via Independent
Independent – Hopes of progress towards a united Cyprus soared last night with the unexpected defeat of President Tassos Papadopoulos in the first round of the country’s presidential elections. Mr Papadopoulos, 74, a hardliner on Greek Cypriot rights, was regarded as a barrier to new negotiations to end the 34-year-old division between the island’s Greek and Turkish-speaking communities. He was beaten narrowly into third place in a cliff-hanger contest, in which he had been expected to come first.
