Cyprus Talks

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday penned a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, declaring that he looks forward to “working closely and resolutely” with him “to achieve ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday announced that he will meet United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin for the first time in December, most likely on December 5. He made ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet new United Nations special representative in Cyprus Khassim Diagne for the first time on Wednesday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. Letymbiotis told the ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, who served in post between 2005 and 2010, said he “regrets” the European parliament’s plans to erect a monument to the Greek Cypriots who ...

The Turkish Cypriot leader, Tufan Erhurman, has criticised a decision by the European parliament to fund a monument for those missing during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. He called the ...

New Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman called for a solution to the Cyprus problem “where everyone wins” and for “lasting peace” in his first speech after being sworn in, at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said the election of pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman as Turkish Cypriot leader is a “positive development”. “I believe this was a positive development but we ...

The European Commission on Monday congratulated Tufan Erhurman on his election as leader of the Turkish Cypriot community and reaffirmed its full support for the resumption of peace talks on ...

Turkish nationalist political party MHP leader Devlet Bahceli on Sunday night declared the landslide victory of pro-reunification Turkish Cypriot leader-elect Tufan Erhurman to be “unacceptable” and called for northern Cyprus ...

Outgoing Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday night lamented “internal party problems” within the three political parties which endorsed his re-election campaign after suffering a landslide defeat to pro-reunification ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Sunday night said the election of pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman as Turkish Cypriot leader “opens a new chapter of hope and expectations for the ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday night said that the result of the day’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election – which saw pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman elected in a landslide – “...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday night congratulated Turkish Cypriot leader-elect Tufan Erhurman on being elected to the role, and declared his readiness to resume negotiations towards a federal solution to ...

Tufan Erhurman has been elected Turkish Cypriot leader in a landslide victory on Sunday. The pro-reunification candidate won a record number of votes as he swept aside his soon-to-be predecessor, ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Tuesday passed a resolution declaring support for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, with members of the ruling coalition voting in its favour and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said he had discussed the Cyprus problem with United States President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the summit on the future of Gaza in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said he is “cautiously optimistic” over the prospects for the Cyprus problem. “Without downplaying the challenges and the difficulties, I believe that the small steps ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Thursday night made his third visit to Cyprus since the start of August and reiterated his and his government’s demand for a two-state ...

The resolution demanding a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem which is set to be voted upon by the north’s ‘parliament’ next week is “nothing short of manipulation of ...

Turkish Cypriots may lose their citizenship of the European Union after a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, opposition political party CTP ‘MP’ Ongun Talat, the son of former Turkish ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman holds a lead of just shy of 10 per cent over incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, according to a poll released by ...

Budget cuts at the United Nations have sparked fears that jobs may be lost at the UN’s good offices in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail was informed on Thursday. UN ...

By Tom Cleaver President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday expressed annoyance that some “on the Greek Cypriot side consciously choose to believe Tatar and not the president of the Republic of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides “did not become entangled in a blame game” with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar during their meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday, government spokesman Konstantinos ...