‘No new ideas’ from Greek Cypriots, says Burcu
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...
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The impossibility of a decentralised federation
A regular reader wrote to me about my last article (which supported the view that the decentralised federation is a silly idea that should be...
CBMs improve daily lives, but talks the ‘main issue’ (Updated)
The National Council will meet on Friday when President Nicos Anastasiades will brief party leaders on his latest meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa...
An apparently logical conclusion is illogical
By Christos P Panayiotides Please follow my reasoning. The argument of the President of the Republic in favour of a ‘decentralised’ federation is straight forward:...
‘Not all options on the table’ foreign minister warns Turkey
The only type of settlement is that on the negotiations table despite Turkey’s attempts to push for its own preferred solution, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides...
Anastasiades calls Akel criticisms unjustifiable
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday he has been unjustifiably criticised by main opposition Akel over his handling of the reunification talks whose collapse is...
Decentralised federation means partition says Akel (Updated)
Any rejection of a bizonal, bicommunal federation (BBF) will lead only to partition and not some imaginary ‘decentralised federation’, Akel leader Andros Kyprianou said...
Decentralised federation could enhance day-to-day lives
Interview with Disy leader Averof Neophytou By Christos Panayiotides Averof Neophytou was born in 1961, in Argaka, in the district of Paphos. He attended the...
President’s new plan dismissed as ‘coffeeshop talk’
President Nicos Anastasiades’ decentralised federation proposal will prove to be mere coffeeshop talk that would only raise more problems in the reunification talks, main opposition...
Anastasiades accused of lacking clarity and sowing confusion
Opposition parties and Turkish Cypriots were quick to pounce on President Nicos Anastasiades’ public proposal for a decentralised federation on Wednesday, saying he failed...
‘Decentralised state would address concerns of both communities’ (updated)
By Evie Andreou President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday said that he pitched his proposal of a decentralised federation to address the concerns of both communities...
Anastasiades likely to discuss his new ideas at national council
President Nicos Anastasiades will probably supply members of the national council with documents relating to the powers of the central government tabled during reunification negotiations,...
