Russian support is always empty of content
Aftermath of the visit of the Russian foreign minister By Christos Panayiotides In the course of his recent visit to Cyprus, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian...
Cyprus Problem
Our View: Pro-solution Akinci unfairly misrepresented by GC side
Greek Cypriot politicians and media have not been very kind to the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. He is referred to as the ‘occupation leader’...
Varosha: a Catch-22
The plan to open the fenced area of Famagusta may have been announced more than a year ago by the Turkish Cypriot leadership, but the...
A maximalistic approach is certain to lead us into disaster
By Christos P. Panayiotides “President Nicos Anastasiades is and always has been ready to continue discussions leading to a solution of the Cyprus problem,” Government...
One last referendum on both sides
Since 1974, 46 years have passed and there have been thousands of meetings and plans and yet the situation remains as it. Some might say...
There’s no political shelter for supporters of reunification
By George Koumoullis THE PRE-ELECTION climate that will soon fall upon us is a gloomy time for voters who do not belong to any political...
The Cyprus problem is one of invasion and occupation. So what?
By Christos P Panayiotides We often hear the small opposition parties advocating that the Cyprus problem should be refocussed as one of invasion and occupation....
Our View: After 46 years, a principled stand gets us nowhere
PRESIDENT Anastasiades’ speech at the anti-occupation gathering organised by Famagusta municipality on Thursday night, highlighted the problem our leadership has always had with regard to...
‘We will defy death, we will make it live’
By Erbay Akansoy I am a citizen of a country In which people were slaughtered solely for their ideological leanings by so-called patriots in the...
The one and only red line
We must beware the pseudo-arguments of the maximalist positions of the crypto-partitionists By Christos P Panayiotides It is a well-known fact that the crypto-partitionists do...
Peace and stability will prevail if resources are shared, Akinci says
Not finding a solution to the Cyprus problem will only serve to cement the divisions on the island even further, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci...
The questions we need to answer
By Christos P Panayiotides The questions which follow could be referred to as ‘one-million-dollar’ questions. Whether the responses have any value or are worthless is...
Our View: Cyprus problem returns to the point-scoring 1980s
THERE has been an overpowering sense of déjà vu in the last week as the Cyprus issue was somehow returned to the 1980s. It was...
Pressing need to revise our strategy on national problem
It is readily apparent that the strategy followed on the Cyprus problem has turned the issue into a headache for the international community The...
Coronavirus: A relationship forcibly on hold
How the coronavirus has separated a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot couple By Ioli Ioannidou A mere three weeks ago, I could never have...
Division stokes migrant crisis
Cyprus has been caught in migrant crossfire by lack of a solution and Greek-Turkish geopolitical storm By Nick Theodoulou The continued division of the island...
End the rhetoric and get to work: open letter to the Famagusta mayor
By Christos P. Panayiotides Dear Mayor IN YOUR recent interview published in daily Phileleftheros, you stated that in order to address the Turkish plans for...
Cyprus, the Achilles heel of Hellenism
For the past two years I have been proposing a moratorium on energy and a dialogue on Cyprus By Nicos Rolandis Over the past 16...
‘New form of dialogue needed in which civil society is key’ EU official says
The only way forward in Cyprus is to come up with a new form of dialogue, European Economic and Social Committee President Luca Jahier has...
UN official hopes leaders will return to talks with sense of urgency
The UN secretary general’s special representative in Cyprus and head of the UN peacekeeping force on the island, Elizabeth Spehar, expressed hope on Thursday that...
