Posts tagged with "Cyprus Problem"

‘Cypriots must know EU is backing them’ Cyprus

‘Cypriots must know EU is backing them’

January 11th, 2019 Cyprus’ division is a European issue and must be upgraded to have more importance for the rest of the EU, leader of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament and candidate for the Commission presidency Manfred Weber said on Friday. Weber, in Cyprus as the first stop of his campaign, met President Nicos...
Letter from Japan Opinion

Letter from Japan

December 23rd, 2018 By Christos P. Panayiotides Distressed by Cyprus rolling down the road of partition, I decided to disappear for a short while, as far away as possible, in the hope that I would thus forget the misery of my home country. Unfortunately, my goal proved unattainable as a result of having daily at my disposal the electronic versions of...
Maronite future under threat Cyprus

Maronite future under threat

November 25th, 2018 Although a decision has been taken to allow Maronites to return to their homes in two villages in the north, no substantial steps have been taken By Esra Aygin Despite a decision almost eighteen months ago, the return of Maronites to their villages in the north has been stuck in limbo due to a lack of political will on the part of...
Cyprus problem is ‘European problem’ says Anastasiades Cyprus

Cyprus problem is ‘European problem’ says Anastasiades

November 8th, 2018 The Cyprus problem is in fact a European problem and healing this wound would contribute to a stronger Europe, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday. Speaking at the 25th Congress in Helsinki of the European People’s Party (EPP), of which ruling Disy is a member, Anastasiades expressed appreciation for the renewal of EPP...
The phone lines stay dead across the divide Cyprus

The phone lines stay dead across the divide

November 4th, 2018 Fresh hopes that a 2015 agreement to connect the mobile phone services on both sides might finally be realised  By Esra Aygin You can call home and check on your family from almost any corner in the world – unless you are a Cypriot stuck on the wrong side of your own island. The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot mobile phone...
People prefer loose to decentralised federation Opinion

People prefer loose to decentralised federation

November 4th, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza The truth is a conversation about the nature of federal government and its suitability for a small island divided by ethnic conflict has been a long time coming. Most people have a vague idea about the nature of federal government but have not been encouraged to think of being under a federal umbrella. According...
Pavlopoulos: a solution to the Cyprus problem needs to be found soon Cyprus

Pavlopoulos: a solution to the Cyprus problem needs to be found soon

October 16th, 2018 A solution to the Cyprus problem must be reached soon to put an end to pending issues, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Tuesday. Pavlopoulos is in Nicosia to address a Conference organised by the Parliaments of Greek and Cyprus. President Nicos Anastasiades is also speaking at the Conference. Pavlopoulos , who had a...
Archbishop 'not afraid of dying', thinks Trump can help solve Cyprob Cyprus

Archbishop 'not afraid of dying', thinks Trump can help solve Cyprob

October 14th, 2018 Archbishop Chrysostomos said he was not bothered by those who were preparing to succeed him after word got out he was recently diagnosed with cancer ,and that he was not afraid of dying. Such individuals, the Church Primate said, were “petty”. He also said that only someone like US President, Donald Trump, could help bring a...
Jeremy Hunt: Cyprus issue “not insoluble” Cyprus

Jeremy Hunt: Cyprus issue “not insoluble”

October 1st, 2018 The UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the Cyprus issue is “not insoluble” and that a federal solution would be better for all Cypriots than the “unacceptable” status quo. Addressing a ‘Conservative Friends of Cyprus’ fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham on Sunday evening, Hunt said...
Spehar in New York this week to meet with UN officials Cyprus

Spehar in New York this week to meet with UN officials

October 1st, 2018 UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and Deputy Special Adviser on the Cyprus issue Elizabeth Spehar will be meeting with senior UN officials in New York this week, UN peace keeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Spokesperson Aleem Siddique has told CNA. “The Special Representative and Deputy Special Adviser will...
Imagine a political party that represents both communities Opinion

Imagine a political party that represents both communities

September 2nd, 2018 By Yiorgos Kakouris Is it time for a pan-Cypriot, multi-communal party? And what would such a party look like? It might appear counter-intuitive to explore this idea right now when the two communities seem set on a path to partition and a future of military tension and constant enmity. Perhaps, however, this juncture is just the...
No Plan B for Cyprus, British high commissioner says Cyprus

No Plan B for Cyprus, British high commissioner says

August 17th, 2018 There is no plan B for Cyprus, British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie said, urging Greek and Turkish Cypriots to resume reunification talks as soon as possible, as conditions were becoming more difficult with the passage of time. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, Lillie said "division would be plan B and there isn`t a...
Cyprus wants to see change in Turkey's stance Cyprus

