Christodoulides urges active EU role in talks
President Nikos Christodoulides spoke with Charles Michel, president of the European Council, where he pressed the need for the EU play a more active role towards resolving the Cyprus problem.
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Top UN official to visit Cyprus
UN Deputy Secretary-General Rose Marie DiCarlo will arrive in next week in Cyprus to meet with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, as part of the aim ...
Tatar to propose bicommunal earthquake response
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will put forward a proposal during his meeting with President-elect Nikos Christodoulides for bicommunal cooperation on earthquake response in Cyprus.
The pair are due to ...
Christodoulides tells Borrell he’s ‘determined’ to resume Cyprus talks (Updated)
President-elect Nikos Christodoulides has spoken on the phone with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and expressed his determination to resume talks for a Cyprus settlement.
According to a release ...
Security Council renews Unficyp mandate for a year
The foreign ministry on Monday welcomed the decision to renew the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) for another year.
It said the security council will continue ...
UN rejects bias allegations after Unficyp head accused of saying GCs just complain (Updated)
The United Nations rubbished allegations of bias on Wednesday, following Turkish Cypriot reports suggesting the Unficyp head Colin Stewart said the Greek Cypriot side only complains when it needs to ...
Anastasiades: no dinner date with Tatar
Calls for a two-state solution from Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar are nothing new, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday, responding to an interview in which Tatar highlighted Anastasiades had ...
‘Hard-line rhetoric causing prospects for Cyprus settlement to fade’
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that a surge in hard-line rhetoric on both sides has led to increased rigidity while the prospects for a mutually-agreeable settlement continue ...
Tatar says 2023 will be the year of Varosha
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar praised 2022 as an important year for the north’s foreign relations and vowed that he will work decisively towards bolstering them further in 2023.
He also ...
New archbishop outlines priorities
The new Archbishop Georgios will follow the line of late Archbishop Chrysostomos on the Cyprus problem, he said in an interview on Saturday.
“Our views are aligned, meaning we should ...
Anastasiades: failed to solve Cyprus problem despite ‘superhuman’ efforts
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday he is leaving the post carrying the weight of not having solved the Cyprus issue, which he said had been his goal.
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Greek Cypriots ‘remain faithful to reunification’
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said that a solution to the Cyprus problem could represent a win-win situation for all stakeholders, adding that the possibility of it happening is still high, ...
Anastasiades and Tatar to meet next month
President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar are expected to meet in December, during a UN-organised reception marking the end of the year, CNA reported on Thursday.
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President focuses on energy in German visit (updated)
Cyprus and Germany both want to strengthen and broaden their consistently excellent relations, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday after meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
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TC unions promoting GC interests, says Turkish ex-navy officer
Former Turkish rear admiral Cihat Yauci has recommended banning Turkish Cypriot unions which he said support Greek Cypriot interests and proposed measures to promote Ankara’s role in the north.
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Menendez: I will support Greece and Cyprus in US Congress
US Senator Robert Menendez on Saturday said he is an ally of Cyprus and Greece in Congress, highlighting his ‘deep ties’ with the peoples of the two countries.
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Cyprus powerless to achieve desired results on Cyprob without intervention from EU ‘family’
A meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is a continuation of the government’s effort to create the conditions for the resumption of dialogue on the ...
UN Secretary General remains committed to restarting Cyprus talks (Updated)
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will remain committed to being involved in the process of finding common ground to restart Cyprus talks, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and ...
House president calls on UK’s help to kick start talks
House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday called on the UK to offer a constructive contribution to negotiations on the Cyprus problem, in a meeting she held with the UK’s ...
UN Assistant Secretary-General in Cyprus
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas Miroslav Jenca arrives in Cyprus on Wednesday to meet with President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar.
Jenca will ...
Protests condemn UDI in the north (update 2, photos)
Thousands of students protested across the island on Tuesday, condemning 39 years since the north’s unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). At the same time, the north was celebrating the anniversary ...
Erdogan: Turkish Cypriots should support two state solution
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Turkish Cypriots to support a two-state solution, Turkish Cypriot media said on Monday.
His comments follow a growing spat over the ‘TRNC’...
Kasoulides: Turkey in a state of insanity
Ankara’s policy toward its neighbours can only be described as being driven by ‘insanity’, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Monday following talks in Athens with his Greek counterpart.
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Bicommunal meeting urges talks as soon as possible
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political party representatives agreed on Monday that tensions need to de-escalate as soon as possible and both sides need to return to negotiations on the ...