THOUGHTS ON CYPRUS AND GREEK-TURKISH ISSUES Georgios A. Zombanakis Bank of Greece Economic Research Department Tel: 210-3235-809 Fax: 210-3233-025 e-mail: gzombanakis@bankofgreece.gr Lecture E.L.E.S.M.E. February 5, 2004 I. INTRODUCTION The reason for starting the research was the constant questioning by international bibliography of self-evident issues such as: 1. Competition of armament programs between Greece & […]
CYPRIOT THE TIME OF RESPONSIBILITY By Lieutenant General (retd) Georgios Korakis What happened in recent days in Lucerne, Switzerland cannot leave anyone indifferent. We have reached the final stretch, the time has come for each Greek Cypriot to decide his fate. On April 24, he is called upon to find the strength to say […]
Is there a Trojan Horse in Europe? By Dr. Evangelos Tempos, Strategic Analyst of the Hellenic Society for Strategic Studies (HELESME) The recent negative outcome of the European Council in Brussels, on 12-13 December 2003, in the context of the expiring Italian Presidency of the European Union, clarified a situation that had existed for a long time, but no European capital dared to easily acknowledge and much […]
After Copenhagen …..what? The Geopolitical Objective of the Cypriot European Perspective by Lieutenant General emeritus CHR. ANGELOPOULOU The European course of Cyprus was undoubtedly the result of a choice of a “National Strategy” far beyond any economic expediency and pursuits since the “political” dimension of its eventual accession to the EU would have been of particular importance in terms of “national security” under the […]
GREECE AND CYPRUS IN SPACE By Lieutenant General (ret.) G. KORAKIS On April 8, 1993, Greece submitted a relevant application to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to be granted permission to send a telecommunications satellite into space. Based on the national program presented by our country at the time, the orbital position 39° East was given as Greek. […]
The Cyprus Problem on a New Course? The signing of the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Europe in Athens on April 16, 2003 creates new data for the perspective of the island and for Greece and undoubtedly influences the policy of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots. Greek and Cypriot foreign policy had correctly foreseen that the European […]
VIEWS ON A PLAN FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE CYPRUS PROBLEM By the HELLENIC SOCIETY FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES (HELESME) It is obvious that the accession of Cyprus to the EU was linked from the beginning to the expectation of the implementation of the main national goal of the Republic of Cyprus, which is its survival as a single state in the sense of the political coexistence of the two communities, while at the same time […]
CYPRUS ZERO HOUR By Lieutenant General (retd) G. KORAKIS The expected pre-approval of Cyprus for its accession to the EU has been achieved. This fact is very important for the further course of Cyprus towards full integration. For the first time, since the Turkish invasion and occupation, the dawn of 2003 found Cyprus in an advantageous political […]
THE CYPRUS PROBLEM AND APRIL 16 By Lieutenant General (retd) G. KORAKIS The article was written on April 10, 2003 The recent war in Iraq sidelined the Cyprus issue for several days. While the attention of international public opinion was focused on the events in Iraq, a chaotic scene unfolded around the Cyprus issue when […]
THE NECESSARY POSITIONING OF THE CYPRUS PROBLEM TODAY By A. MAKRYDIMITRIS Professor, University of Athens The facts are known to everyone and there is no need to repeat them here. It is enough to conclude that the development of things has indeed been relentless, mainly for the Greek side in Greece and Cyprus. While the largest and […]