Nord Noratlas

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades is attending on Friday the unveiling ceremony of a Greek Noratlas aircraft replica, which has been assembled at the Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia to honor the fallen.

The ceremony is part of a series of events and gatherings by which Greek Cypriots mark July 20 as the day of Turkish invasion.

Cyprus has returned remains of Greek commandos and air force crew killed in a military accident in 1974 when Turkey invaded the Mediterranean island. At a ceremony Tuesday, President Nicos Anastasiades issued an apology for the incident - known as the Noratlas air crash - when a military transport plane was shot down by Cypriot fire and 31 officers were killed.