Eide: they didn’t sound like people that were about to unify their homeland (Update 2)
UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide attempted to set the record straight on the failure of the Cyprus talks in Crans-Montana in an interview with...
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Invasion anniversary marked by increased bitterness over talks’ failure (Wrap)
CYPRUS and Turkey traded barbs on Thursday as events were held both in the south and the north commemorating the events of July 20, 1974...
Cyprus issue to dominate at UN Security Council on Tuesday
The Cyprus issue is expected to dominate the agenda of several meetings at UN headquarters on Tuesday in view of the briefing to the UN Security...
Guterres fully supports Eide, UN says after Anastasiades’ criticism
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres came to the defence of his Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide on Monday, after President Nicos Anastasiades criticised him in an...
Cavusoglu due in Cyprus on Tuesday
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will be in Cyprus on Tuesday for meetings with Turkish Cypriot parties, daily Milliyet reported. The paper said Cavusoglu will...
Greece not ready to accept anything short of full sovereignty for Cyprus
Greece is striving for a just and viable solution to the Cyprus issue as soon as possible but could not accept anything short of full...
Anastasiades: Eide was living in an illusion that almost everything was solved (Udpated)
President Nicos Anastasiades is convinced the correct strategy was followed by the Greek Cypriot side in Crans-Montana, he was quoted as saying in an interview...
Greece-Turkey engage in blame-game, parties criticise Anastasiades
Almost a week after Cyprus talks failed in Crans-Montana, Greece and Turkey stepped up the rhetoric on Wednesday while initial party support for President Nicos...
Turkey blames Greece for talks failure
Turkey on Wednesday blamed Greece for the failure of reunification talks in Switzerland to yield any positive results, after Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias suggested...
‘President was only interested in blame game’
Akel leader Andros Kyprianou’s claims that President Nicos Anastasiades went to Switzerland for the Conference on Cyprus not to reach a settlement solution but to...
‘Turkey never intended to commit to a Cyprus solution’ (updated)
Turkey never intended to commit to a solution allowing Cyprus to be truly independent and sovereign, Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday. While briefing...
Anastasiades: ready to negotiate solution within UN parameters (Wrap)
The Greek Cypriot side stands ready to negotiate a solution within the parameters set by the UN Secretary-General, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday in...
Turkey warns Cyprus over energy moves (Updated)
Turkey on Monday called on Cyprus to refrain from taking “unilateral measures” in the eastern Mediterranean, as final preparations were underway for the start of...
Parties to submit new proposals after collapse of settlement talks (update 3)
Political parties will next week submit proposals on how to proceed following the collapse of settlement talks in Switzerland, their leaders said on Monday after...
Akel concerned over differing versions of talks’ collapse
Main opposition Akel cast a shadow on Sunday over President Nicos Anastasiades’ version on who was to blame for the collapse of the settlement talks...
Turkey torpedoed Crans-Montana conference, Greece says
Just as Turkey abandoned the first Conference on Cyprus, in Geneva, it torpedoed the second one, the Greek Foreign Ministry has said. The Greek Foreign...
Drilling operations will not be postponed, Anastasiades says
Drilling operations in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone will not be postponed and no pressure is exerted to this end, President Nicos Anastasiades said. Speaking to...
Anastasiades blew ‘such a good deal’
Despite the government’s insistence that responsibility for the dramatic collapse of the Crans-Montana talks lies squarely with the Turkish side for refusing to budge...
Turkish foreign ministry blames Kotzias for talks collapse
The Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias and the Greek Cypriot side were responsible for the collapse of the Conference on Cyprus in Switzerland, spokesman for...
Guterres yet to decide on next step for UN role in Cyprus
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is going to have a number of consultations with all concerned parties before deciding on the next step on the...