Fact and fiction. In two days, the reactions of EU authorities to the negative vote of the Greek Cypriot community on the Annan plan to reunite the island have been toned down considerably. The initial reaction was extremely harsh, on both the substance and the form. Commissioner Günter Verheugen reacted with particular passion, as he felt he'd been "had" by the Nicosia authorities, which urged the public to vote against the plan and in practice banned Community officials from explaining...