Centralised and decentralised at the same time
The rules must be jointly formulated by the two federated states while their enforcement would be up to the constituent states The issue of...
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TCs express support for GC protesters
Turkish Cypriots on Friday expressed their solidarity with Greek Cypriots fighting against police violence and corruption. In a video published on social media, Turkish Cypriots...
More GCs against a BBF than for it, undecideds hold small majority
More Greek Cypriots want a unified state than a bizonal bicommunal federation (BBF), the accepted basis for negotiating a Cyprus solution, according to a survey...
Bringing our art the long road home
For 45 years, 219 pieces of Greek Cypriot art lay gathering dust in the north. Here’s how they were returned Behind the 219 artworks left...
Enough is enough
By Dr Dimitri Gonis I USED to think that the Greeks were drama queens. Always harping on about being stabbed in the back by the rest of...
Equal but side by side in a future Cyprus
By Ozay Mehmet Solving the Cyprus problem can only occur between equal parties, that is on equal political footing. Of course, no two individuals or groups...
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...
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,...