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...
Cyprus Talks
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...
President meets UN representative over Unficyp, talks
President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday discussed developments on the Cyprus problem and the latest UN reports on Unficyp and the Good Offices mission in Cyprus...
Time working against finding political settlement says UNSG (updated)
While UN secretary general Antonio Guterres intends to invite all sides to a five-plus-one conference to explore if common ground exists to negotiate a solution...
President to suggest measures to overcome impasse in talks
President Nicos Anastasiades will suggest confidence-building measures aimed at breaking some of the deadlocks concerning the Cyprus problem, it emerged on Saturday. Anastasiades is to...
Cavusoglu tells UN envoy federation no longer possible
A federal solution to the Cyprus problem is no longer sustainable, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday after a meeting in Ankara with...
Lute hopeful that five-party meeting will be held
UN secretary-general’s special envoy Jane Holl Lute seems optimistic about the chance of talks being resumed between the island’s two communities despite the opposing views...
UN envoy Lute expected in Cyprus on Sunday evening
UN Secretary-general envoy Jane Holl Lute is set to arrive to the island on Sunday evening ahead of separate meetings slated for Tuesday. On Monday,...
Turkey strikes back at EU over Erdogan’s Varosha visit
If the EU wishes to contribute to the settlement of the Cyprus issue, it should acknowledge the existence and the will of the Turkish Cypriots,...
UN envoy Lute to visit before end of November
UN envoy Jane Hall Lute will visit Cyprus towards the end of this month for preliminary contacts in view of the secretary general’s plans to...
Denktash’s grandson could become Turkish Cypriot negotiator
One of former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash’s grandsons, Rauf Alp Denktash, is being considered for the post of the negotiator of the Turkish...
Akel ‘unprecedently divisive’ in 60th anniversary speech
Government spokesman Kyriacos Kousios on Tuesday accused Akel leader Andros Kyprianou of choosing to mark the 60th anniversary of independence with an “unprecedently divisive speech”....
President tells UN secretary-general he’s ready for talks
President Nicos Anastasiades spoke with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres via teleconference on Wednesday night and expressed his readiness to resume talks on the Cyprus...
Foreign minister says Turkey choosing to up tensions in Cyprus (update 2)
Turkey is choosing to escalate tensions in Cyprus, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Sunday, calling for EU sanctions to be imposed straight away. In...
Government denounces Turkey’s claims Anastasiades proposed two-state solution
The government on Saturday rejected claims by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that President Nicos Anastasiades had proposed negotiating a two-state solution to the Cyprus...
Anastasiades concerned that military contacts with Turks downplay occupation (Updated)
The Greek Cypriot side said it was willing to discuss setting up a mechanism for direct contacts at military level between the National Guard and...
Guterres’ Unficyp report: increasing number of buffer zone incidents (Updated)
The UN secretary-general has called for a six-month renewal of Unficyp’s mandate, highlighting that actions around the buffer zone have caused levels of tension not...
Turkey seeking to exclude Akinci in proposed talks says government (Updated)
Turkey has proposed talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots but excluding Mustafa Akinci, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, accusing Ankara of seeking to...
