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A new paradigm for the Turkish Cypriot community

A new paradigm for the Turkish Cypriot community

April 21st, 20192726 By Esra Aygin There is unprecedented interest among Turkish Cypriots to vote in the upcoming European Parliament elections THE unprecedented interest by...

A history of contradictions

A history of contradictions

April 21st, 20191398 By George Koumoullis The history of Cyprus is riven with contradictions, backtracking and transformations. Arguably the most classic example is offered by...

President, Akel trade barbs over Cyprus problem (updated)

President, Akel trade barbs over Cyprus problem (updated)

April 12th, 20192308 President Nicos Anastasiades suggested on Friday that main opposition Akel’s criticism of his policies on the Cyprus problem aimed at winning the votes of...

Festival hit by Cypriot director might cause controversy at home

Festival hit by Cypriot director might cause controversy at home

April 7th, 20195063 The comedy Smuggling Hendrix has won accolades internationally, but the way it challenges the Cyprus problem narrative may unsettle audiences By Theo...

Higher-than-expected support for solution in World Bank survey

Higher-than-expected support for solution in World Bank survey

April 7th, 20193527 Some surprising results from the 1,000 Greek and Turkish Cypriots asked about federation, land, troops, guarantees and contact with the other side By Esra...

Clearer picture on future of talks soon

Clearer picture on future of talks soon

March 31st, 20192147 A CLEARER picture about efforts to resume the Cyprus talks would emerge in the coming days, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Sunday. President...

Ozersay: government turning back on CBMs, academic refused entry

Ozersay: government turning back on CBMs, academic refused entry

March 26th, 20193424 The Turkish Cypriot 'Foreign Ministry' said on Tuesday that actions by the Greek Cypriot leadership contradict ongoing efforts to build confidence between the...

CMP finds bone fragments in two villages in the north

CMP finds bone fragments in two villages in the north

March 26th, 20191404 Bone fragments were found on Tuesday by crews of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in two villages in the north of Cyprus, Gerani and Templos. The CMP...

When the buffer zone is a land of opportunity

When the buffer zone is a land of opportunity

March 25th, 20192855 By Annette Chrysostomou The buffer zone is an area of opportunities, or at least this is what Andros Karayiannis, mayor of Dherynia, believes. He...

UN soldiers finally give up on calling Ledra Palace home

UN soldiers finally give up on calling Ledra Palace home

March 24th, 20199950 By Jean Christou The British contingent of the United Nations peacekeepers in Cyprus (Unficyp) has almost finished setting up its new camp on the grounds of...

Anastasiades attends bicommunal footie game, Akinci refuses due to venue

Anastasiades attends bicommunal footie game, Akinci refuses due to venue

March 19th, 20193578 President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday declined to comment on Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci’s refusal to attend a bicommunal football game because...

CMP to interview UK Cypriots for info on burial sites

CMP to interview UK Cypriots for info on burial sites

March 12th, 20191204 The members of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) plan to visit Britain next week for meetings with various UK government departments, agencies and NGOs...

‘No new ideas’ from Greek Cypriots, says Burcu

‘No new ideas’ from Greek Cypriots, says Burcu

March 11th, 20192927 CONTRARY to what it asserts, the Greek Cypriot side has not come up with new ideas on governance in a reunified state, rather it is serving up rehashed old...

Our View: Too much noise with nothing to say

Our View: Too much noise with nothing to say

March 8th, 20193683 WHEN there is no news about the Cyprus problem, we have to make it up. It would be unheard of for a Cyprus president to meet with the British prime minister at...

Turkey accused of starving north of funds

Turkey accused of starving north of funds

March 3rd, 201910283 By Esra Aygin The Turkish Cypriot administration, financially dependent on Turkey, has not received any funding from Ankara for more than a year and is...

Confidence building measures agreed (updated)

Confidence building measures agreed (updated)

February 26th, 20194168 President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci agreed on Tuesday to link the two sides’ mobile telephony networks, a...

Leaders hold informal meeting, focus on terms of reference (updated)

Leaders hold informal meeting, focus on terms of reference (updated)

February 26th, 20192610 President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci were meeting informally Tuesday morning at the residence of the UN Secretary General’s...

An apparently logical conclusion is illogical

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An apparently logical conclusion is illogical

February 24th, 20193696 By Christos P Panayiotides Please follow my reasoning. The argument of the President of the Republic in favour of a ‘decentralised’ federation is...

Turkey set to begin oil and gas drilling off Cyprus

Turkey set to begin oil and gas drilling off Cyprus

February 21st, 20196398 Turkey will begin drilling for oil and gas near Cyprus in coming days, state-owned news agency Anadolu reported Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu saying on...

Akinci: A lone fighter who won’t give up

Akinci: A lone fighter who won’t give up

February 3rd, 20195779 By Esra Aygin ONLY two years after the devastation and division of 1974, when nobody could dare dream of it, the 28-year-old Mustafa Akinci imagined a...

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