A POSITIVE reaction to the encouraging comments about his government’s commitment to a Cyprus settlement made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the weekend would have been too much to expect from our politicians. This may be because they operate on the dogmatic assumption that all Turkish politicians are insincere expansionists who cannot be trusted. Erdogan said at the weekend: “Our goal ... Full story

Before becoming special United Nations envoy to Cyprus, Australia's former foreign minister, Alexander Downer, enthusiastically declared he would "fix up" the "untidy" problem of reuniting Greeks and Turks on the island. Full story

Financial Mirror Barroso to pay one-day visit to Cyprus Financial Mirror, Cyprus President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso will be paying a one-day visit to Cyprus on Thursday, during which he will be meeting with the leaders of the two communities. According to the programme of the visit, Barroso will be received by .. Full story