in-cyprus12 Jul 2026

Isaac-Solomou memorial ride reaches Karavas in Kythera

The motorcyclists disembarked from the ferry to Kythera with history close at hand, as the Isaac-Solomou Memory Initiative’s journey reached Karavas on 10 July 2026 and its imposing Monument to the Unknown Soldier.

The landscape evoked the occupied Karavas in Kyrenia. The lemon trees and olive groves seemed almost to have been transported there for the journey, 30 years after the murders of Tassos Isaac and Solomos Solomou....

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