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
partition
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
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
‘World looks on in silence as Cyprus moves towards partition’
Cyprus is moving towards partition while the world looks on in silence, civil society groups from the island said on Tuesday. In a joint call,
Siber says time to break the taboo and talk partition
Former Turkish Cypriot ‘House Speaker’ Sibel Siber added her voice to a growing number of politicians on the Turkish side that say a two-state solution
Partition it is, though they dare not speak its name
By Gavin Jones There is universal respect for the British sense of humour. Quite simply, it’s all in the words, timing and its mode of
Concern over archbishop’s apparent support for partition
Archbishop Chrysostomos on Wednesday defended his apparent support for a two-state solution in Cyprus, a day after coming under attack for referring to the
Our View: It is time partition entered public debate
IN AN interview he gave to Phileleftheros last Sunday, President Anastasiades was asked whether there was another path if the Cyprus problem could not be
No to partition and no to enosis
Like many politicians of his generation Jack Straw, Britain’s former Labour foreign secretary, who recently wrote an article in the Independent newspaper in support of
Labour MP says Straw was ‘ill informed’
Britain’s Labour MP Bambos Charalambous has described an article by former British foreign secretary Jack Straw calling for the island’s partition as “ill-informed” and not
UK’s former foreign minister calls for Cyprus’ partition
A negotiated solution to the Cyprus problem through the creation of a bizonal, bicommunal federation is impossible due to Greek Cypriot intransigence and the only
Seventy years after India, Cyprus is on the road to partition
British India was partitioned 70 years ago at the stroke of midnight on August 14, 1947. In the process a million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims
The fatal dangers of the status quo
By George Koumoullis THE IMPRESSION that the status quo – that is, partition – was supported by a large number of Greek Cypriots because of
Why the majority want partition
IN HIS interview with Politis last Sunday, Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos said that some 1,500 houses owned by Turkish Cypriots had been given to Greek
Concern over Republic a smokescreen for partition
By Loucas Charalambous NOW THAT the rejectionist parties have decided to join forces in order to prevent a possible settlement of the Cyprus problem,
The Plan B we might need to consider
If present talks for a Cyprus solution fail, the inevitable answer might have to be a negotiated division of the island By Andreas Tryfon On
Our View: ‘Preserving the Republic’ rules out any possibility of a settlement
FEARING that their defiant but hollow rhetoric is no longer taken very seriously the so-called parties of the centre brought a US-based Greek academic to
The real message from the elections
By Loucas Charalambous THE ATTEMPT of all those who, since Monday, have been trying to analyse the results of the parliamentary elections and identify the
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
Division must not become permanent, president says
The island’s current division must not be allowed to become permanent, President Nicos Anastasiades said, ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Turkish invasion. He