Tom Cleaver

Greek Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou on Monday denied that his country had asked Turkey’s permission to issue a navtex, a notice to sailors, regarding its plans to conduct seabed ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Monday spoke of a “major disappointment” after the announcement of new crossing points following a meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides, Turkish Cypriot leader ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said that a proposal he submitted to President Nikos Christodoulides at Monday’s tripartite meeting with United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin, with the potential ...

President Nikos Christodoulides described the results of Monday’s tripartite meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin as a “positive step” towards the “...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday agreed that two new crossing points, south of the village of Louroujina, near Larnaca, and south of the village ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday stressed that the current status quo in Cyprus cannot constitute a permanent solution to the Cyprus problem, saying during his return flight from ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday said that the Greek Cypriot side has accepted “all” of the proposals put to it by United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin ahead of a ...

United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin has offered her support to Costa Rican diplomat Rebeca Grynspan’s campaign to succeed Antonio Guterres as the organisation’s next secretary-general, ...

United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin has proposed that the island’s two sides commence negotiations in earnest without any preconditions. In an interview with the Cyprus Mail, ...

A two-state solution to the Cyprus problem is het “most realistic” resolution, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday, after he had visited the island earlier in the day. “...

Talks aimed at bringing about a resumption of negotiations in earnest towards the solution of the Cyprus problem are at a “crucially critical point”, presidential press office director Victor Papadopoulos ...

Cypriot member of the European Parliament Loucas Fourlas on Wednesday offered terse words for European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos, after she characterised Turkey as a “strategic partner” of the European ...

The European Commission on Wednesday called on Turkey to “normalise” its relations with the Republic of Cyprus, as it presented its annual report on the country’s progress towards accession ...

Many businesses have been pushing their workers to employ artificial intelligence to carry out their tasks, prompting fears that this drive for efficiency may in time see companies cut out ...

Koral Bozkurt, Turkish Cypriot ruling party the UBP’s candidate for the town’s forthcoming mayoral election, on Friday evening promised that if he is elected, he will endeavour to ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday awarded Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos with the Order of Merit and former European affairs deputy minister Marilena Raouna with the Order of Princess ...

Maronite Cypriot non-voting representative in parliament Petros Nacouzi on Friday met United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin, and after the meeting said that for his community “the resolution ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday welcomed Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman to Bestepe, Turkey’s presidential palace, and stressed the importance of Turkish Cypriots rights in any solution ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Friday asked the House finance committee to approve a five-per-cent increase to her ministry’s budget, which, if approved, will amount to just shy of €1.7 ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday told the leaders of member states of the Organisation of Turkic States there are “no obstacles” to them establishing close relations with the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said that “progress is possible” on the Cyprus problem, as he evaluated the meeting he held with the United Nations’ Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela ...

United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin said that she remains optimistic over the prospect of an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem being held before the end of ...

Europe “can no longer take water for granted”, European Oceans Commissioner Costas Kadis said on Thursday, as he attended a conference on the “circular water economy” at the University of ...

Cyprus can play a “very significant role” in a future peace process between Palestinians and Israelis, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday, as he attended a working lunch held ...