Cyprus Talks

Nicosia is expecting an invitation from the UN chief for a meeting with the Turkish Cypriot leader, under UN auspices, the government said on Saturday. Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin “knows nothing about the Cyprus problem”, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Friday. Speaking to Ada TV, he said Holguin “is ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday had a call with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer where they discussed “recent regional developments” as well as the Cyprus problem. According to a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday met Cypriot diplomats at the Presidential palace in Nicosia, expressing the hope he would soon have something to share about the Cyprus problem. At the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that “it is time to reunite the last divided EU member state” during a reception at the presidential palace for the American Hellenic Educational ...

Athens blundered on the Cyprus issue after it emerged on Wednesday that the Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis had mistakenly referred to expectations that a plan for solution to the ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s statements on a two-state solution are a sign of weakness, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. His remarks come after Erdogan’s visit to the ...

Our wish and hope is that the two communities will take advantage of the new opportunity presented and sit down at the table to find a solution within the framework ...

It is becoming clearer by the day that the two-state model is the only solution to the Cyprus problem, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on ...

The Turkish parliament on Thursday night passed a resolution supporting a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem. The resolution, introduced by Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus, stated that “the only and ...

Turkish opposition political party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel on Thursday evening said the north is not a “baby homeland”, but in fact a “sister country”. Ozel was speaking at late ...

There is not much to be optimistic about over the Cyprus issue at present, Disy leader Annita Demetriou said on Wednesday, a day after a snap meeting with Greek Premier ...

Cyprus’ future will remain in limbo unless the island adopts a mutual defense posture with Greece that is capable of deterring Turkey militarily, independent MP Andreas Themistocleous asserted on Monday. ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Monday urged that Greek Cypriots “dare to take the next step” in the Cyprus issue in a parliamentary speech to mark the July 1974 coup and ...

There will “soon” be a “substantial effort” to resolve the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. He was speaking at a ceremony to remember soldiers who died during ...

House President Annita Demetriou said on Sunday she “cannot be so optimistic or talk about optimism” with regard to the Cyprus problem. She was addressing student union Pofen’s annual ...

The foreign ministry on Sunday said it was largely pleased with the latest annual reports on Cyprus submitted by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Guterres had at the beginning of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said that neither the Greek Cypriots nor the Turkish Cypriots “loved” the Republic of Cyprus when it was first established in 1960. Speaking to newspaper Kathimerini, ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he will exhaust all possibilities for the resumption of Cyprus negotiations, diplomatic sources said following his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. After the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides promised on Friday there would be “good news” regarding the Cyprus problem “before the end of the year”. Speaking at an event to mark Bastille Day organised ...

Former British minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith visited the north on Friday, meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, and calling for direct flights from the United Kingdom to the north’...

UN involvement in the Cyprus issue will be discussed later on Friday when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York. Mitsotakis affirmed on Thursday ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has received the report by his personal envoy to Cyprus and is studying it, a spokesperson for the UN chief confirmed late on Thursday. “The secretary-general ...

The government on Thursday conveyed its strong annoyance with opposition Disy leader Annita Demetriou over a scathing letter she sent the president concerning the Cyprus issue and the fatigue of ...