Peace Talks

The Greek Cypriot side has “always avoided” cooperating with the Turkish Cypriots, former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said on Tuesday, with his successor Tufan Erhurman and President Nikos ...

Both sides of Cyprus’ divide agree in principle that meetings between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman should take place on a more frequent basis going forward, ...

Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Menelaos Menelaou and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s undersecretary Mehmet Dana are to meet on Thursday, according to reports on Tuesday. According to the Cyprus ...

The foreign ministry has in recent days been telephoning diplomatic missions in Nicosia, urging them not to attend a briefing on the Cyprus problem which is due to be given ...

The Greek Cypriot side is seeking a “substantive discussion” when President Nikos Christodoulides meets Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman next week, competent sources said on Monday. The two leaders are ...

Declarations of willingness to reach a Cyprus settlement cannot produce results unless the two sides first agree on the nature of the problem, Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said ...

Whether progress can be made on confidence-building measures, particularly the opening of new crossing points, is expected to top the agenda when President Nikos Christodoulides meets Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan ...

Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Menelaos Menelaou on Sunday said that the “Turkish side” has been “slowing down developments” on the Cyprus problem, and in particular, with regard to the convening ...

United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Sunday said that the implementation of confidence-building measures is an “indispensable condition” to be fulfilled ahead of the possible convening of ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Sunday hailed what he described as a “return to the substance of the Cyprus problem” as he attended a memorial service for five men from ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday night said he believes the Greek Cypriot side will never agree to any power-sharing agreement to solve the Cyprus problem, and as such ...

The roadmap put forward for the next steps on the Cyprus problem by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during his visit to the island last week aims to bring about ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday said that President Nikos Christodoulides rejected a proposal for more landmines to be cleared across the island, which was made by United Nations ...

The Greek Cypriot side’s acceptance of a bicommunal federation following the 1974 Turkish invasion represented its “greatest concession” in pursuit of a Cyprus settlement, former Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Andreas ...

Discussions between Cyprus’ two sides are underway to organise a new meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, with the aim of bringing about the conditions ...

The Cyprus problem is “on life support”, Alma leader Odysseas Michaelides said on Monday, as he exited the day’s National Council meeting. “We did not pull the plug, but ...

Elam leader Christos Christou on Monday set out his opposition to both confidence-building measures and to the idea of a federal solution to the Cyprus problem as he exited the ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Monday said that she hoped for fewer statements to be made on the Cyprus problem in the coming period, stressing that “the less we say, ...

Direct Democracy Cyprus leader Fidias Panayiotou on Monday called for more public participation in deliberations on the Cyprus problem after he attended the day’s National Council meeting. “We … also ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is “ready” to hold weekly meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman in the aim of achieving the requisite progress for a new enlarged meeting on the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday renewed his call upon President Nikos Christodoulides to meet him once a week so as to complete what he described as the “homework” ...

The preparatory work with the UN to create the conditions for a successful enlarged meeting began on Friday, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday evening. This work will carry on ...

First coined by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and adopted frequently by Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ever since, the phrase “this time must be different” has become one of ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that the United Nations will work with both sides in Cyprus and the three guarantor powers to ensure the next informal expanded ...