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‘Makarios’ legacies will lead us out of impasse’
The legacies left to us by Archbishop Makarios III are the only ones that will lead us out of the current impasse, Archbishop Georgios said on Sunday.
He was speaking ...
The ghosts of the past impact the viability of political equality
By Leontios Ierodiaconou
It seems that in some political circles, there are excessive concerns about “political equality” between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots in any future solution. Inevitably, these fears ...
State memorial service held for Makarios at Kykkos monastery
A memorial service was held on Sunday at Kykkos Monastery for Archbishop Makarios III, the first President of the Republic of Cyprus, who passed away on August 3, 1977.
The service was ...
Turkish invasion: 50 years
Our View: Hollow rhetoric been political constant for 50 years
On Monday Cyprus will mark the 50th anniversary of the coup against Archbishop Makarios and on Saturday the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion that followed it and led to ...
Makarios statue defaced in Paphos
Police on Sunday were trying to track who may have written ‘Koumas, die’ on a Makarios statue in Paphos.
George Koumas is the head of the Cyprus Football Association, where ...
Greece is all too often Cyprus’ reluctant champion
Since the days of Makarios, Greece’s relations with Turkey have been held ransom by the Cyprus problem
When Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan signed ...
Henry Kissinger a champion of war not peace
Now he is dead it may be possible for more light to be shed on the true extent to which he manipulated events in Cyprus in 1974
Henry Kissinger died peacefully ...
Neither the occupation, nor status quo acceptable, president says (Updated)
There can be no accepting the Turkish occupation, nor can the current status quo be the future of Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday during a memorial service for ...
The culture of blame in Cyprus
In minds of successive governments, blame for the events of the past and ongoing impasse lies on the shoulders of others
By Gavin Jones
This latest article completes my trilogy ...
First-ever Cyprus elections in 1959 were fractious and rushed
But the result was never in doubt
The first-ever presidential elections in Cyprus in 1959 were by all accounts a rushed, tumultuous affair – though their legitimacy or result never questioned. They ...
Growing democracy: a history of the presidential elections
Archbishop Makarios barely had any opposition when he stood for president – three times – and there was no second round until 1988
A record 14 candidates will be contesting today’s presidential elections, ...
Our View: Doctors’ suspension raises question of who should probe medical negligence
The three-month suspension of two doctors at Makarios hospital, pending a police investigation into their involvement in a case of alleged medical negligence, appears not to have been thought through ...
Cypriot presidents: Missed opportunities and bad choices
A new book on the island’s leaders says the first president was incapable of taking decisions that did not have general and universal acceptance
Poor leadership, which takes decisions ...
Coronavirus: Paediatrics head brands complaining parents ‘spoiled’
Children are very cooperative when it is explained to them why they need to wear a face mask, head of the Makarios hospital’s paediatrics clinic Dr Avraam Elia said ...