UN Secretary-General meets with Anastasiades-Tatar on Monday
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be meeting with the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus, on Monday, in a bid to find common ground...
Cyprus Talks
Turkey’s stance on Cyprus issue leaves little room for optimism, Dendias says
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said that Turkey’s and the Turkish Cypriot side’s stance on the Cyprus Issue leaves little room for optimism. In an...
Turkish Cypriot authorities condemn EU’s rejection of two-state solution
Authorities in the north on Saturday condemned the EU’s “unjust and unilateral attitude” regarding the Cyprus problem and called it to adopt a “neutral position”...
Informal summit on Cyprus issue unlikely for now
Another informal summit on the Cyprus problem any time soon is unlikely, government sources said on Monday. While the government expected that the Cyprus issue...
Erdogan: I’m one of the few who knows what really happened at Burgenstock
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has launched a tirade over the Cyprus issue saying he was the only one still living, along with one top former...
President reviews Geneva talks in letters to UN and EU
President Nicos Anastasiades has sent letters to the UN secretary-general, the UN Security Council`s permanent and non-permanent members, EU institutions as well as EU heads...
Foreign Office says BBF “broad enough framework” for Cyprus settlement, report about controversial UK proposal revised
A Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson has essentially dismissed a report that during this week’s informal talks in Geneva on the Cyprus settlement the...
The road to Geneva
This is one of a series of articles from our ‘Background briefing: The Divided Island‘. It is a comprehensive interactive information guide on the Cyprus...
President: Geneva talks signal crucial moment for Cyprus (Update 3)
By Evie Andreou in Geneva President Nicos Anastasiades, who arrived in Geneva on Monday for the informal summit convened by the UN secretary-general, said this...
‘Important to seek convergences’ at April meeting
It is important to find necessary convergences at next month’s informal five-party summit to allow the UN secretary-general (UNSG) to convene a conference for substantive...
National council to meet over Geneva meeting
The national council is scheduled to convene on Tuesday morning to discuss the latest developments in the Cyprus issue ahead of a meeting in Geneva...
Two sides restate divergent views amid flurry of pre-talks activity
The island’s two community leaders reiterated on Monday their divergent positions on a Cyprus solution during their separate meetings with UN secretary-general’s special envoy Jane...
Disy, Akel leaders: no straying from bicommunal federation
The leaders of the two largest parties on Thursday held a “sincere” discussion ahead of the informal five-way conference on Cyprus in late April, both...
Turkey as much as virus behind ever elusive date of summit – sources
Turkish expediencies seem to be behind the uncertainty about the date and place of the informal five-party conference on Cyprus to be convened by UN...
EU’s Borrell urged to participate in an informal meeting
President Nicos Anastasiades has told the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell that the EU should participate in the informal meeting on Cyprus, set to...
Tatar controversially renames bicommunal committees
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday controversially referred to bicommunal technical committees as bilateral ones in what is seen as another reference to his...
Occupied municipalities ‘will not accept’ two state solution
The Committee of Occupied Municipalities said on Monday that Turkish-occupied municipalities on the island will never accept a two-state solution or a confederation that will...