Cyprus Talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan referenced the Annan Plan in a speech on Monday evening while also expressing hope for a “lasting and just peace” in Cyprus. “We will not ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar are set to meet on Friday morning. The pair are due to make a joint visit to the anthropological laboratory of ...

The Standing Rapporteur on missing persons in Cyprus, MEP Isabel Santos said on Monday that time represents the biggest challenge in ascertaining the fate of those still missing. Santos, who ...

President Nikos Christodoulides told a meeting of heads of diplomatic missions on Monday that the European Union’s response to his proposal regarding the Cyprus problem has been “exceptionally positive”. ...

Women’s organisation Pogo called on Wednesday for a monument to be built in the capital to honour females who fell victim to war crimes in 1974. The statement said the ...

Leaders and representatives from Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties have expressed their “unwavering support” for the continuation of the work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP). Under ...

Reports on the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and the office of good services made by Secretary General Antonio Guterres were released as official documents on Thursday. The ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Constantinos Kombos met with the secretary general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres on Tuesday and discussed the appointment of a special envoy as well as ...

The 3+1 Mechanism is the key to expanding the agenda and ensuring the acceleration of the cooperation process, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said at the Eastern Mediterranean Business Summit in New ...

Efforts surrounding the Cyprus problem are garnering a positive response, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday night. He sought to stress that he has observed “positive developments” reiterating the government’...

Foreign Minister, Constantinos Kombos, is in New York where he will be meeting with UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres. On Monday the minister will participate in the Economist’s annual ...

The preservation of our memory, our national character and our tradition, as well as any worthwhile effort to preserve monuments and sacred relics, constitute a strong counterweight to any Turkish ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will convey to UN Secretary-General the Greek Cypriot side’s sincere will for fresh talks on the Cyprus problem under the agreed framework on the basis ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has urged the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to heed the call of the Security Council and appoint a UN envoy to facilitate the resumption of the ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu issued a second condemnation of British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq on Wednesday, following the latter’s alleged comments at a meeting with British ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis visited Cyprus on Tuesday where he warned of “significant challenges” but also of major opportunities. His first official visit abroad since taking office saw him ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is satisfied by the paragraph about the Cyprus problem in the draft conclusions of the European Council, which is holding its summit meeting on Thursday. In relation ...

Steps on breaking the deadlock on the Cyprus problem were central to separate phone conversations President Nikos Christodoulides had with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar had a 45-minute meeting with UN special representative to Cyprus Colin Stewart on Monday. The meeting took place ahead of Stewart’s expected departure to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said that he is pushing for the opening of a new crossing point in the Nicosia village of Mia Milia. However, he said that ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday warned that the plans announced by the north and Turkey to build 1,200 social housing units in occupied Dherynia is creating new faits accomplis. Speaking at ...

Ersin Tatar issued a statement on Thursday saying that seeking involvement outside of the UN, towards resolution of the Cyprus problem, is pointless without Turkish Cypriot input. Tatar’s comments ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is set to have a call with UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, to discuss developments over a more active role for the EU in resolving ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou questioned President Nikos Christodoulides handling of the Cyprus problem on Wednesday by focusing all his efforts on securing the so called more active involvement of ...