The UN must tell us the truth about Crans-Montana
THE REACTION by the two sides to the collapse of the Conference on Cyprus in Crans-Montana was exactly as expected. Each rushed to attribute the
Loucas Charalambous
Political stupidity is clearly hereditary
By Loucas Charalambous IT is well known that stupidity is invincible. Nobody, so far, has managed to defeat it. It is also true that stupidity
Juncker, the latest anti-hellene to try and impose a settlement
Every time the effort to reach a deal on the Cyprus issue steps up, so too does the political schizophrenia and hysterical behaviour of the
For honest plain-speaking, we need to look to Akinci
By Loucas Charalambous WHATEVER the image anyone has of the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, I believe he has the gift of communicating and explaining
Anastasiades’ clumsy scheming now fully revealed
By Loucas Charalambous I HAVE written on countless occasions that our president is a ruthless, but also clumsy schemer. Not long after his election, I
The TV show we’ll never get to see: Turkish Cypriots on Cybc
TWO newspaper columnists have raised an extremely interesting point in recent days: the exclusion of Turkish Cypriot politicians from the Greek Cypriot media (particularly television
The ‘four freedoms’ lie and the president’s chair
By Loucas Charalambous “WHAT would I do with the chair of the president if my country is to be partitioned, if my country is to
Anastasiades to blame for Papadopoulos’ rejectionist crowing
Through his incompetence, indecisiveness and pitiful scheming, the biggest political crime President Anastasiades has committed in the four years he has been in power has
Annan no vote far from the ‘highest act of dignity’
By Loucas Charalambous THE 13th anniversary of the Annan plan referendum of April 24, 2004 provided an opportunity to the pseudo-patriots of the ‘in-between political
It’s time for Papadopoulos to reveal his ingenious new strategy
By Loucas Charalambous The Diko leader keeps talking about a new way forward in the talks, but reveals nothing THE SO-CALLED national council convenes on
Without an overhaul, Cyta will go the way of Cyprus Airways
FOURTEEN months ago, I wrote here that in a few years Cyta will be bankrupt and therefore the government should not have been bowing to
Even if talks resume, there is no room for optimism
By Loucas Charalambous WHAT matters is not whether President Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci decide to resume the talks at tonight’s dinner. The real issue is
Anastasiades’ courage is always self-serving
I have written in the past about the tactical scheming of President Anastasiades at which he has proved, as a rule, rather clumsy. The scheming
Syllouris’ inexplicable volte-face over Kyprianou
“SPYROS Kyprianou passed away without being able to see his dream of his country’s liberation become a reality. His commitment and practical contribution to the
The hilarious ironies within the Enosis vote debate
By Loucas Charalambous THIS BUSINESS about the decision of the House regarding the Enosis referendum has a funny side to it and is probably its
Steadfast Akel puts the president to shame
PRESIDENT Anastasiades and the leader of Disy Averof Neophytou still appear not to have understood the substance of the problem created by the House’s Enosis
Disy’s abstention on Enosis vote was despicable
By Loucas Charalambous I HAVE written this in the past: with the priests on the one hand and our political dwarves on the other hand
Unwelcome memories of the ill-fated ‘defence dogma’ with Greece
By Loucas Charalambous IN November 1993 Greece’s then prime minister, Andreas Papandreou, triumphantly announced the now famous ‘Unified Defence Dogma’. As part of this doctrine,
Why the majority want partition
IN HIS interview with Politis last Sunday, Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos said that some 1,500 houses owned by Turkish Cypriots had been given to Greek
Saying this deal is better than 2004 is really not the point
IN A SPEECH he made to his party’s supreme council last weekend, Disy leader Averof Neophytou said the following: “We are today discussing a