Peace Talks

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday renewed his call for crossing points to be opened in the eastern Nicosia suburb of Mia Milia, and in the village of Louroujina, ...

Both Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and President Nikos Christodoulides “expressed willingness to make progress” towards achieving and implementing the confidence-building measures agreed upon at March’s enlarged meeting on ...

The issue of property and the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north was not raised by United ...

It is “not possible to talk about a healthy dialogue” between Cyprus’ two sides amid the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek ...

The Louroujina crossing point “will be the first to be opened” after the Turkish Cypriot leadership election in October, the village’s Turkish Cypriot mayor Ali Karavezirler said on Wednesday. ...

European Union envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn will make his first contacts on the island “in the immediate future”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He said ...

The Cyprus problem “is above politics in Turkey”, the country’s Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Tuesday. Speaking during a visit to the north, he said that across Turkey’...

Ali Pilli, a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ from the UBP, the party to which Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar belonged, and which has endorsed him again ahead of this year’s ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday ruled out the prospect of a tripartite meeting involving himself, President Nikos Christodoulides and United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin while the latter ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was definite on Monday that he would be meeting UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin again and that all her meetings, especially those in Turkey, would be decisive ...

Maria Angela Holguin, the UN secretary-general’s envoy for Cyprus, met with President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace on Saturday and is scheduled to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, who has returned to Cyprus following her reappointment, will be received on Saturday at 1030(local time) by President Nikos Christodoulides. ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is to arrive in Cyprus on Friday evening and will remain on the island for a week, marking the start of her second stint ...

The Turkish Cypriots’ non-invite to this week’s summit of the Organisation of Turkic States “does not overshadow” the north’s role within the Turkic world, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

The UN chief’s personal envoy for Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin kicks off her meetings on the island with a 10.30am appointment with President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday. Holguin will ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday said that President Nikos Christodoulides wants to “make us sit on his lap”. “I look into the man’s eyes, and I see ...

Cypriot MEPs on Saturday called on EU institutions to change their view that Turkey is seen as a strategic partner. They also highlighted the importance of Cyprus leveraging the opportunity ...

Mixed reactions to the European Commission’s decision to appoint Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem have continued, with the United Nations “looking forward” to working ...

Greece expressed its support for the European Commission’s announcement of Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem, though Turkey was less enamoured by the decision. Greece’...

Cyprus’ leaders “must be encouraged” to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem, former Greek foreign minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Monday. Writing in newspaper Politis, he said a “sustainable ...

The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin’s mission officially begins on Monday, May 12 and she is expected on the island later this month. President Nikos ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Sunday declared that Greek Cypriots will “not withdraw from the fight we are waging until justice and freedom are restored in our homeland”. Addressing an ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that he is to meet United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin before the end of May. In statements to journalists, he said Holguin’s ...

A group of 22 United States congressmen have urged the country’s President Donald Trump to “bring up” Cyprus during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which is ...