Since 1900, the Armenian community has a long history of magazines and newspapers to show for in Cyprus. Currently, Armenian-Cypriots have the following printed, electronic and online media: • A radio programme (1953), currently broadcasted daily by CyBC 2 (17:00-18:00). • Artsakank (Echo) bimonthly newspaper (1995). • Lradou (Newsletter) quarterly newsletter of the Office of the Armenian Representative (2006). • Mer Yegeghetsin (Our Church) quarterly church newsletter (2015). • Gibrahayer (Armenian-Cypriots) monthly online newsletter (1999) - in English. • Azad Khosk (Free Speech) monthly online newsletter (2011). • The official trilingual website www.cyprusarmenians.com (2007), sponsored by the government of Cyprus. • The official Facebook page of the Office of the Armenian Representative (Vartkes Mahdessian - Armenian MP in the Cyprus Parliament, since 2011). • The official Facebook page of the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus (Armenian Prelature of Cyprus, since 2014). l Armenian- Cypriot press from 1960 onwards. Mass Media THE ARMENIANS OF CYPRUS 29
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