Cyprus unity dead in the water?

This doesn't look good at all: "Greek Cypriot leader calls UN plan unworkable."

Tassos Papadopoulos, the Greek Cypriot president, on Wednesday night delivered a potentially devastating blow to hopes of reuniting Cyprus before it enters the European Union on May 1. In a television address, Mr Papadopoulos rejected the latest United Nations-backed reunification plan as unworkable. . . . His television address appeared likely to harden attitudes among Greek Cypriots who already view the plan unfavourably. An opinion poll due to be published in the Cyprus Weekly on Friday showed that 55.7 per cent of Greek Cypriots oppose the plan, with 12.3 per cent in favour and 32 per cent still undecided.

Further down in the article is a reference to Cyprus' "unreconstructed" communist party, AKEL, which is expected to support the UN plan. Incredibly, the party still boasts a politburo, of all things. Some things never change -- in some places at least.