The 9th September Geneva agreement between the US and Russia on establishing a ceasefire in Syria, naturally raised expectations for fresh negotiations with the aim of launching political transition in the troubled West Asian country. Instead, in the couple of months since the promising Geneva accord on Syria we have…
Read MoreΘα έλεγε κανείς ότι η απασχόληση μας ως πολιτεία και δη πλήρες μέλος του ΟΗΕ και της ΕΕ με το θέμα των Βρετανικών Βάσεων (ΒΒ) είναι περιστασιακή, αποσπασματική και ασπόνδυλη. Αντικατοπτρίζει προφανώς τον τρόπο με τον οποίο χαράσσουμε ή ίσως δεν χαράσσουμε καν πολιτική, απλά αντιδρούμε περιστασιακά στις αυθαιρεσίες των…
Read MoreWe are three days away from the next European Council meeting (20-21 October 2016). The migration crisis, trade issues are the first two items on the agenda. Third and last chapter concerns external relations. Singular issue on this last chapter concerns the relations with Russia. There can be no doubt…
Read MoreΤο πολιτικό θερμόμετρο άρχισε να ανεβαίνει εκ νέου στο νησί εν όψει των Δημοτικών εκλογών προσεχούς Δεκεμβρίου. Εδώ και δύο περίπου χρόνια με αρχή την υπόθεση ΣΑΠΑ στον Δήμο Πάφου μια σειρά από σκάνδαλα έχουν αποκαλυφθεί που εμπλέκουν τοπικές αρχές των μεγάλων δήμων της Κύπρου. (Μεγάλων βέβαια για τα δεδομένα…
Read MoreThe struggle in Syria against the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS or ISIS) has reached a new level. According to a recent agreement between Moscow and Tehran, Air and Space Forces of Russia are given the opportunity to use the Iranian Air Base Hamadan for strikes on positions and targets…
Read MoreThe West has apparently set itself the target to bring Russia to its knees, by imposing sanctions but something went wrong. A recent American edition of the Foreign Policy magazine carried an article with the telling title “Let’s Face it – Sanctions Failed.” It seems that Washington finds it increasingly…
Read MoreAs the forty second anniversary of the abominable days of the two-phased Turkish invasion (20 July – 16 August 1974) of Cyprus is only a breath away it is our duty to recall the long lasting wounds effected on the island courtesy of … the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) Attila…
Read MoreLandmark events of the past should be remembered or even commemorated if they bear direct significance to the present and serve as an indicator to future calamities. For the scholars of Greco-Turkish relations today is a landmark event. On this day 19th of May in 1919, two parallel events took…
Read MoreHaving outlined the sad historical background of the denial of implementation of the core UN principles of equal rights and of self-determination for the people of Cyprus in our Victory Day anniversary analysis (9 May 2016), it is necessary to take a look at the current state of affairs with…
Read MoreToday marks the anniversary of the defeat of Nazism. The 9th of May 1945, Victory Day, marks the date Nazi Germany, bent on subjugating the whole world, was utterly defeated by the Allied Powers. The latter through their commitments signed under both the Atlantic (1941) and the UN Charter (1945)…
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