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Cyprus Observer

Concept of “Joie de Vivre” (Joy of Life) is intertwined with the content of Cyprus Observer e-newspaper: its editorial team strives to provide the positive luminous outlook of Cyprus everyday life and publish encouraging, inspirational news from the global world of art and culture, history and science, human life and nature. http://www.cyprusobserver.net/

Cyprus Observer`s concept & content reflect the wisdom of positivity and optimism: "We believe in the value of people`s creative spark, their ability to move forward changing their selves for the better. Therefore, we say “No to Negative News” and establish it as the ever-permeating principle of our informational universe. Introducing this triad of NNN (No to Negative News) and the union of Love for Luminous Life, we invite our dearest Readers to rewarding, captivating and joyful Journey: stay with Cyprus Observer, go Luminous and join our community of people who are careful, concerned, curious and are in constant process of self-development and transformation…." (as stated by the Editor-in-Chief, Taliya Khafizou, and the Head of Editorial Team, Hossein Sadri).

Requested move at Talk:2026 Iran war#Requested move 8 March 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2026 Iran war#Requested move 8 March 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Qwerty123M (talk) 04:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Hold onto Me#Requested move

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Hold onto Me#Requested move that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Qwerty123M (talk) 05:45, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Nea Salamis Famagusta FC

Nea Salamis Famagusta FC has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:13, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Northern Cyprus vs Occupied Cyprus

Greetings--is there an existing RFC, discussion, or accepted standard regarding what to call the Turkish-controlled portion of Cyprus? At Sinking of the Filo Jet, the article was written using Northern Cyprus to refer to this area (e.g. "residents of Northern Cyprus", "the port of Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus", "Northern Cyprus police", etc.

Two editors have changed it to "Occupied Cyprus", stating that UN resolutions 541 and 550 prohibit referring to this area as an independent republic, and others have reverted them. Given the existence of an article entitled Northern Cyprus and the sheer number of other articles using the term (6000) versus Occupied Cyprus (36), it would seem the latter is preferred, but I'm posing the question here as a first step towards dispute resolution. Pinging users @Speedstervalkyrie and @ToprakM.

Celjski Grad (talk) 17:12, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

The fact that it’s used more times doesn’t make it correct, as the UN resolutions 541 and 550 call it incorrect and only accept the terms “Cyprus” or “Occupied Cyprus” as legit. The fact that an article called “Northern Cyprus” exists , doesn’t make it a legitimate country since it’s not recognized by any Country except from Turkey , and there are multiple organizations like the United Nations, prohibiting recognizing this “republic “. In case that it’s written in geographical terms, it’s useless, and if it’s written in political terms , it’s considered worldwide invalid. ~2026-35663-88 (talk) 09:36, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

I see the sources tent to refer it as "northern Cyprus" --ToprakM ^✉ 16:32, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Iran–Israel conflict § Requested move 20 October 2026

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