Author:  Simon Bahceli   DERVIS Eroglu, the victor in Sunday’s ‘presidential’ election in the north, said yesterday he believed negotiations with the Greek Cypriot side could begin again in late May, and that he would not be setting conditions prior to his first meeting with President Demetris Christofias. Eroglu won Sunday’s election, scoring 50.3 per cent of the vote. His incumbent rival Mehmet Ali ... Full story

DERVIS EROGLU scored an outright victory in Sunday’s ‘presidential’ elections in the north. He secured just about enough votes – 50.38 per cent – to avoid a second election contest this Sunday. He secured most of the settlers’ votes it was reported, winning, by big margins, in districts where there was high concentrations of people from the Turkish mainland Full story

Author:  Stefanos Evripidou AS THE dust settles on Dervis Eroglu’s election as the new Turkish Cypriot leader, the question on everyone’s lips is ‘what next for the talks?’ Officially, the UN have adopted a “wait and see” attitude as to whether the talks will continue in their current format and within the parameters already agreed by President Demetris Christofias and Eroglu’s predecessor Mehmet Ali ... Full story

Author:  George Psyllides THE ELECTION of hardliner Dervis Eroglu as leader of the Turkish Cypriots is an adverse development that will create problems in the Cyprus negotiations, the government said yesterday. “Considering Mr. Eroglu’s longstanding positions against the federation and (in favour of) the foundation of two independent states in Cyprus, there will be serious problems in the negotiations,” government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said. ... Full story

Author:  George Psyllides ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos II, yesterday became the first Cypriot prelate to visit an important Greek Orthodox seminary in Istanbul that was closed down by the Turkish government 39 years ago. Full story

Derviş Eroğlu to replace Mehmet Ali Talat, casting doubt on reunification talks. Full story

Many voters hope efforts to reunify Cyprus will carry on whoever wins today's presidential election in the Turkish-held north, despite "pro-settlement" leader Mehmet Ali Talat trailing in the polls. Full story

Turkish Cypriots play tables outside a National Unity party house with a campaign poster of Presidential candidate Dervis Eroglu in the background in the Turkish occupied area of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, April 15, 2010. Full story

Cyprus President Christofias has said he exchanged views with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat on the chapter of economy, during a new meeting in the framework of the UN-led direct negotiations for an agreed settlement to the Cyprus problem which resumed on Wednesday. ''The discussion on the Publication: Financial Mirror (Cyprus) Full story

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