Nicosia, Feb 12 (EFE).- Polling stations opened on Sunday for the presidential election runoff in Cyprus between former Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides and career diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis. Around 560,000 people are eligible to cast their ballots in the 1,150 polling booths, which opened at 7 am and will close at 6 pm. The final results …
Exit polls gave conservative Nikos Christodoulides a small lead over his leftist rival Andreas Mavroyiannis in the runoff round of Cyprus presidential vote.
Cyprus went to the polls Sunday for a tight presidential runoff between two career diplomats seeking the top post in the south of the divided Mediterranean island.
Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was on Sunday elected president of the Republic of Cyprus, becoming at 49 the youngest leader of the divided Mediterranean island nation.