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The Republic of Cyprus is a unitary presidential representative republic, whereby the President of Cyprus is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the parliament. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
PEO, the Pancyprian Federation of Labour, is an umbrella organization for trade unions in Cyprus, which evolved from PSE. It was instrumental in the 1948 strikes in the mines of the Cyprus Mines Corporation and has been closely related to AKEL.
The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) is the governing body of football in Cyprus and is based in Nicosia. It organizes the football championships, whose top league is the Cypriot First Division. It also organizes the Cypriot Cup, the Cypriot Super Cup and the Cypriot national football team. Cyprus Football Association is also responsible for organizing all the futsal competitions, like the Cypriot Futsal league, the Cypriot Futsal Cup and the Cypriot Futsal Super Cup.
Scouting and Guiding Federation of Turkey is the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Turkey. It serves 33,974 Scouts and 2,883 Guides. The federation is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement since 1950, and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts since 1987.
Enosis Neon Trust was a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia. It was a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The disbanding of the Pancyprian Football Organization in 1924 led to the creation of two new clubs: Trust AC and Panergatikos. Trust took their name from the English word trust.
Football is the national sport of Northern Cyprus. It is governed by the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation, which was set up in 1955. The KTFF oversees the national team and the league system. The top-level national league is the KTFF Süper Lig, followed by the KTFF 1. Lig and the KTFF 2. Lig. The national cup, regulated by the KTFF is the Cypriot Cup. The winner of the league and the cup play the KTFF Super Cup.
The Cyprus Rugby Federation (CRF) the governing body for rugby union in Cyprus. It runs several competitions including a league with teams from the British military bases and three local teams:
The Cyprus Cricket Association (CCA) is the governing body of cricket in Cyprus. It is a member of the European Cricket Council and an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1999. It organises the Cyprus cricket league which has 12 participating teams including some from the British military bases of Akrotiri, Episkopi, and Dekhelia. It is also responsible for the Cyprus National Cricket team.
The Cyprus Automobile Association (CAA) is a non-profit organization governed by an elected council. Founded in 1933, it has the aim of offering assistance to the private motorist, in Cyprus and abroad, and to promote the interests of car owners in general. The CAA is a member of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT).
New Internationalist Left is a Trotskyist political organization in Cyprus affiliated to the Committee for a Workers' International. It is not represented in parliament or other government bodies.
The Cyprus Archery Federation (CAF) is the governing body for the sport of archery in Cyprus. It runs an annual national championship, and has hosted a number of international competitions.
The European Chess Union (ECU) is an independent association for the interests of European chess.
The Pancyprian Organization of Independent Trade Unions was a trade union centre in Cyprus. PAOS was founded in 1956, by unions that wanted to position themselves as independent from political parties. The organization reached its peak of influence in the late 1950s. Starting from the early 1960s the organization entered a prolonged period of decline. By 1990, the organization had only 500 members. POAS was affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour.
Andreas Koukouma is a commentator and literary critic of the left. As a poet he is known by his pen-name Antis Kanakis. His poems and short stories deal with universal themes and are written in the Cypriot dialect of the Greek demotic. His poems also address the Turkish invasion of 1974, in which with others he unsuccessfully fought to repel, and promote the peaceful co-existence of Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
Andreas Ziartides was a Cypriot trade unionist and politician.
The Confédération Européene de Billard (CEB) is European governing body of carom billiards and is affiliated to the world federation UMB.
The Pancyprian Union of Chemists is the chemical society for Cypriot chemists. It comprises a board of nine members which is elected every two years by the General Assembly of the PUC. The PUC was founded in 1960. This coincides with the period during which the Republic of Cyprus was established. The PUC currently has over 550 members. It also publishes the Greek language magazine '“Chemica Nea'”, or the Chemical News Magazine in English. This magazine is distributed quarterly to PUC members plus approximately one hundred additional subscribers throughout Cyprus and Greece.
Ioannis Clerides, CBE QC, sometimes known as John Clerides, was a Greek Cypriot lawyer and politician. He served as Mayor of Nicosia and was a candidate for President in Cyprus' first presidential election in 1959, where he was defeated by Archbishop Makarios III. He was the father of future President of Cyprus Glafcos Clerides.
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