Category: Cyprus/TRNC
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CYPRUS: Greek Cypriot Politicians need to leave their fantasy world
CYPRUS MAIL 25.01.2015 Our View: Our politicians need to leave their fantasy world DELUSIONS and myths have always been the currency of Cyprus political life, which took a divorce from reality from the day the Republic was established. Ever since, our politicians have been operating in a fantasy world of […]
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CYPRUS: Greek Cypriot Leader Anastasiades meets Kerry in Davos
CYPRUS MAIL 24.01.2015 US State Secretary John Kerry with Anastasiades The USA is trying to create the conditions necessary to restart reunification talks, which stalled after Turkey sent a research vessel inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone prompting President Nicos Anastasiades to abandon the negotiating table, the government said on Friday. […]
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A LEGENDARY HERO, A FATHER, A LEADER, THE FOUNDER OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS: H.E. RAUF RAIF DENKTAS
It was April 15, 2005 when I had the honor to interview His Excellency Rauf Raif Denktas, a week before the presidential elections in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Here is how our conversation started:“All I can say is I wish the best of luck to all the candidates […]
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Cyprus and the myth of Humpty Dumpty
CYPRUS MAIL 01.01.2015 Dervish Eroglu & Nicos Anastasiades with UN in between By Gavin Jones WHEN we were children, many of us were brought up with and inspired by the magical tales of the Greek myths which were dominated by such characters as Hercules with his 12 labors, Jason […]
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ERDOGAN: Oil deal in Iraq should be example for Cyprus
REUTERS Photo The recent internal agreement between Baghdad and Erbil should set an example for sharing potential energy resources off Cyprus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, vowing that Turkey will never abandon the rights of Turkish Cypriots in the Eastern Mediterranean. “We played a leading role in the […]