Overwhelming majority of Greek Cypriots not hopeful for solution
The majority of Greek Cypriots believe the Cyprus problem is no closer to being resolved now than it was last year although they would prefer
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House equalises voting registration prior to EP elections
The House plenum on Friday decided to amend the law that requires voters to register for the European Parliament elections. The amendment, when it comes
Over nine million crossings in 2018
In the first 11 months of 2018, there were over nine million crossings between the two sides, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Tuesday. According to
‘Difficult year’ for bi-communal work, Sir Stelios says
By Evie Andreou Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has announced the 50 bi-communal teams each of which will receive cash prizes of €10,000, among them 16 couples.
Clinging to hope as time runs out for finding Cyprus’ missing
By Kyriaki Christodoulou Archaeologists from both sides of the Cyprus divide who work on exhumations with the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) are living in
Seeing ourselves as others see us
By Alper Ali Riza It was Robert Burns night last Thursday. It is the night Scots drink a lot of whisky and address the haggis
Suffering and loss should be beyond comparison
By Gavin Jones How many times have we heard of someone having a hard time or a group of people being treated abominably? I would
Review begins into Turkey’s compliance with property-related ECHR judgments
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on Tuesday embarked on a three-day review regarding the implementation of European Court judgments, among other
Greek Cypriots condemn UDI, as north celebrates (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday strongly condemned the unilateral declaration of the Turkish Cypriot breakaway state in the north 34 years ago. Anastasiades said
The Russian connection
By Alper Ali Riza IN THE clash between democracy and oligarchy Cyprus has taken centre stage as Europe’s weakest link and Russia’s paradise island. Europe
Sides missed historic opportunity to resolve division, Guterres says
A historic opportunity was missed in Switzerland to settle the Cyprus problem earlier this year, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, and it would
We should focus on reforging trust and a sense of security
THE PREVAILING view is that the biggest obstacle to achieving a settlement is Turkey’s insistence on maintaining intervention rights and troops on the island. In
We should no longer ignore the economic benefits of a solution
The main failure of the Cypriot politics is that so many people on both sides of the dividing line in Cyprus either don’t support a
G/Cs don’t mind troops, guarantees as long as they are not Turkish
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides sought to clarify on Thursday that the Greek Cypriot side only opposed maintaining Turkish troops and Turkish guarantees after a solution,
‘Truth’ and its many faces: the art of spin doctoring
By Gavin Jones “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be
Study finds Greek and Turkish Cypriots to be close genetically
Greek and Turkish Cypriots have more in common than meets the eye, as according to a new DNA study most of them come from a
The truths the hagiographies don’t tell
FRENCH World War I hero, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and our very own General George Grivas share many common characteristics. Starting with their appearance, they
Ensuring past mistakes are not repeated
‘Repeatedly erring on the same issue is typical of unwise men.’ Paraphrasing the well-known ancient Greek dictum is intended to emphasise to the Greek Cypriot
The TV show we’ll never get to see: Turkish Cypriots on Cybc
TWO newspaper columnists have raised an extremely interesting point in recent days: the exclusion of Turkish Cypriot politicians from the Greek Cypriot media (particularly television
My kingdom is not of this world
By Christos Liasides Christ’s advice was to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s WHAT else to say about Christ’s sojourn on Earth after last week?