Peace Talks

The UBP, the north’s largest political party, will not send a delegation to this week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in New York, amid rumours of a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is heading to New York on Tuesday “adequately prepared” and with high expectations for substantive discussions on the Cyprus problem, which he hopes will pave the way ...

The week ahead will be “critical” for the Cyprus problem, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday. “Our effort is continuous. We have a clear goal, and we are working ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar doubled down on his opposition to the appointment of Johannes Hahn as the European Union’s envoy for the Cyprus problem. “Following the Greek Cypriot ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Saturday said he has “low expectations” for the forthcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to begin in New York on Wednesday. “...

The foreign ministry on Saturday said it “welcomes” the latest six-monthly reports penned by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus and the UN’s ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said he has been working for four and a half years to open a new crossing point in Nicosia’s eastern suburb of ...

By Tom Cleaver Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Friday expressed his country’s “unwavering support” for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem during a visit to the north. “...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convinced then president Nicos Anastasiades to collapse Cyprus problem negotiations at Crans Montana in 2017, former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said. The talks at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday met a selection of Turkish Cypriots at the presidential palace to “exchange views” ahead of next week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which ...

Next week’s expanded informal meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is expected to set the tone for further negotiations and assess the progress made ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Wednesday visited a section of Cyprus’ buffer zone near the village of Lefka, in the west of the island. She was accompanied by ...

A bizonal, bicommunal, federal solution to the Cyprus problem is no longer a “common point of reference” for the island’s two sides, United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin said ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday evening ahead of next week’s planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to ...

The United Nations is “working hard to get results” on confidence-building measures regarding the Cyprus problem ahead of next week’s enlarged meeting in New York, UN envoy Maria Angela ...

Conditions for the resumption of negotiations must be created at the upcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in New York, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Sunday. The 5+1 ...

The UNSG’s envoy for Cyprus Maria Angel Holguin arrives in Cyprus later on Sunday for contacts with the two sides. On Monday she will meet President Nikos Christodulides as ...

The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy on Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin will arrive on the island on Sunday as part of ongoing preparations for the expanded conference on the Cyprus ...

Concrete steps taken in Geneva at the informal broader meeting are reassuring, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said late on Thursday after a number of specific initiatives were agreed ...

The United Nations’ efforts to revive stalled talks on Cyprus have gathered pace, with the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy holding a string of high-level meetings across Europe. Maria Angela ...

The UK is ready to support the efforts of UN envoy for Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin towards a solution of the Cyprus problem, a Foreign Office spokesman said after Tuesday’...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has accused the Greek Cypriot side of creating ‘a climate of fear’ among those wishing to buy real estate in the north of the island, ...

Outgoing UN envoy in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Tuesday said both leaders remain committed to fresh talks in New York aimed at breaking the island’s long stalemate. Speaking after ...

The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin is due to visit London and Brussels to continue diplomatic groundwork ahead of the expanded conference on the Cyprus ...