Lute leaves empty-handed after talks proposal rejected
The two sides in Cyprus appeared to be further apart than ever on Monday a day after the visit by UN envoy Jane Holl...
rotating presidency
Public or private debate, that is the question.
By Christos P. Panayiotides UNDOUBTEDLY, the Cyprus problem is an issue of vital importance for all Cypriots, given that its impact on future generations, including...
A Turkish Cypriot president would be in office not in power
The unexpected result of the UK general election left Theresa May, the British prime minister, bereft of political power. She decided to hold an election...
This could be the right formula
I refer to the recent article of Christos Panayiotides entitled “Navigating a rotating presidency” the contents of which I fully endorse. The political groups represented...
Aesop’s take on the Cyprob
IF AESOP was alive in Cyprus today you can be sure that he would have enriched his repertoire of fables and written the following: “Once...
Rotating presidency and political equality ‘different things’ Anastasiades said
A rotating presidency is out of the question without discussion and concessions on other issues, President Nicos Anastasiades said in an interview with Phileleftheros on...
Clumsy handling of rotating presidency could scupper deal
By Loucas Charalambous MUSTAFA AKINCI said on Wednesday that a rotating presidency would offer every Turkish Cypriot the right to be a presidential candidate. The...
‘No taboos’ over security, says Akinci
THERE are no taboos in negotiations over security, but a proposed solution without rotating presidency will not even make it to a referendum, Turkish Cypriot...
Akinci’s statement’s ‘unhelpful’ ahead of delicate negotiations
Public statements by the Turkish Cypriot side regarding the conditions for resolving the Cyprus problem do not help the ongoing negotiation process, the government...
Akinci: all issues are interconnected
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has told Turkish-language press that all of the issues at the negotiating table are interconnected and criticised the Greek Cypriot...
