History should temper any optimism
By Ingemar Lindahl Sometimes History makes unexpected turns. Who would have imagined in 2004, after the rejection of the UN plan for the solution of...
Dervis Eroglu
Cutting the umbilical cord
By Simon Bahceli There is a tangible feeling that something has changed in the northern part of Cyprus. Hope has returned for the first...
Eroglu-Akinci runoff nears
By Angelos Anastasiou TWO days before the runoff election for Turkish Cypriot leader between incumbent Dervis Eroglu and challenger Mustafa Akinci, press reports indicated that...
Turkish Cypriot leadership vote goes to runoff
By Simon Bahceli Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglou failed on Sunday to win a presidential election in the breakaway territory, paving the way for a...
Turkish Cypriot election date set
Turkish Cypriots will go to the polls on April 19 to elect a new leader, it was announced on Monday. The campaign will begin on...
Davutoglu in the north ahead of talks
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was due in the north on Tuesday ahead of a dinner between the two Cypriot leaders in the evening, and...
Party leaders to be briefed before next leaders’ meeting on September 2
By Staff Reporter President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday two meetings would be held with the party leaders before he resumes negotiations with Turkish Cypriot...
Eroglu: Turkish Cypriots want a referendum this year
By a Staff Reporter THE TURKISH Cypriots would like to see a referendum on a solution of the Cyprus problem held within 2014, but the...
New strategy to deal with ‘Turkey’s intransigence’
By George Psyllides THE NATIONAL Council will convene in a lengthy session in the autumn to draft a strategy with the help of experts for...
Leaders agree to seek convergences
By George Psyllides TURKISH Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has agreed to submit proposals on all aspects of all core issues of the Cyprus problem during...
Wasting time just to stay put
By Loucas Charalambous IN THE HANDLING of the Cyprus problem President Anastasiades is turning out to be just another Christofias. He is using the exact...
Leaders to hold working meeting on June 2 (updated)
By Jean Christou PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu will hold a working meeting on June 2. This will be the third...
Talks move to issues of substance
By Jean Christou THE VISIT on Monday by the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, kicked off a busy week for the...
EU pressed on Varosha return as confidence building measure
By Jean Christou A MORE active role for the EU in the Cyprus negotiations, plus the return of the fenced-off area of Famagusta as a...
Sides far apart in peace talks says Anastasiades
By Stefanos Evripidou THE TWO sides’ positions in the peace talks are far apart, said President Nicos Anastasiades yesterday, arguing certain Turkish Cypriot positions fall...
Turkish Cypriot leader says incident ‘worrying’
THE incident caused consternation on the Turkish Cypriot side with all of the media in the north splashing the story on their front pages on...
Anastasiades: gas crucial to US role in talks
By Elias Hazou ON THE eve of a new round of peace talks, President Nicos Anastasiades has said that an agreement reunifying the island would...
Leaders’ meeting scheduled for Tuesday
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Derviş Eroglu will meet in the United Nations protected area of Nicosia at the Good Offices Mission on...
All indications point to start of talks on Monday
By Stefanos Evripidou THE TWO leaders are set to kick-start peace talks on Monday after Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu accepted the latest version of...
UNFICYP mandate renewed
By Stefanos Evripidou THE UN Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution renewing the mandate of UNFICYP on the island for a further...
