4Ort this was quite a balanced article ,given the author

bachelibelly


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 275

Message Posted:
16/02/2009 11:59

The beautiful people, Enosis, partition… and our bloody mess

By Nicos Rolandis



I RECALL it was May 1978, three months after I had taken over as Minister of Foreign Affairs. I was in New York with President Spyros Kyprianou to attend the First UN Special Session on Disarmament.



During my stay there, I addressed a gathering of overseas Greeks and Cypriots and I thanked them, inter alia, for the solidarity of the Greek Americans with Cyprus and her cause. When my speech was over, the president of one of the participating associations approached me and discreetly suggested that Greeks in the US would rather be called “Americans of Greek origin” than “Greek Americans”. They were first and foremost Americans and their origin followed.



When I went back to the hotel, I pondered over what was suggested to me. I wondered how many Cypriots feel they are Cypriots first, and then Greeks or Turks. My memory flew back to the hard years we went through in the 1960s, when a negligible number

bachelibelly


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 275

Message Posted:
16/02/2009 12:07

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/ ,due to illiteracy on the keypad ,couldnt post the whole thing ,just scroll down off this link and read the rest ,balanced view of events given the GC author ,regds

cronos


Joined: 26/10/2008
Posts: 2093

Message Posted:
16/02/2009 12:10

Could I ask what "40rt" stands for in the header?



Please don't say it's textspeak for "thought"...otherwise I'll really believe your profile that you are 15 !

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
16/02/2009 13:15

re msg 1 and 2



the link to the article from the CY Mail will work better with THIS link



http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=44054&cat_id=1



as the front page ( your links) will be different on Tuesday..:(



This character, Rolandis, seems to be building up some sort of Political head of steam..



..if he can ever shake off the allegations about him making a stack of money - for dealing in Dodgy backy/ fag deals..



Isn't it strange how rich many CY politicians ( well many countries Politicians ) become AFTER they "retire" ?

tanker


Joined: 16/01/2009
Posts: 28

Message Posted:
19/02/2009 17:21

mmmmmm please try and get out a bit more always the expert why dont you run for goverment in april