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Bus driver dead and 10
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A walk through Famagusta’s
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ONE ISLAND, ONE VISION, ONE PAPER • Friday, July 8, 2016 • No. 2183 • €1.60
As Cyprus talks run out of steam separation could be an alternative to a federal solution
A velvet
divorce
C
report
Buried alive
300 Greek Cypriots taken to
Turkey ‘never returned’ >6
economy
Tax
confusion
yprus may be pressured into considering alternatives to a federation if current UN talks fail to
achieve results by early next year. The idea of a
velvet divorce is starting to gain traction as the international scene begins to lose interest and optimism.
Touting a different kind of devolution for Cyprus
is political heresy, but another failure to reunify the
island could bring about the unthinkable.
Some actors appear to be asking how Greek
Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots would profit
from a complicated deal, like the one currently
being discussed, which will make reunification difficult
to implement. “Why not negotiate partition instead,”
it has been suggested.
The Cyprus Weekly understands the idea of a divorce has been expressed by players from abroad.
But sources close to the talks told us President Anastasiades does not consider anything less than a
workable federal state.
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci is also
on the same page, although time for their kind of
deal may be running out. >4
Parties at loggerheads over
property levy >19
PROTEST
ENERGY
Salaries
row
Taking stock
Long-term gas policy and
planning needed >18
Highly-paid Turkish
doctors anger TC
colleagues in north >13
SHOOTINGS
Napa hit
baffles
Search for clues with police’s
reputation on the line >8
SOCIETY
Photo: Stefanos Kouratzis
No ID, no
entrance
Documents needed to
enter Louroujina >9
BRITAIN
All-woman
contest
May and Leadsom will
battle for No 10 >54
SPECIAL PILGRIMAGE: Hundreds of Muslims in Cyprus yesterday crossed the green line to celebrate the
end of Ramadan at Hala Sultan Tekke in Larnaca. “We pray this example of us being here in Hala Sultan
Tekke to be a good example for peace,” Turkish Cypriot Mufti Talip Atalay said
supplement
Mountain
treasures
Time to discover Troodos
this summer >72-75