Military history of Cyprus

A surprise candidate?

While some people still dream of success in the long-dead Cyprus intercommunal talks, Greek Cypriots are buried deep in the "Who will be candidates for the February presidential poll?" question.

End-game pains

Recent news reports indicate that Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias sent a letter on April 7 to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in which he sharply criticized Espen Barth Eide, the U.N. chief's special adviser on Cyprus, accusing him, inter alia, of acting to promote the interests of the Turkish side.

President Anastasiades says UN envoy Espen Barth Eide adopts unilateral positions

President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades expressed on Sunday his regret over the fact that the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, appears to adopt positions expressed from one side in Cyprus, without listening first.

President Pavlopoulos: The Cyprus dispute is not a national but an international & European problem

Whatever solution to the Cyprus problem must be compatible with the European law,” the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Wednesday said addressing the plenary session of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

The Cyprus conundrum in Turkey-EU relations

It would be political shortsightedness not to see that a serious decline in Turkey's relations with Europe is in the making. At this stage, resorting to blame games does not help: Turkey is hardly satisfied with the approach pursued by the EU vis-a-vis Turkey over the last 10 years, while Turkey's performance in complying with EU standards has not been convincing either.

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