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Who is Cyprus’s president-elect Nikos Christodoulides?

Christodoulides ran as an independent candidate and had the backing of centrists and centre-right parties.

Al Jazeera · Feb 13, 2023

Cyprus' former foreign minister becomes island’s new president

Nicos Christodoulides was elected president of Cyprus on Sunday, securing his bid to oversee the Mediterranean island whose economy was buffeted first by the pandemic and now by Russia’s war in Ukraine and its associated rise in living costs.

Tribune News Service · Feb 12, 2023

Diplomats Battle It Out in Runoff for Cyprus' Presidency

Polls opened Sunday in a runoff to elect ethnically split Cyprus’ new president, pitting a former foreign minister who campaigned as a unifier eschewing ideological and party divisions against a popular veteran diplomat. Some 561,000 citizens are eligible to vote, and both Nikos Christoulides, the ex-foreign minister, and Andreas Mavroyiannis…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 12, 2023

Voting starts for Cyprus' presidency, with 3 front-runners

Cypriots began voting for their eighth president in the ethnically divided island’s 62-year history as an independent republic, with three front-runners each portraying themselves as the safest bet to guide the country through turbulent economic times and to seek peace with breakaway Turkish Cypriots

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

Cyprus presidential election goes to runoff

Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides took the lead in Cyprus's presidential election on Sunday and will face off against leftist-backed candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis in a runoff on Feb. 12.

Reuters · Feb 5, 2023

Cyprus presidential candidates push leadership credentials

The three front-runners vying for the presidency of ethnically split Cyprus have wound down their campaigns

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Cyprus poll draws record 14 candidates, unlikely to produce clear winner

Cypriots vote on Sunday in a presidential election which has split the political right and is unlikely to produce a clear winner, setting the stage for a runoff on Feb. 12.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2023

Cyprus picks new president amid economic doubt, ethnic split

Cypriots are choosing a new president, who they’ll expect to decisively steer the small island nation through shifting geopolitical sands and uncertain economic times that have become people's overriding concern, eclipsing stalemated efforts to remedy the country’s ethnic division

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

UK's Princess Anne visits British peacekeepers on Cyprus

Britain’s Princess Anne has cast aside the controversy surrounding her nephew Prince Harry and carried on a visit to British soldiers serving with a United Nations peacekeeping force on ethnically divided Cyprus

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

Cyprus president wants corruption claims against him investigated

Cyprus's president on Tuesday called for an independent probe into allegations made by a former aide that he has run a corrupt administration under the influence of Russian oligarchs.

Reuters · Nov 29, 2022