21.2.07, the ACGTA, reflecting the respect and affection of its members, decided to establish an annual Keith Kyle Memorial Lecture on British-Cypriot relations and to ask each year a distinguished speaker to deliver it. The first lecture was given by the Rt. Hon. Geoff Hoon, MP.
Dr Zenon Stavrinides
General Secretary, Association for Cypriot, Greek and Turkish Affairs
8 Ganners Mount, Leeds LS13 2PE, Great Britain
Tel: 0113 256 8907 Mobile: 07790 107353
Email: Z.Stavrinides@lineone.net
Visit the ACGTA websites at
http://website.lineone.net/~acgta and http://www.acgta.org/events-online.htm
Friday, 27 February 2009
Sunday, 8 February 2009
Cyprus - Progress so far - Andrew Dismore MP
The Association for Cypriot, Greek & Turkish Affairs
Friday 6 February 2009 at 6.30 p.m.
London School of Economics
European Institute
Canada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 1st floor,
Portugal Street, London WC2A 2AE
CYPRUS: PROGRESS SO FAR
Andrew Dismore, MP
Kyriacos Tsioupras in the Chair,
for
Dr Zenon Stavrinides
General Secretary, Association for Cypriot, Greek and Turkish Affairs
Visit the ACGTA websites at
http://website.lineone.net/~acgta
and
http://www.acgta.org
THE SPEAKER: Andrew Dismore studied law in the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics, and worked as solicitor, specialising in helping victims of accidents and crime. He entered Parliament as Labour MP for Hendon in 1997. He has served in a number of parliamentary committees, including the Joint Committee on Human Rights, which he chairs; and the Standards and Privileges Committee. He is also involved in various political organisations, including Friends of Cyprus. His long-standing interest in the situation in Cyprus and his other interests are expressed in a number of speeches and articles which can be found in his website
http://andrewdismoremp.com
As Vice Chair of Friends of Cyprus, has paid repeated visits to the island, where he met with Greek and Turkish Cypriot politicians, academics, business people and civil society personalities. Following his last visit from 26 November to 2 December 2008, he put down many parliamentary questions which when answered were fed into an adjournment debate on Cyprus on 15 January 2009, in which the Minister for Europe, Caroline Flint, MP responded on behalf of the British government.
Images from the talk:
Video of the Talk:
This video at Archive dot org
Creative Commons - Non Commercial, No Derivative Works
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
This video has also been posted to:
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=407043#407043
http://www.talkcyprus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=86933#86933
Friday 6 February 2009 at 6.30 p.m.
London School of Economics
European Institute
Canada Blanch Room, Cowdray House, 1st floor,
Portugal Street, London WC2A 2AE
CYPRUS: PROGRESS SO FAR
Andrew Dismore, MP
Kyriacos Tsioupras in the Chair,
for
Dr Zenon Stavrinides
General Secretary, Association for Cypriot, Greek and Turkish Affairs
Visit the ACGTA websites at
http://website.lineone.net/~acgta
and
http://www.acgta.org
THE SPEAKER: Andrew Dismore studied law in the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics, and worked as solicitor, specialising in helping victims of accidents and crime. He entered Parliament as Labour MP for Hendon in 1997. He has served in a number of parliamentary committees, including the Joint Committee on Human Rights, which he chairs; and the Standards and Privileges Committee. He is also involved in various political organisations, including Friends of Cyprus. His long-standing interest in the situation in Cyprus and his other interests are expressed in a number of speeches and articles which can be found in his website
http://andrewdismoremp.com
As Vice Chair of Friends of Cyprus, has paid repeated visits to the island, where he met with Greek and Turkish Cypriot politicians, academics, business people and civil society personalities. Following his last visit from 26 November to 2 December 2008, he put down many parliamentary questions which when answered were fed into an adjournment debate on Cyprus on 15 January 2009, in which the Minister for Europe, Caroline Flint, MP responded on behalf of the British government.
