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 MoreThere can be little doubt that the fundamental principle of fair game is violated with regard to the preparation and performance of leading athletes hailing from world athletic-cum-political powers. In the past month we witnessed the West and Russia trading accusations and recriminations regarding each other’s doping and anti-doping practices.…
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 MoreProfessor Martin Blinkhorn, Lancaster University, UK, wrote the following in the very first paragraph of his Foreword for our book Cyprus: The Struggle for Self-Determination in the 1940s (Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, Germany): Even as this introduction is being written (early July 2001), the continuing British military presence in…
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 MoreLast Monday 13 of June, as the hot Mediterranean summer working day was here in Lefkosia drawing to a close, we received another unexpected blow (?) to our international standing if not reputation: our top diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis was defeated in his bid to be elected President of the 71st…
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