Turkish Cypriots announce tripartite meeting next month
The Turkish Cypriot side said Friday a tripartite meeting between the leaders of the two communities and the UN will take place next month. Baris...
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Anastasiades ‘offered additional assurances’ to Akinci on hydrocarbons (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades has offered additional assurances to the Turkish Cypriots on safeguarding their share of the proceeds from hydrocarbons when Cyprus talks are in...
Akinci sidelined again by Ankara, spokesman says
Turkish vice president Fuat Oktay who was in the north on Saturday did not meet with Mustafa Akinci, the Turkish Cypriot leader’s spokesman said on...
‘No chance for terms of reference at this stage’, say Turkish Cypriots
President Nicos Anastasiades “has not yet abandoned his negative attitude to political equality and effective participation” the Turkish Cypriot side said following Sunday’s meeting between...
‘No new ideas’ from Greek Cypriots, says Burcu
CONTRARY to what it asserts, the Greek Cypriot side has not come up with new ideas on governance in a reunified state, rather it is...
Extradition of Turkish Cypriots ‘out of the question’ Akinci’s spokesman says
Authorities in the north on Friday said that the extradition of Turkish Cypriots to other countries was out of the question. Spokesman of the Turkish...
Turkey should allow Cypriot sides to reach a settlement together
By Evie Andreou Turkey must allow Cypriots to negotiate and reach a settlement for themselves so they can live in peace and security, President Nicos...
Turkish side’s gas moves ‘exacerbate tensions’
Statements from the north that Turkey would shortly be sending its first drilling ship to the eastern Mediterranean to explore for oil and gas were...
Excavations at two mass graves to start next month
Digging for the remains of Greek Cypriot missing persons in two mass graves at Ornithi, an area just outside the Turkish-held village of Ashia will...
Burcu: Greek Cypriot leadership looks down on us
The biggest mistake that the Greek Cypriot side has been making for years, is that it has been looking down on the Turkish Cypriots and...
Our View: Attack on Archbishop plays into hardliners’ hands
Mustafa Akinci’s spokesman Baris Burcu made a serious mistake in responding to Archbishop Chrysostomos’ assertion that he would not accept rotating presidency as part of...
German support for Cyprus talks
German Foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier encouraged further progress in the ongoing negotiations for a solution to the Cyprus problem following a meeting with Turkish Cypriot...
Burcu: system of guarantees can be discussed but Turkey as a guarantor is a given
The Turkish Cypriot side is ready to discuss a system of guarantees for a post-solution Cyprus but not the fact that Turkey would be a...
Uproar over Turkish Cypriot side’s ‘virgin birth’ implication
A statement by the spokesman of Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, Baris Burcu, in which he said a Cyprus solution would create a new federal...
Property rights must apply both to owners and current users, Akinci’s spokesman says (Update: TC leader to brief press and ‘parliament’ on talks)
By Elias Hazou The right to property, of dispossessed owners but in particular of current users, will be respected under the new mechanism agreed by...
