A look at what a loose federation really means
The people have the right to know By Christos P Panayiotides I have had diametrically opposed reactions to my article of last Sunday with some...
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Pressure mounts on Anastasiades
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday went on the defensive when it came to his policy on the Cyprus negotiations as he appeared to be facing...
Walking on the razor’s edge
Interview with Toumazos Tsielepis, former member of the Greek Cypriot negotiating team Toumazos Tsielepis was born, in 1956, in the occupied village of Prastio (in...
‘Special importance’ attached to meeting with Lute
President Nicos Anastasiades attributes ‘special importance’ to his scheduled meeting on Wednesday with a United Nations envoy, the government said on Tuesday. The UN Secretary-General’s...
Anastasiades dragging his feet on Cyprob, Kyprianou says.
By George Psyllides Main opposition AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou on Thursday accused the president of dragging his feet on the Cyprus problem, suggesting that his...
Akinci threatened to resign if federal solution not on the table
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has said he would rather resign than table any model of a solution other than a federal system, Turkish Cypriot...
Does president himself know what a loose federation would mean?
There was a lot of frustration coming out of the National Council meeting on Tuesday when President Anastasiades failed to present his ‘food for thought’,...
No proposal on ‘loose federation’ tabled at national council (updated)
Despite expectations, President Nicos Anastasiades did not table a detailed proposal on ‘loose’ federation as form of settling the island’s division at the national council...
No danger of partition from loose federation
Loose federation is flavour of the month. Apparently, President Nicos Anastasiades has been thinking the unthinkable for some time. He has now said the unsayable....
Turkish Cypriots will reject a loose federation, says Ozersay
The Turkish Cypriot side does not accept a ‘loose federation’ as a way of reunifying the island, Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay has said,...
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...