<P> Examples of Cyprus in foreign literature include the works of Shakespeare, with most of the play Othello by William Shakespeare set on the island of Cyprus . British writer Lawrence Durrell lived in Cyprus from 1952 until 1956, during his time working for the British colonial government on the island, and wrote the book Bitter Lemons about his time in Cyprus which won the second Duff Cooper Prize in 1957 . More recently British writer Victoria Hislop used Cyprus as the setting for her 2014 novel The Sunrise . </P> <P> In the 2015 Freedom of the Press report of Freedom House, the Republic of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus were ranked "free". The Republic of Cyprus scored 25 / 100 in press freedom, 5 / 30 in Legal Environment, 11 / 40 in Political Environment, and 9 / 30 in Economic Environment (the lower scores the better). Reporters Without Borders rank the Republic of Cyprus 24th out of 180 countries in the 2015 World Press Freedom Index, with a score of 15.62 </P> <P> The law provides for freedom of speech and press, and the government generally respects these rights in practice . An independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system combine to ensure freedom of speech and of the press . The law prohibits arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions in practice . </P> <P> Local television companies in Cyprus include the state owned Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation which runs two television channels . In addition on the Greek side of the island there are the private channels ANT1 Cyprus, Plus TV, Mega Channel, Sigma TV, Nimonia TV (NTV) and New Extra . In Northern Cyprus, the local channels are BRT, the Turkish Cypriot equivalent to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, and a number of private channels . The majority of local arts and cultural programming is produced by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and BRT, with local arts documentaries, review programmes and filmed drama series . </P>

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