Northern Cyprus dailies include Afrika, Avrupa Demokrat Bak, Detay, Diyalog, Haberdar, Halkn Sesi, Havadis, Kbrs, Kbrs Postas, Kbrsl, Realist, Star Kbrs, Vatan, Volkan, Yeni Dzen.

Television, magazines, and newspapers are all operated by both state-owned and for-profit corporations which depend on advertising, subscription, and other sales-related revenues.

The power-sharing agreement among Turkish and Greek communities collapsed in 1963 after Makarios attempt at pushing through Constitutional amendments.

The Turkish community withdrew from the power-sharing agreements, and media remained under control of the Grek-dominated government.

The partition removed the Turkish population from the Greek Cypriots political sphere, and media controls were slowly relaxed.

The editorial independence of the state-owned media (on the BBC model) was slowly reinforced in the 197677 period, when media in the Republic of Cyprus were deemed partly free.

Few small but free independent media outlets also emerged.

The 1989 Press Law allowed privatisation and reinforced journalists protections.

The Constitution of Cyprus guarantees freedom of speech and of expression (art.

Every person has the right to freedom of speech and expression in any form.

This right includes freedom to hold opinions and receive and impart information and ideas without interference by any public authority and regardless of frontiers.

The press of the Republic of Cyprus is seen as vibrant and does not shy from criticising authorities.

Libel and defamation are decriminalised and remain as civil offenses.

Information can only be withhold for state or public security, constitutional or public order, public morals or the protection of the honour and rights of third parties.

Their reply must be published, free of charge, within three days of its receipt, giving it the same prominence as the initial report.

An independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system combine to ensure freedom of speech and of the press.

The law prohibits arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions in practice.

Some media institutions and journalists are openly critical of the government, independent media is active and expresses a wide variety of views.

English-language press include the Cyprus Mail and the Cyprus Reporter ( The Cyprus Times has been discontinued).

The online press include CyprusNews.eu, onlycy, News In Cyprus, 12 Daily Cyprus 13 and Supermpala (sport magazine).

Weeklies include Kathimerini (in Greek) and several English-language magazines: Cyprus Dialogue, Cyprus Observer, Cyprus Today, Cyprus Weekly, Financial Mirror.

Non-EU citizens require a permit from the Minister of the Interior to publish a newspaper or a magazine in Cyprus.

Editorial and printing activities must be carried out in Cyprus.

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