in-cyprus6 Aug 2026

A Reshuffle with One Eye on the Presidency

Cyprus is in election mode once again. No sooner had the parliamentary elections passed than the political landscape moved straight into another campaign, this time for the presidency. It is against that backdrop that the latest Cabinet reshuffle has to be understood.

Nikos Christodoulides is positioning himself with 2028 firmly in mind. The appointments make that plain. So does his decision to bring party figures into government, placing his strategy on two clear political calculations....

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