The current president leads Cyprus in elections

The current president leads Cyprus in elections

World February 4, 2018 17:15

nicosia - Incumbent President Nicos Anastasiades (71) seems to be heading for a victory in the Greek Cypriot presidential election. Exitpolls immediately after the closing of the polling stations show that he received between 54.5 and 59.5 percent of the votes.

The Greek Cypriots were able to vote on Sunday in the second and final round of the presidential election. Anastasiades argues against the leftist candidate Stavros Malas.

In the first election round on 28 January, Anastasiades received 35.51 per cent of the votes and Malas 30.24 per cent.

Cyprus was split by a Turkish invasion in 1974 after a brief Greek-inspired coup. The EU Member State has one of the world's longest-standing peacekeeping forces with Greek Cypriots in the south, and Turkish Cypriots in the north.

Peace talks last year broke the role Turkey could play in a re-united Cyprus.

Leave a comment

The HOTRECENTNEWS.com is not responsible for the content of external sites.

SEARCH

Back to Top