Comments on: It would have to be the Cypriot and Maltese transport ministers to think there’s nothing wrong with this https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/01/it-would-have-to-be-the-greek-and-the-maltese-transport-ministers-to-think-theres-nothing-wrong-with-this/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/01/it-would-have-to-be-the-greek-and-the-maltese-transport-ministers-to-think-theres-nothing-wrong-with-this/#comment-3067836 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:40:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=75180#comment-3067836 Do stop. This really is not about whether Cypriots are Greeks (they are). It is about whether the transport ministers of two shady Mediterranean islands should be hanging out with the owner of a low-cost airline as though they’re buddies.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/01/it-would-have-to-be-the-greek-and-the-maltese-transport-ministers-to-think-theres-nothing-wrong-with-this/#comment-3067735 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:22:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=75180#comment-3067735 You had better point out to him that you’re ‘doing irony’ here.

The Greek part of Cyprus is 100% Greek, of course. It is about as different from Greece as Piemonte would be from Tuscany if the two were to become separate states.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/01/it-would-have-to-be-the-greek-and-the-maltese-transport-ministers-to-think-theres-nothing-wrong-with-this/#comment-3067733 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 10:18:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=75180#comment-3067733 Three-quarters, actually. And the Turkish bit of the island is controlled by the Turks.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/01/it-would-have-to-be-the-greek-and-the-maltese-transport-ministers-to-think-theres-nothing-wrong-with-this/#comment-3067689 Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:26:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=75180#comment-3067689 The ethnic population of Cyprus is Greek.

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