Language Soup: Obama's Speech in Turkey: Kutsal Saçmalık (holy shit)

Language Soup: Obama's Speech in Turkey: Kutsal Saçmalık (holy shit)

Oh if Obama had been able to call a "spade a spade" rather than all those lavish words of undeserved praise heaped upon a nation that seeks the permanent partition of the island of Cyprus (passing at first through an agreement they hope the Greek Cypriots will be forced to accept, for a confederation, as a way of getting their invasion 'legalised') ... while he contributes to their distortions of reality and praises them for their contribution towards peace in the region.

Need for a Solution to the Cyprus Problem

“The Need for a Solution to the Cyprus Problem and
related current developments”

by

Mr. Stefanos Stefanou
Cyprus Government Spokesman

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Monday, 30th March 2009

Organised by The Cyprus Centre of the London Metropolitan University

in association with
The Association of British Cypriot Professionals

EPISTEME - EPISTHMH

under the auspices of the
National Federation of Cypriots in the United Kingdom
www.cypriotfederation.org.uk

a.chrysostomou@londonmet.ac.uk

A full 74 minute video of this event is available for viewing online (copies can be downloaded, and the code for embedding this video into other websites can be obtained) from links at: the following source page:

http://www.archive.org/details/StefanosStefanouNeedforaSolutiontotheCyprusProblem

Cyprus: The Post-imperial Constitution - Video of Book Launch

Lobby for Cyprus, in association with Pluto Press, hosted a discussion on the occasion of the publication of the book:

"Cyprus: The Post-imperial Constitution"
by Vassilis K. Fouskas and Alex O. Tackie

Wednesday 25 March
London School of Economics

The book was presented by
Dr Alan Sked
Senior Lecturer in International History, London School of Economics

and

Professor Francois Nectoux
Contemporary European Politics, Kingston University


Dr Alan Sked is a Senior Lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is a world expert on the Habsburg Monarchy and his books on this subject have been translated into a number of languages including Italian and Japanese. Dr Sked has also written on British History and is currently writing the History of Post-War (Western) Europe.

Francois Nectoux, is a Professor of Contemporary European Politics at Kingston University and a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He has written extensively on matters related to the politics and culture of European integration. Professor Nectoux is the author of the highly acclaimed Timber from the South Seas and co-author of Contemporary France.

Full video of this event is available for viewing online (copies can be downloaded, and the code for embedding this video into other websites can be obtained) from links at the following source page:

http://www.archive.org/details/VassilisK.FouskasandAlexO.TackieCyprus-ThePost-imperialConstitution-BookLaunch

"A provocative account placing the evolution of the Cyprus problem in the context of competing great power politics and strategic consideration in the Eastern Mediterranean"
Van Coufoudakis,. Professor Emeritus, Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne

"A magisterial synthesis, which can be grasped at one sitting."
Dr. William Mallinson, Lecturer-elect of European History, Ionian University Corfu

"A welcome contribution to an important topic: how to solve the Cyprus question on the basis of a post-imperial agenda."
Bülent Gökay, Professor of International Relations, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent

"There is originality here both in the approach and the argument."
Dr. Marios L. Evriviades, Assistant Professor of International Politics, Panteleion University, Athens

This book provides a non-partisan approach to the Cyprus issue.

Vassilis K. Fouskas and Alex O. Tackie argue that the rise to power of two left-wing parties on both sides of the Green Line means it is time to launch a dialogue to initiate a post-imperial constitutional process. This is a feasible undertaking, not least because Cyprus is a member of the EU but not a member of NATO.

This short, accessible book aims to revive a debate in the spirit of Dervis Ali Kavatzoglou and Constantine Misiaoulis, popular symbols of a united democratic and independent Cyprus.

Vassilis K. Fouskas is Professor of International Relations at Piraeus University Greece. Alex O. Tackie is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Kingston University, UK

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The Apostolides v Orams Case - An Update

See January 2010 Judgement report here

ASSOCIATION FOR CYPRIOT GREEK AND TURKISH AFFAIRS

Seminar

"The Apostolides v Orams Case - An Update"
Legal Issues, Political Significance and Practical
Implications

A talk by Constantis Candounas

Chairman: Alper Riza, QC


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Wednesday 25 March 2009
London School of Economics
European Institute

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Details of the judgement on 28th April 2009 is visible at this blog here
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Brief Abstract:

Mr Constantis Candounas was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. He studied law at Queen Mary College, London and returned to Cyprus to practise. In 2004 he took up the case of Mr Meletios Apostolides, a Greek Cypriot architect whose family had been forced to abandon their house, orchard and land in Lapithos, north Cyprus in the wake of the Turkish military operation in 1974. The property was given by the administration in the north to a Turkish Cypriot who in due course passed it on to another Turkish Cypriot, who in turn cut off the trees of the orchard and built the skeleton of a villa. The property was eventually acquired by a British couple, David and Linda Orams who completed and further developed the villa. Mr Candounas represented Mr Apostolides in his action before the Nicosia District Court which ordered that the Orams should demolish the villa, return the land to the rightful owner and pay him damages for trespass, plus interest and legal fees. The Orams failed to comply, and Mr Candounas proceeded to register the judgment in the High Court of Justice in London in October 2005 and sought, on the basis of the European Regulation on recognition and enforcement of judgments, to enforce the decision of the Nicosia District Court.

The case made headlines in the UK as it could affect the legal claims of many Greek Cypriots against British users of their properties in the north of Cyprus. The fact that Mrs Cherie Blair, QC represented the Orams at the High Court hearing in July 2006 added to the public interest. In September 2006 Judge Rupert Jack, in a complex and controversial decision, found that Mr and Mrs Orams were indeed trespassers on Mr Apostolides's property but that the High Court had no jurisdiction to enforce the judgment of the Nicosia District Court. In 2007 the Court of Appeal declined to uphold Justice Jack's judgment but instead referred the case to the ECJ for 5 preliminary rulings on points of law. The judgment of the European Court of Justice is expected later on this year, but in the meantime, the Court's Advocate General, J. Kokot's opinion was given on 18.12.08 upholding all of Mr. Apostolides's arguments. The Advocate General's opinion, though by no means binding on the court, is deemed to bear significant importance.

The political significance and practical implications of the decision were discussed by Mr Candounas. This was followed by a Question and Answer session.

To view this item online at source, Archive dot org, to obtain the code for embedding this video in other web-pages, and to download this video for offline viewing, see links at the source page:
http://www.archive.org/details/ConstantisCandounasApostolidesvOrams-UpdateandJudgement



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