Sixteenth anniversary of Annan plan rejection
Friday marks the 16th anniversary of the referendum in which Greek Cypriots overwhelmingly rejected a UN blueprint for the reunification of the island. Across the...
2004 Annan Plan
Independent MP becomes ‘MP of the Independents’
Independent MP Anna Theologou on Wednesday announced she would be representing a new group that call themselves ‘The Independents’ seeking equal treatment against big interests...
Former ambassador’s book recounts 2004 referendum period
A book by former Swedish Ambassador to Cyprus Ingemar Lindahl titled ‘Notes from the Graveyard of Diplomats’ is being launched in Nicosia on Thursday at...
Erdogan threatens to increase number of soldiers in north (Updated)
By Evie Andreou Turkey will not create bases in the north of Cyprus but will increase the troops stationed there, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
President has led us to partition, says ex-minister
President Nicos Anastasiades has cheated everyone who voted for him on the promise of a solution to the Cyprus problem and has instead delivered permanent...
If only we had accepted the Annan plan
By George Koumoullis IN 2004 Greek Cypriots rejected the Annan plan, the only comprehensive settlement plan ever. It was not the ideal solution, but...
For whom does the bell toll?
The collapse of the Cyprus talks in Crans-Montana is a no-win situation that should sadden all Cypriots says Antonis Antoniou Yet another attempt to solve...
Poll finds Anastasiades has changed his views due to elections
THE majority of those who saw President Nicos Anastasiades’ address on Monday on the progress of the settlement talks, believe he has changed his stance...
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...
A tale of two elections and three referendums
By Alper Ali Riza ‘It was the best times, it was the worst times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of...
Paying the price for the lack of good sense in 2004
By Loucas Charalambous THE FAILED coup attempt in Turkey on July 15 provided our rejectionist politicians and journalists with a wonderful opportunity to give a...
Referendum lesson from the UK Brexit vote
Referring to the 2004 Annan plan referendum in Cyprus, on April 21 that year – three days before the referendum – Nicos Anastasiades spoke of...
Timing is all, the lesson the president ignored
By Loucas Charalambous IT IS 12 years to the day since the 2004 referendum on the Annan plan, to which the smart Greek Cypriot people...
After talks, EU officials see no quick December fix with Britain
By Jan Strupczewski European Union leaders are not only unlikely to reach a deal next month with Britain on its demands for reform of the...
The questions Papadopoulos should be ashamed to ask
By Loucas Charalambous I HAVE written on countless occasions that this country is an open political lunatic asylum. A day does not go by without...