Cyprus wants to see change in Turkey's stance

August 16th, 2018 The Republic would like to see a change in Turkey’s stance as regards the Cyprus issue, so that the two communities can negotiate a solution that would end the Turkish occupation of part of the island, government spokesman, Prodromos Prodromou said on Thursday. As reports in the north said that next month all stakeholders involved...
The ruling class’ lukewarm approach to reunification Opinion

The ruling class’ lukewarm approach to reunification

August 12th, 2018 FOR SOME time now, I have been struggling to understand why the ruling class in Cyprus on both the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot side is lukewarm to the idea of reunifying the island. Logically, there is no doubt that both communities would be much better off operating within a federated state that forms part of the European...
Letter from America Opinion

Letter from America

July 29th, 2018 By Christos P. Panayiotides Nicos Stavrou Syrimis was born in Cyprus.  He was raised in France where his parents lived at the time but, intermittently, he also lived in Cyprus before moving on to Manchester, in the UK, for higher studies.  He lived and worked in the UK for 13 years before immigrating to California in 1984, where he...
How Cyprus paid the price of vague wording Opinion

How Cyprus paid the price of vague wording

July 29th, 2018 By George Koumoullis ALL the leaders of the so-called centre parties – more precisely extreme right-wing parties – claim that according to the Treaty of Guarantee, Turkey, one of the guarantor powers, did not have the right of unilateral military intervention. Aritcle IV of the Treaty, states that in the event of the...
Heeding Guterres’ call for a stronger role for civil society Opinion

Heeding Guterres’ call for a stronger role for civil society

July 22nd, 2018 By Costas Apostolides With the imminent arrival of Jane Holl Lute, the UN secretary-general’s envoy, all those active in furthering the peace settlement should get involved, including civil society. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his latest report on Cyprus to the UN Security Council last month stressed the importance of...
The EU’s role in cutting an unwelcome umbilical cord Opinion

The EU’s role in cutting an unwelcome umbilical cord

July 8th, 2018 A few Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots have criticised my belief that the survival of Cyprus is conditional on severing the political umbilical cord that connects the island with Greece and Turkey. The Greek Cypriot critics claim my position implies a rejection of Greek ideals, shows an ignorance of Cyprus’ Greek heritage and...
The Dome hotel: a refuge in a time of war Cyprus

The Dome hotel: a refuge in a time of war

July 1st, 2018 By Rally Papageorgiou A new documentary on historic Dome hotel, long a Kyrenia landmark, tells a tale of glamour, war, loss and solidarity. Long famous for its receptions and tea parties, the Dome also became a refuge during times of war and continues to offer traditional hospitality by its present-day Turkish Cypriot employees...
Tourkosporos slur underlines need for school reform Opinion

Tourkosporos slur underlines need for school reform

July 1st, 2018 By George Koumoullis One of the most popular labels used by nationalists, conservatives and the clergy to describe those supporting rapprochement in articles, interviews or texts on social media is ‘Tourkosporos’. It means Turkish spawn. Looking up the definition of the word in a dictionary, we find two meanings, one literal...
Cyprus protests Turkish violations to the UN Cyprus

Cyprus protests Turkish violations to the UN

June 29th, 2018 Cyprus’ Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Kornelios Korneliou has strongly protested in a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres the continuing infringements of international air traffic regulations and the violations of the national airspace and the territorial waters of Cyprus by Turkey and appealed for their...
Tourism weaknesses seen both sides of the line Opinion

Tourism weaknesses seen both sides of the line

June 10th, 2018 By Costas Apostolides It is sometime now since an analysis of tourism in Cyprus as a whole has been published, and in view of various alarmist reports south of the Green Line (GL), it is time to examine how the sector is developing in Cyprus as a whole. In 2016 Cyprus as a whole had almost 5 million visitors of whom 33% went north of...
General Basbug is honourable but he is also wrong Opinion

General Basbug is honourable but he is also wrong

June 10th, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza I RECENTLY developed an aversion to writing about the political problem in Cyprus but my writer’s block disappeared after I read comments made by retired General Ilker Basbug, the 26th Turkish Chief of Staff, that the treaty of guarantee concerning Cyprus was not a matter for the Turkish Cypriot leadership. He...
The end of the national dream Opinion

The end of the national dream

June 10th, 2018 By Christos P. Panayiotides I MUST admit that this is the first time that I have attempted to review a book.  The author of the book, titled ‘Cyprus 1950-1959: The End of the National Dream’, is Takis Hadjidemetriou and the publisher is Papazisis. The political events of the 1950’s and their consequences are set out in the...
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