Cyprus Talks

President Nikos Christodoulides, on Saturday, confirmed the government’s readiness to engage in meaningful discussions on trust-building measures with the Turkish Cypriot leadership. He emphasised that the first meeting should ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday briefed European leaders on this week’s Cyprus talks held in Geneva, reiterating that the Cyprus settlement issue remains one of his priorities. ...

Greek Cypriots would have ‘no problem’ with Holguin No specific names were mentioned during official discussions regarding the appointment of a new United Nations envoy to Cyprus during this week’...

The lack of steps taken towards a resumption of negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem at the enlarged meeting in Geneva earlier this week is “particularly worrying for the Turkish ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday stressed the importance of “what was avoided” at the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which took place in Geneva earlier in the week. In ...

Plans for a new solar farm to be built in the buffer zone which separates Cyprus’ two sides are “being examined in the context of confidence-building measures”, transmission system operator ...

A new meeting over the possible opening of new crossing points between Cyprus’ two sides will take place next week, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday. Speaking upon ...

Cyprus’ political parties on Tuesday night reacted to the results of the two-day enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, with many choosing to characterise those results as a “positive step”. ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday announced that a total of four new crossing points will open between Cyprus’ two sides as a result of the enlarged meeting on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday “where there’s a will, there’s a way” as the expanded informal five-party meeting got underway at the UN building in Geneva. The ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will most likely reappoint Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar as his envoy to Cyprus to prepare the ground for a second meeting of the Cyprus problem, following ...

The EU will not accept a two-state solution in Cyprus, European Council President Antonio Costa told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a telephone conversation, about which he then briefed President ...

This week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem “will go down as the most pointless, least productive summit of all time”, high-profile Turkish Cypriot lawyer Mine Atli said in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides held a one-on-one meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan following the six-party meal which officially kicked off the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the ...

A bizonal, bicommunal, federal solution to the Cyprus problem is “the only option”, President Nikos Christodoulides said in a televised address to the nation on Saturday evening. “I would like ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday met with leadership figures from six political parties to discuss the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is set to take place ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday welcomed a selection of Turkish Cypriots to the presidential palace to speak about next week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set ...

Oguzhan Hasipoglu was on Wednesday re-elected unopposed as secretary-general of the north’s largest political party the UBP, and after securing his re-election to the role called for Cyprus’ two ...

“We are not under anyone’s supervision, like Tatar is with Turkey,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Speaking during a televised interview held to mark the completion of the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, completing the round of Cypriot leaders’ meetings with representatives of the island’s three guarantor ...

The Greek Cypriot side is aware of the statements by the Turkish Cypriot side and is approaching the upcoming multilateral meeting in Geneva with realism, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said he does not see the United Kingdom to be a neutral guarantor power of Cyprus. “I wanted the motherlands present at the ...

Colin Stewart, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ special representative in Cyprus, on Tuesday expressed hope that Cyprus’ two sides will “use the opportunity” of next week’s enlarged meeting ...

The “unofficial” programme for the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the Swiss city of Geneva next week was announced by the United Nations on Monday. The meeting will ...