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...
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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...
No deal without rotating presidency, says Akinci
THERE will be no settlement agreement without a rotating presidency, Mustafa Akinci said on Friday. The Turkish Cypriot leader held a separate news conference, following...
Turkish Cypriot spokesman hits back at archbishop and president
Archbishop Chrysostomos’ remark that he would not accept a rotating presidency as part of a Cyprus settlement showed once again that he was a man...
Archbishop: show me a country where 18 per cent gets to elect the president
Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Sunday that Turkish Cypriots, who constituted a minority of 18 per cent in Cyprus could not hold the presidency of the...
Taking the sting out of a rotating presidency
Job share and gender equality, a new opportunity for Cyprus’ top job By Alper Ali Riza President Anastasiades said the other day that ‘where there...
‘Emotional bond’ criteria in leaders’ discussions on property
By Jean Christou Turkish daily Milliyet on Monday said it had accessed the content of some of the discussions between President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish...
My €20 bet on the reunification of Cyprus
By Aaron Miles Coatsworth In his article ‘Rotating presidency: unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic’, (Sunday Mail, January 31), Alper Ali Riza (a Queen’s Counsel and part...
Akinci chides Anastasiades over ‘unilateral interpretations’ of progress
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa has chided President Nicos Anastasiades for “unilateral interpretations” of what has been agreed at the negotiations that included “at the very...
Rotating presidency: unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic
By Alper Ali Riza Apparently a rotating presidency in a federal Cyprus is a red line for the Turkish Cypriot side in the seemingly endless...