Christos Panayiotides

The days to come in Geneva will have a lot of suspense and drama By Christos P Panayiotides I often get the impression that those involved in the process of ...

From politicians’ sources of wealth to the search for a solution, we should be looking at well-planned construction By Christos P Panayiotides Those of you who happen to be architects ...

The rules must be jointly formulated by the two federated states while their enforcement would be up to the constituent states The issue of a “decentralised” federation has been preoccupying ...

Our relations with the Soviet Union and Russia have rarely proved beneficial Two days after Cyprus’ independence, the new state was formally recognised by the Soviet Union on 18 August 1960. The ...

If we truly love our country, we must choose the difficult, uphill path of reconciliation and forgiveness By Christos P Panayiotides Certain Greek Cypriots appear to be suffering from paranoia. ...

Cyprus’ official stance on the negotiations has just been undermined by the very man who was supposed to be defending it A “very harmful act” was the description given by ...

Only one road lies ahead in the talks: to state our positions decently, honestly, openly and responsibly Lately, I’ve heard the proponents of partition raising their voices and arguing ...

Is the badly needed catharsis of the politically exposed persons in sight? By Christos P Panayiotides I am one of the three members of a team comprising Sir Christopher Pissarides, ...

His political courage and honesty are qualities in short supply on the Cyprus political scene I was truly relieved to hear – at last – a political leader courageously raising his voice ...

So have your say on the Panayiotides-Syrimis-Pissarides White Paper to fight corruption The events which led to the resignation of the previous House of Representatives’ president and of another MP ...

Nobody is in favour of a formal partition of Cyprus but the risks are real By Christos P Panayiotides Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ brief visit to Cyprus has unquestionably ...

Politically exposed persons must shed their clothes At last! The Georghadjis List has been published. It is a list of politically exposed persons indebted to the “institutional” banks operating in ...

The system of governance in Cyprus is based on the 1960 constitution and is meant to be a presidential (as opposed to a parliamentary) system. The system, originally introduced under the ...

The people have the right to know By Christos P Panayiotides I have had diametrically opposed reactions to my article of last Sunday with some readers enthusiastically supporting my views ...

The Greek Cypriot leadership must come to its senses. The time for acrobatics is over In my article on Sunday, December 20, I said: “I dare to predict that in February ...

Disy’s deputy chairman has some explaining to do over his recent opposition to a federation An article written by Harris Georgiades, Disy’s deputy chairman, entitled ‘The new realism’ ...

This is what really matters Christos P. Panayiotides, CM Regular Columnist It is a fact that most Cypriot politicians have a legal background. Therefore, it is not surprising that they ...