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...
Cyprus talks: lost in translation
By Costas Apostolides The title of this article is not inspired by the successful film produced by Sofia Coppola and released in 2003, but by...
Economic convergence is failing in Cyprus
By Costas Apostolides The disparities between the economies north and south of the Green Line are not converging and the differences may be increasing. This...
Leaders’ focus must be on confidence building measures
By Costas Apostolides On Monday the two leaders of the largest communities in Cyprus will sit together at a UN-sponsored dinner to discuss how...
A call for both sides to do their homework
By Costas Apostolides A response to the views of Dr Angelos Syrigos on Turkish annexation of northern Cyprus AT THE annual memorial of the death...
The UN on political quality
There are various definitions of political equality, but with respect to a Cyprus settlement the United Nations Security Council has defined the meaning in...
A balance between secrecy and the need to know
In a democratic country, should negotiations for a Cyprus settlement be held in secret or should the public have a source of accurate and responsible...
The question of land prices
By Costas Apostolides THE question of what will happen to land prices after a Cyprus settlement is often posed indirectly, with people assuming that land...
Time to do some homework
By Costas Apostolides IT APPEARS the UN and the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders are planning to begin serious negotiations to resolve the most difficult...
Preparing voters for the referendums
The two leaders in Cyprus met a few weeks ago to discuss how to implement any settlement, when (or if) an agreement is reached. So...
The day after a Cyprus settlement
A COUPLE of weeks ago the UN-sponsored Cyprus talks surprised us all because the subject on the table was the implementation of a Cyprus settlement....