Agreement on sharing gas revenues was reached years ago
Over the last few months, tensions have been building over the Cyprus government’s plans for the natural gas reserves in the Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone...
Costas Apostolides
Why we need a time schedule for Cyprus talks
By Costas Apostolides In view of the announcement by Mustafa Akinci, the Turkish Cypriot leader, that when UN sponsored Cyprus talks resume, they should have...
Heeding Guterres’ call for a stronger role for civil society
By Costas Apostolides With the imminent arrival of Jane Holl Lute, the UN secretary-general’s envoy, all those active in furthering the peace settlement should get...
Lessons for Cyprus from the Bosnian conflict still resonate
On Thursday the one-month long Pax Cypria Cyprus Institute for Peace training on Negotiation for Conflict Resolution training course concluded with a showing of the...
Government undermining Green Line policy it supposedly supports
By Costas Apostolides Over the past two weeks the government has disappointed all those who appreciate that the Green Line Regulations, and the check points...
Tourism weaknesses seen both sides of the line
By Costas Apostolides It is sometime now since an analysis of tourism in Cyprus as a whole has been published, and in view of various...
Hollywood discovers Malthusian theory
By Costas Apostolides. FOR MANY years now there has been an undercurrent of criticism of how the movies have become increasingly violent and confusing because...
Row between two tough state officials threatens Cyprus talks
By Costas Apostolides Over the past week or so, a public row has broken out between the Law Commissioner Leda Koursoumba and the Auditor-General Odysseas...
Does the Guterres framework solve the Cyprus problem?
By Costas Apostolides READING the papers and listening to political discussions one gets the impression that the Guterres framework submitted at Crans-Montana resolves the...
UN in contact with parties to seek way forward in Cyprus talks
The United Nations have said they are in contact with the parties “to determine a way to seek the outcomes of their reflection and their...
