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The '''Democratic Rally''' ([[Greek Language|Greek]]: ''Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός''), or DI.SY., is a conservative political party in [[Cyprus]], currently led by [[Nikos Anastasiadis]].  
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'''[[February 22]]'''
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The party was founded in [[1976]] by [[Glafkos Clerides]] who headed it until [[1993]] when he was elected President of Cyprus.
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*[[1897]]: [[Crete|Cretans]] battled against Turks in [[Ierapetra]].
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*[[1935]]: The trial of a bandit and several high officials of the Police force over the [[1933]] assassination attempt on [[Eleftherios Venizelos|Venizelos]]' life began.  
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It is the second largest party in the House of Representatives with 19 members out of 56. In the [[European Parliament Election, 2004 (Cyprus)|2004 European Parliamentary Election]] it gained the largest share of the vote with 28.2%, and returned 2 MEPs, who are expected to join the European People's Party group.
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*[[1943]]: Students staged a strike in occupied [[Athens]].
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*Births: [[Apostolos Santas]], [[Greek Resistance|Greek Resistance]] ([[1922]]); [[Grigoris Afxentiou]], second in command of [[EOKA]] ([[1928]]).
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The Democratic Rally supported the [[Annan Plan for Cyprus|Annan Plan]] for the re-unification of Cyprus, which was rejected by a majority of the Greek Community. The party subsequently expelled two parliamentary deputies who had opposed the party line. Former party president [[Yiannakis Matsis]] headed a splinter coalition [[For Europe (Cyprus)|For Europe]] in the European Parliamentary Election.
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*Deaths: [[Katina Paxinou]], actress ([[1973]])
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<span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px;">Recent days: [[February 21]] - [[February 20]]</span>
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==External links==
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* [http://www.disy.org.cy/ Official web site]
 
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[[Category:Political Parties in Cyprus]]
 

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February 22

Recent days: February 21 - February 20

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