Cyprus Mail3 Aug 2026

Cyprus problem ‘on life support’, Michaelides says

The Cyprus problem is “on life support”, Alma leader Odysseas Michaelides said on Monday, as he exited the day’s National Council meeting.

“We did not pull the plug, but it did not come out of intensive care either,” he said, before acknowledging that “certainly, the United Nations secretary-general’s mention … of the convergences is a positive element”....

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