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Cyprus Election: President Faces Run-Off Vote (video)

Latest exit polls from Cyprus' presidential election show incumbent Nicos Anastasiades will have to fight in a run-off race next week after apparently failing to win 50 percent of the vote on Sunday. Voting ended at 6 p.m. local time...

Cyprus Election Focuses on Partition, Economy

President Nicos Anastasiades heads into Sunday's Cyprus election as the favorite in a campaign dominated by the economy and stalled efforts to reunify the divided island. Among the nine candidates for the top job -- all male -- the center-right Democratic...

2018 Cyprus Elections – The Land of Myths

  I have been listening carefully to public interviews and statements from the presidential candidates in Cyprus and I am not convinced that after the elections the country will leap forward to a more stable future or enjoy a socially...

Northern Cyprus Election Results Point to Coalition Government

No party has bagged enough votes to emerge as the ruling party in snap parliamentary elections in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which may lead to a coalition government, according to unofficial results Monday. The National Unity Party...

Games of the Throne – Cyprus Elections

This is the second Presidential campaign that I am witnessing in Cyprus and I must admit it has to be dirtiest yet! There are five candidates fighting for the throne and with sharpened tongues they are all anxious to...

President Anastasiades Maintains Lead in Latest Cyprus Election Poll

President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades maintains a comfortable lead to win in next year’s presidential election according to a poll presented by Antenna TV on Friday night. The poll was conducted via 1,021 personal interviews with randomly selected subjects by...

Cyprus Elections 2016

What do I think of the upcoming May 22 elections? Not much! We see braying men and women as well as braying donkeys; senseless loud talking is none other than braying and we hear plenty of that, but no...

Cyprus Elections: White/Blank Protest Vote

The battle for the May 2016 parliamentary elections in Cyprus is in full swing and sabres crisscrossing between rival groups are rattling like never before. On the other hand people are in a sombre mood with electoral fatigue, apathy...

Four Polling Stations to Open in Greece and the UK for Upcoming Cyprus Elections

Three polling stations in Greece and one in the UK will operate to facilitate Cypriots abroad, who will cast their vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections, on May 22. According to an announcement by the Central Electoral Service, the polling...

Nicos Anastasiades Wins Cyprus Presidential Election

Official results in Cyprus show the country's president Nicos Anastasiades has been re-elected to another five-year term, defeating the left-leaning independent Stavros Malas. He has been congratulated by his rival for his win. With all the votes counted, the incumbent conservative...

Cyprus Presidential Elections 2018

The election campaign for the Cyprus presidency continues complete with bitter accusations and counter-accusations of the worst kind – the knives are out! Personally, I made up my mind long ago and I will join thousands of other citizens...

Cyprus Sets Up 38 Voting Centres Abroad Ahead of Presidential Elections

The start of 2018 marks the opening of the Cyprus presidential race. Cypriot citizens all over the world will be voting for the country's president for the next five years. A total of 38 voting centres will operate around the...

Cyprus President Says Could Have a Solution Before the Elections If His Proposal Is Accepted

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday evening that if a proposal he has put forward on the negotiating table in the context of UN led talks to reunite Cyprus, divided since the Turkish invasion of 1974, is accepted...

Municipal Elections in Cyprus: Elected Mayors Pledge to Work for the People

The winners in Sunday's municipal elections pledged to work hard for the good of their respective cities and sent a message of unity and concerted action, saying that the citizen must reap the benefits of decisions of local authorities. In...

U.S. Elections 2016: Democrats and Republicans Mention Cyprus Issue in Political Platforms

Following interventions by Greek-American leaders, the political platforms approved at both the Republican and the Democratic Conventions had references to the Cyprus issue, although the drafts sent to the Conventions did not include the references. Congressman Gus Bilirakis from Florida played a crucial role...