Decode Cyprus

Cypriot journalists Lefteris Adilinis and Esra Aygın provide an informative analysis on candidates and their strategies in the presidential elections of Republic of Cyprus, 2023. While former Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides continues to lead the polls; Andreas Mavrogiannis and Averof Neofithou, of AKEL and DISY respectively, trail behind. Other independent candidates are searching ways to unite their forces under a single candidate. We are fast approaching toward the end of 2022 and there seems to be a general belief that no candidate will secure enough votes to pull the plug in the first round. The post Decode Cyprus – Episode 5: Decoding the presidential campaign (2/10/2022) first appeared on Island Talks.

As the economic crisis deepens in northern Cyprus, Turkish Cypriots hit the streets once more. Pandemic, devaluation of the Turkish lira and war in Ukraine hit the Turkish Cypriot economy which has long been suffering from the structural problems of their economy. Evaluating the recent situation, journalists Esra Aygın and Lefteris Adilinis compare the recent protests with the pro-solution rallies of the past. Why do Turkish Cypriots fail see the link between the solution of the Cyprus problem and the solution to the economic crisis? What do the opposition parties say? What needs to be done? The post Decode Cyprus – Episode 4: North – economic crisis deepens. Is there light at the end of the tunnel ? (11/4/2022) first appeared on Island Talks.

Two journalists from Cyprus, decode Cyprus! In this third episode, Esra Aygın & Lefteris Adilinis discuss the Cypriot reactions to the war in Ukraine, draw parallels between both countries and investigate the Russian involvement in the Cypriot politics. What are the similarities and differences between the two examples? Can we really talk about a principles […] The post Decode Cyprus – Episode 3: Drawing parallels between Ukraine and Cyprus (8/3/2022) first appeared on Island Talks.

Esra Aygın and Lefteris Adilinis, two journalists from Cyprus “decode” Cyprus. In this episode of Decode Cyprus podcast, they discuss the latest in the presidential race in the Republic of Cyprus. DISY leader Averof Neofitou is facing a potential challenge from the former foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides while left-wing AKEL is taking its time before […] The post Decode Cyprus – Episode 2: Race for the presidential election starts early in the RoC (16/2/2022) first appeared on Island Talks.

Decode Cyprus – because in Cyprus, nothing is as it looks. In this first episode of Decode Cyprus, Esra Aygın and Lefteris Adilinis, two journalists from Cyprus discuss the Turkish Cypriot parliamentary elections that took place on 23 January 2022. The results are as follows: Faiz Sucuoğlu’s UBP (right-wing nationalist): 39.61% -24 seats; Tufan Erhürman’s […] The post Decode Cyprus – Episode 1: Evaluating the Turkish Cypriot elections (25/1/2022) first appeared on Island Talks.