Peace Talks

President Nikos Christodoulides and the European Commission’s Cyprus problem envoy Raffaele Fitto on Thursday held a telephone conversation to discuss the Cyprus problem, ahead of Fitto’s planned trip ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is continuing to work with the goal of having negotiations in earnest to solve the Cyprus problem resume before the end of his ten-year term ...

The European Union is “ready” to discuss the updating of its customs union with Turkey in exchange for “cooperation” on the Cyprus problem, the Cyprus Mail understands. Sources close to ...

The Greek Cypriot members of the technical committee on crossing points are expected to meet this week to begin preparations for the opening of two new crossings agreed by the ...

Monday’s meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has paved the way for a new joint meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, with the ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Monday spoke of a “major disappointment” after the announcement of new crossing points following a meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides, Turkish Cypriot leader ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday agreed that two new crossing points, south of the village of Louroujina, near Larnaca, and south of the village ...

A two-state solution to the Cyprus problem is het “most realistic” resolution, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday, after he had visited the island earlier in the day. “...

Talks aimed at bringing about a resumption of negotiations in earnest towards the solution of the Cyprus problem are at a “crucially critical point”, presidential press office director Victor Papadopoulos ...

UN efforts to move the Cyprus problem forward are at a “critical point”, head of the president’s press office Victor Papadopoulos said on Friday. The next step would be ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is expected to visit the occupied north on Friday for meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and senior officials, as diplomatic efforts intensify ahead ...

The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that a trilateral meeting between the two Cypriot leaders and UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin will take place on Monday, November 9, ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci expressed hope on Wednesday that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ efforts to achieve at least some progress on the Cyprus issue would yield positive results, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has accused President Nikos Christodoulides of bringing his 19 proposals in order to push aside the original seven put forward by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. In ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday told UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin of his “strong dissatisfaction” at her meeting earlier in the day with Turkey’s ambassador to the occupied north. ...

UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin held a brief 30-minute meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday, explaining afterwards that she had “come to ask him some questions”. Speaking to reporters ...

Kyrenia municipality protested its exclusion from consultations with UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Tuesday after it was announced she would meet delegations from Famagusta and Morphou municipalities during her ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said he was ready to meet UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman as early as Monday afternoon or Tuesday, ...

Maronite Cypriot non-voting representative in parliament Petros Nacouzi on Friday met United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin, and after the meeting said that for his community “the resolution ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday welcomed Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman to Bestepe, Turkey’s presidential palace, and stressed the importance of Turkish Cypriots rights in any solution ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said that “progress is possible” on the Cyprus problem, as he evaluated the meeting he held with the United Nations’ Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela ...

United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin will meet President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday, as she begins her latest round of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said that both he and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman have agreed to make “no further statements” on matters of substance related to the Cyprus ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday stressed that his proposal to open and repopulate the fenced-off area of Varosha under the United Nations’ administration and open the port of Famagusta under ...