Akinci warns of permanent partition in Guardian interview
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has warned that the island faces permanent partition and outlined his hope of reaching a deal under a federal framework....
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Akel: secret Ozersay-Anastasiades meeting was not just a social event (Updated)
Opposition Akel on Wednesday called on President Nicos Anastasiades to explain his meeting with Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay behind the back of Turkish...
Akinci: Turkish Cypriots the main victims of the status quo
The Turkish Cypriots are the only community working towards a solution to the Cyprus problem, the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said in his New...
People prefer loose to decentralised federation
By Alper Ali Riza The truth is a conversation about the nature of federal government and its suitability for a small island divided by ethnic...
Anastasiades suggests input from experts on notions of federation and confederation
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday said he had suggested a workshop be held where experts could discuss various parameters relating to the Cyprus problem, such...
Anastasiades ‘not shifting the goalposts’ he says
The government is not shifting the goalposts as to the form of a reunified Cyprus state desired by the Greek Cypriot side, president Nicos Anastasiades...
T/C party denounces federal solution
Chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Democratic Party Serdar Denktash announced on Tuesday that his party was withdrawing its support for the February 11, 2014 joint...
The Republic is dead, long live the Republic
I do not know any of the leaders of the rejectionist parties but I do know plenty of people who are against any kind of...
Akel responds top Greek comrades who backtracked on Cyprus’ federal solution
Akel believes the decision of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) to reject a bicommunal, bizonal federation in Cyprus is wrong, the party said in the...
Arranging competences, transfers & debt, key for reunited, federal Cyprus
By Stelios Orphanides The choice of model for a federal Cyprus, which will set out the assignment of competences and the regime governing transfers and...
Uproar over Turkish Cypriot side’s ‘virgin birth’ implication
A statement by the spokesman of Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, Baris Burcu, in which he said a Cyprus solution would create a new federal...
Anastasiades hopeful but not certain of 2016 solution
President Nicos Anastasiades said that although important work has been done in the negotiations, he does not think it is sufficient to say with certainty...
Favouring a ‘Cypriot’ identity but differing on what it means
By Evie Andreou The majority of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots favour fostering a Cypriot identify but appear to differ on what that means, according...
Federation to be added to school curriculum
By George Psyllides POLITICAL systems, including federation, will be part of the school curriculum in the near future according to Education Minister Costas Kadis, who...
Greek Cypriots ‘will never accept partition’
By George Psyllides CYPRUS’ future would be brighter and more hopeful if obstacles were overcome and dividing lines wiped out through a federal republic, President...
