Peace Talks

The European Union “remains steadfastly committed to the reunification of Cyprus”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday. Cypriot reunification, she added, must be “fully in line ...

The second enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem of the year began in New York in the early hours of Thursday morning. The two-day conference, which is being attended by ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has shown interest in resolving long-standing issues between Turkey and the European Union, during a face-to-face meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides in New York. The ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan promised “empathy for the other side” ahead of the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which got underway in New York in the early hours ...

As Cyprus leaders head for New York, Turkish Cypriot opposition leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday called on President Nikos Christodoulides to show a genuine commitment to resolving the Cyprus problem. ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Tuesday called on the European Union and the international community to produce “actions, not words” on the matter of the Cyprus problem, as parliament held ...

Confidence-building measures do not “replace the solution to the Cyprus problem”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. He was speaking at an event held to commemorate the 51st anniversary of ...

The United Nations’ top official in Cyprus Colin Stewart told the security council of a “deep distrust” between the island’s two sides, according to reports on Tuesday. The Cyprus ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership candidate Tufan Erhurman on Monday said “nothing has been done in five years” regarding the Cyprus problem since Ersin Tatar was elected to the role. “What ...

There have been “no major security crises” in Cyprus in the last six months, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote in his latest six-monthly report on the state of the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was on Monday keen to stress the progress achieved so far on the Cyprus problem since he took office, ahead of this week’s enlarged meeting on ...

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 ...