Will the presidential elections jeopardise one more Cyprus issue solution?
A.GEORGIOU The U.N. establishment has started countering the influence that the E.U. system has been gaining over the Cyprus issue. The ever-closer ties of Turkey with Israel introduce new imbalances in the complex web of relations between Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the Middle Eastern countries. But even heavier a burden for the Cyprus issue is the very fact that the 1998 presidential election has been nearing. Position-taking in view of the election has been colouring the choises and acts of all important actors on the political scene; even the firing of Alecos Michaelidis from his post as foreign minister can be connected with this. Cyprus teaches democracy G.P.MALOUCHOS A recent unpleasant event in Cyprus shows how deeper than their Greek equivalent are democratic traditions in the island. Foreign Affairs Minister Alecos Michaelidis, a respected figure and a succesful negotiator, is also a hotel owner; in one of his hotels, a violation of the building code has occured – a fa
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