Presidential rivals share reunification dream

Cypriots will vote for a new president today, choosing between a right-wing former foreign minister and the head of a reformed communist party, who share a vision for new talks to end the island’s division.

Conservative Ioannis Kasoulides, 59, and communist-rooted Dimitris Christofias, 61, both staked their campaigns on pledges to resume negotiations with the breakaway Turkish Cypriots.