Fear and hatred set to scupper chance of peace
"LIFE would not be the same, and that everyone has to know," said Javier Solana, head of foreign policy for the European Union, as he contemplated a Greek-Cypriot vote against reunification of the island on the eve of Cyprus's entry into the EU on May 1.
The leader writer in the Cyprus Mail, the island's English-language daily, was less diplomatic: "In the highly likely event that the No vote wins, on May 1 we will be the first police state to become a full member of the EU....We are witnessing the state engaging in open suppression of information, blatant lies, and the imposition of its views on the citizens."