Images from the talk:
Video of the Talk:
This video at Archive dot org
Creative Commons - Non Commercial, No Derivative Works
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
This video has also been posted to:
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=407043#407043
http://www.talkcyprus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=86933#86933
Sunday, 7 December 2008
Kemalist Eurasianism - Seminar
Seminar Video (has been withdrawn at the request of Dr. Emel Akçali)
Kemalist Eurasianism:
An Emerging Geopolitical Discourse in Turkey
by
Dr. Emel Akçali, University of Birmingham
Chaired by Dr. Marco Antonsich
University of Birmingham
Organised by:
Association for Cypriot, Greek & Turkish Affairs
http://www.acgta.org/events_online.htm
Friday 5th December 2008
London School of Economics, European Insrtitute,
Canada Blanch Room, Cowdray HousePortugal Street, London WC2A 2AE
Kemalist Eurasianism. Seminar, ACGTA,, European Insrtitute, Emel Akçali, University of Birmingham, Marco Antonsich, Zenon Stavrinides, James Kerr Lindsey, Kemalist Eurasianism, Turkey
Kemalist Eurasianism:
An Emerging Geopolitical Discourse in Turkey
by
Dr. Emel Akçali, University of Birmingham
Chaired by Dr. Marco Antonsich
University of Birmingham
Organised by:
Association for Cypriot, Greek & Turkish Affairs
http://www.acgta.org/events_online.htm
Friday 5th December 2008
London School of Economics, European Insrtitute,
Canada Blanch Room, Cowdray HousePortugal Street, London WC2A 2AE
Kemalist Eurasianism. Seminar, ACGTA,, European Insrtitute, Emel Akçali, University of Birmingham, Marco Antonsich, Zenon Stavrinides, James Kerr Lindsey, Kemalist Eurasianism, Turkey
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Honouring the memory of Marios Tokas - Concert at London's Jazz Cafe, 1991
MARTHA & EVE - "Meze"
MARIOS TOKAS CONCERT - "Main Course"
CAMDEN CYPRIOT FESTIVAL 1991
(this was recorded at the Jazz Cafe)
An amazing musical evening -- within the context of 3 evenings of
"Music of the Eastern Mediterranean" held at Camden's Jazz Cafe, which
also featured Yeni Turku from Turkey, and Ross Daly with the
Vasilis Soukas Band from Greece -- this, the Cypriot musical
evening which was featured at London's Camden Town, was truly
historic.
Opening the evening, is a set by Martha and Eve (the artists
formerly known as Donna & Kebab) with their full jazz ensemble,
named 'Meze', perform many memorable songs including their own
rendition of Marios Tokas' song "Exartate" (which had always been
one of their favourite pieces in past performances) and a
song they wrote specifically for the Festival, "Kypros - Cyprus"
(See http://www.marthaandeve.co.uk for their latest information)
One of the 'core events' of the festival, this full concert by
Marios Tokas at the Jazz Cafe as a leading singer songwriter and
artist of great repute in Cyprus (who sadly died in April 2008)
and in Greece, where he composed music for many leading
performers ... this release of material from the 1991 concert is
made to honour his spirit, celebrate his memory, and commemorate
his life, on a weekend when a London concert is being staged in
Marios Tokas' memory, on 23rd November 2008.
In this concert Marios Tokas leads from his piano and also plays
his haromonica, supported by Andri Costandinou and Costas
HadjiChristodoulou.
In addition to being a musical 'tour-de-force' this concert is
historical in that this occasion was the first ever meeting
between Marios Tokas with the poet whose lyrics he had picked to
write music for, for a song which has become a second 'national
anthem' for people of Maronite, Armenian, Russian, Turkish, and
Greek as well as many others of CYPRIOT persuasion all over the world.
In addition to this being a recording of their first ever
meeting, the evening features a full recital of "My Country has
been divided in Two, which of the two should I love" by Nese
Yasin recited in Turkish, and the more commonly known 'refrain'
is sung by Andri Costandinou and Costas Hadji-Christodoulou and
ends with Marios Tokas and Nese Yasin singing together in both
Greek and Turkish lyrics .... and the audience, of Cypriots and
their friends, have been singing this song ever since!
Video archives from other events staged during the two week
Camden Cypriot Festival in 1991 are in process of being uploaded
during autumn 2008 to mark the current political initiative begun
by President Demetris Christofias, President of Cyprus to seek a
"Cyprus Solution by Cypriots for Cypriots".
Held during 23rd June to 7th July 1991, other events featured as
part of the Festival included:
(Links will be added to this page to video archive locations of other material, when available)
Festival Opening, Press Conference at Camden's Jazz Cafe.
"Fun Sunday in the Park" -- at Camden Square. Traditional music, dancing, childrens' play performance of "Turtles", Cypriot food, donkey rides, other activities.
Photographic Exhibition at the Crowndale Centre
Conference on Cypriots and the British Media, at Camden Town
Hall.
Conference on the Cultural Aspects of the Cyprus Problem, at
Camden Town Hall.
(Video available here)
Evening of poetry at Covent Garden's "Apples and Snakes".
Performance by a Turkish Cypriot Theatrical Group, Maras Emek, at
the Camden Centre.
Performance of a contemporary play by Peter Polycarpou, "Cypriot
Graffiti" , presented as a rehearsed reading at the Hampstead
Theatre.
Performance of Lysandros Pytharas' "Logoteknia" multimedia event,
at the Hampstead Theatre.
Film showing of "Detail in Cyprus" by Panikos Chrysanthou and
Niyazi Kizilyurek at Camden's Parkway Cinema.
An evening of choral signing by London's Byzantine Choir at Agios
Pantes Cathedral.
Three evenings of Eastern Mediterranean Music:
Martha and Eve of Donna and Kebab fame presenting their jazz band
"Meze", at the Jazz Cafe.
