Peace Talks

Both Disy and Turkish Cypriot political party the CTP on Friday stressed that the forthcoming visit of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the island is an opportunity which must ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday said that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ forthcoming visit to the island will allow the island’s two sides to “understand each other ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Friday described UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ upcoming visit to Cyprus as “very significant”, saying it marks the first visit by a UN chief to the ...

The government remains committed to securing a Cyprus settlement through negotiations based on the United Nations framework and European Union law, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday night. He ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is to visit Cyprus before the end of this month, the Cyprus Mail understands. Competent sources have informed the Cyprus Mail that Guterres will make ...

The foreign ministry on Wednesday said it “shares the concern” expressed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over advances made by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot personnel into the buffer zone ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a telephone call late on Tuesday to discuss “regional issues”, with efforts both in Cyprus and abroad ramping ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday dismissed reports that he had not held a discussion with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Paris the day prior, pointing to video and photographic ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin will return to the island before the end of the month, Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Menelaos Menelaou said on Wednesday, ...

The European Commission’s new envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto will engage with “both communities in Cyprus”, commission spokeswoman Louise Bogey said on Tuesday. “Fitto will engage with ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a “short conversation” when they met on the sidelines of Tuesday’s Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. Government sources informed ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday remained tight-lipped over media reports that the UN is seeking to bring about a “looser” solution to the Cyprus problem, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s undersecretary Mehmet Dana on Monday called on newly appointed European Commission envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto to facilitate efforts to implement the ...

Turkey’s foreign ministry’s spokesman Oncu Keceli on Monday called on the European Commission’s newly appointed envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto to “make efforts toward the ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy on Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, is exploring ideas for a new Cyprus settlement framework aimed at bridging the gap between the two sides, ...

The European Commission on Monday formally appointed Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto as its new special representative for Cyprus, confirming his role in supporting UN-led efforts to reunify the island. In ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Sunday denied that there is only a “remote chance” of an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem being convened during the summer, as efforts continue ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed “deep concern” over advances made by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot personnel into the buffer zone near the village of Pyla, near Larnaca, in ...

The Greek Cypriot side is “ready” for there to be “tangible steps” forward in relations between the European Union and Turkey should negotiations recommence in earnest following the next enlarged ...

Disy on Thursday lambasted Akel after the party’s leader Stefanos Stefanou had on Wednesday declared that he would not support a solution to the Cyprus problem if it entailed ...

European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to “seize the renewed momentum” to bring about ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday he is in close contact with senior European Union officials attending the Nato summit in Turkey, as discussions continue over linking progress on the ...

After almost a decade of dormancy, the Cyprus problem may be beginning to stir. Tuesday will mark the ninth anniversary of the collapse of negotiations in the Swiss ski resort ...

The Greek Cypriot leadership continues efforts to instrumentalise the law for political purposes in matters relating to property, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said on Saturday. “The property issue is ...