Saturday, June 7, 2008

Op-Ed: British and U.S. Responsibility for Turkey’s Aggression in Cyprus

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CONTACT: Nick Larigakis
June 3, 2008—No. 37

Washington, DC—The following Op-Ed appeared in the Greek News, 5-26-’08, p.36, the Hellenic Voice, 5-28-’08, p.5, the National Herald 5-31-’08, p.11 and in the Hellenic News of America.

British and U.S. Responsibility for Turkey’s Aggression in Cyprus
By Gene Rossides

May 21, 2008

I have long written about the British and U.S. responsibility for Turkey’s aggression in Cyprus, and the tragedies that have befallen Cyprus since the 1950’s. I have documented Britain’s irresponsibility in bringing Turkey into the picture in the 1950’s when the Cypriots sought self-determination to join with Greece. Turkey had renounced all rights to Cyprus in the Lausanne Treaty of 1923. Britain threatened partition of Cyprus if Archbishop Makarios would not sign the undemocratic London-Zurich agreements of 1959-1960, written by the British, which gave the 18 percent Turkish Cypriot minority veto rights over all major legislative and executive actions.

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Friday, June 6, 2008

Pyrrhic victory in FYROM

Sofia Echo, Bulgaria, June 06, 2008

The snap parliamentary elections held in FYROM on June 1 were meant to open the way to calm the continued unrest that had been troubling the small Balkan republic over the past months.

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Universities feel the heat

The government has vowed to press on with plans to reform tertiaryeducation despite protests that have drawn thousands of students onto thestreets and sent one rector to hospital

KATHY TZILIVAKIS

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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Abkhazia's independence fight

Court annuls Turkish scarf reform

Turkey's highest court has blocked government moves to allow college students to wear Muslim headscarves.

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