Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet Daily News (online, 24.02.12) reports that Turkey is planning to purchase 100 multi-purpose F-35 jet fighters worth $16 billion, Turkish Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz has said, according to daily Milliyet. The first two of the military aircraft will be delivered by ...

Writing in his daily column in Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen newspaper (24.02.12), journalist Sami Ozuslu reports that as he and the paper’s editor-in-chief Cenk Mutluyakali have found out from sources very close to a high ranking UN official, that the Cyprus negotiations process is about ...

A few months ago I happened to attend a discussion (or attempt thereof) held on Oct. 10, 2011 at the Cultural Center of Larnaca, Cyprus, regarding the concept of federation. The event was indented to take the form of a discussion with Mr. Alexander Downer, the UN Secretary General representative in ...

I love the current (Greek) anthem, it is undeniably a part of me while at the same time I will freely admit that I’m not fond of Turkish politics. However I want a national anthem that’s better then the existing Greek one. I think an independent Republic of Cyprus needs a new national anthem ...

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Four months before Cyprus takes up the EU’s rotating presidency, tensions are increasing on and around the island. While this is partially to do to with a last-ditch attempt by the UN to speed up progress on the peace talks for the reunification of the island, which has ruffled a few feathers, it ...

Τέλος ο Χριστόφιας για το ΑΚΕΛ; Δεν θα είναι ξανά υποψήφιος του κομμουνιστικού κόμματος θα το αξίωμα του Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας; Αυτό θα φανεί σε λίγους μήνες. Η επιρροή ...

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