Renos Lysiotis
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 21 Mar
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He told them what he'd seen and experienced during his detention.
Soon afterwards, he was released.
By the late 1950s, the British Army's superior numbers began to count, while EOKA was weakened by violent clashes with Turkish Cypriots who strongly opposed union with Greece.
Eventually, diplomatic efforts delivered a compromise, and Cyprus became an independent republic in 1960, although Britain maintained sovereignty over military bases there.
371 British military personnel died in Cyprus between 1955 and 1959, as well as several civilians.
Estimates vary for the number of Greek Cypriots killed, with figures usually in the hundreds.
Before Euro 96, nobody gave the Czech Republic much of a hope.
They undoubtedly had a bunch of promising players, including Patrick Berger, Karol Paborski and Pavel Nedved, who had gone to win the European Player of the Year award.
But back then, most people hadn't heard of them.
According to Patrick Berger, his Borussia Dortmund teammate, the World Cup-winning German defender Jürgen Kohler, didn't even know the Czechs were playing at the tournament.
At Euro 96, the Czechs were drawn in a ridiculously tough group against Germany, Italy and Russia.
Nobody expected them to make much of an impact, especially after they were comfortably beaten by Germany in their opening game.
Improbably, two first-half goals were enough to give the Czechs a famous win over Italy in that second game, which meant they could qualify for the knockout stages if they got at least a draw with Russia and Italy failed to beat Germany.
Everything was going perfectly at first, after two early goals gave the Czechs an early lead.
But, amazingly, three second-half goals from Russia meant Patrick and his team were on their way out.
Then, with just two minutes left, chaos ensued.
A three-all draw at Anfield and a goalless draw in the other game meant the Czech Republic joined Germany in the knockout stages.
And while the players may have been celebrating their achievement, a place in the quarterfinals made life complicated for some of them.
It wasn't just holidays.
Midfielder Vladimir Smica was due to get married back in Prague just two days before the final.
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