Walter Mayr
Walter Mayr, (b. 1960) has written for German weekly Der Spiegel since 1990. After a spell as Russia correspondent, he is now editor of the international pages. He is the author of Minenfeld Balkan. Der unruhige Hinterhof Europas. (The Balkan Minefield : Europe's tormented backyard).
Updated: 16 April 2010
The Turkish residents of Northern Cyprus will go to the polls to elect a new president on Sunday. The future of their internationally ostracized republic, the most isolated in Europe, is at stake. A solution to the three-decade division between Greek southern Cyprus and the Turkish northern part of the island is nowhere in sight.