An evening of original music by Cypriot musician, composer and
performer "Marios Tokas", at the Jazz Cafe.
(Video available here)
Traditional and modern music by "Yeni Turku" group from Turkey,
at the Jazz Cafe.
An evening of traditional Greek and Middle Eastern music by "Ross
Daly" and the "Vassilis Soukas Band" from Greece, at the Jazz
Cafe.
Festival closing party at the Jazz Cafe, with poetry and music
performances.
MARIOS TOKAS CONCERT - "Main Course"
CAMDEN CYPRIOT FESTIVAL 1991
(this was recorded at the Jazz Cafe)
An amazing musical evening -- within the context of 3 evenings of
"Music of the Eastern Mediterranean" held at Camden's Jazz Cafe, which
also featured Yeni Turku from Turkey, and Ross Daly with the
Vasilis Soukas Band from Greece -- this, the Cypriot musical
evening which was featured at London's Camden Town, was truly
historic.
Opening the evening, is a set by Martha and Eve (the artists
formerly known as Donna & Kebab) with their full jazz ensemble,
named 'Meze', perform many memorable songs including their own
rendition of Marios Tokas' song "Exartate" (which had always been
one of their favourite pieces in past performances) and a
song they wrote specifically for the Festival, "Kypros - Cyprus"
(See http://www.marthaandeve.co.uk for their latest information)
One of the 'core events' of the festival, this full concert by
Marios Tokas at the Jazz Cafe as a leading singer songwriter and
artist of great repute in Cyprus (who sadly died in April 2008)
and in Greece, where he composed music for many leading
performers ... this release of material from the 1991 concert is
made to honour his spirit, celebrate his memory, and commemorate
his life, on a weekend when a London concert is being staged in
Marios Tokas' memory, on 23rd November 2008.
In this concert Marios Tokas leads from his piano and also plays
his haromonica, supported by Andri Costandinou and Costas
HadjiChristodoulou.
In addition to being a musical 'tour-de-force' this concert is
historical in that this occasion was the first ever meeting
between Marios Tokas with the poet whose lyrics he had picked to
write music for, for a song which has become a second 'national
anthem' for people of Maronite, Armenian, Russian, Turkish, and
Greek as well as many others of CYPRIOT persuasion all over the world.
In addition to this being a recording of their first ever
meeting, the evening features a full recital of "My Country has
been divided in Two, which of the two should I love" by Nese
Yasin recited in Turkish, and the more commonly known 'refrain'
is sung by Andri Costandinou and Costas Hadji-Christodoulou and
ends with Marios Tokas and Nese Yasin singing together in both
Greek and Turkish lyrics .... and the audience, of Cypriots and
their friends, have been singing this song ever since!
Video archives from other events staged during the two week
Camden Cypriot Festival in 1991 are in process of being uploaded
during autumn 2008 to mark the current political initiative begun
by President Demetris Christofias, President of Cyprus to seek a
"Cyprus Solution by Cypriots for Cypriots".
Held during 23rd June to 7th July 1991, other events featured as
part of the Festival included:
(Links will be added to this page to video archive locations of other material, when available)
Festival Opening, Press Conference at Camden's Jazz Cafe.
"Fun Sunday in the Park" -- at Camden Square. Traditional music, dancing, childrens' play performance of "Turtles", Cypriot food, donkey rides, other activities.
Photographic Exhibition at the Crowndale Centre
Conference on Cypriots and the British Media, at Camden Town
Hall.
Conference on the Cultural Aspects of the Cyprus Problem, at
Camden Town Hall.
(Video available here)
Evening of poetry at Covent Garden's "Apples and Snakes".
Performance by a Turkish Cypriot Theatrical Group, Maras Emek, at
the Camden Centre.
Performance of a contemporary play by Peter Polycarpou, "Cypriot
Graffiti" , presented as a rehearsed reading at the Hampstead
Theatre.
Performance of Lysandros Pytharas' "Logoteknia" multimedia event,
at the Hampstead Theatre.
Film showing of "Detail in Cyprus" by Panikos Chrysanthou and
Niyazi Kizilyurek at Camden's Parkway Cinema.
An evening of choral signing by London's Byzantine Choir at Agios
Pantes Cathedral.
Three evenings of Eastern Mediterranean Music:
Martha and Eve of Donna and Kebab fame presenting their jazz band
"Meze", at the Jazz Cafe.
An evening of original music by Cypriot musician, composer and
performer "Marios Tokas", at the Jazz Cafe.
(Video available here)
Traditional and modern music by "Yeni Turku" group from Turkey,
at the Jazz Cafe.
An evening of traditional Greek and Middle Eastern music by "Ross
Daly" and the "Vassilis Soukas Band" from Greece, at the Jazz
Cafe.
Festival closing party at the Jazz Cafe, with poetry and music
performances.
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