Cyprus has re-elected the centrist party of sitting president Tassos Papadopoulos, in a vote likely to be seen as an endorsement of his hardline stance over the Turkish North of the island.
Final results of the Cypriot parliamentary elections Sunday (21 May) showed big losses for all parties in favour of a 2004 UN plan for power-sharing with the Turkish Cypriots.
This plan was overwhelmingly rejected by Greek Cypriots in a referendum in April 2004, on the eve of Cypriot accession...
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