EU says two-state solution out of the question, Turkey upset with UNSC (Updated)
The pace of diplomatic activity is picking up ahead of the 5+1 informal conference on Cyprus slated for the beginning of March with the arrival...
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Anastasiades says ‘no question’ of consenting to change talks mandate
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said there was no question of him consenting to a change to the terms of the mandate regarding the solution...
Guterres open to listening to new ideas if both sides have a common vision
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday his mandate from the UN Security Council refers explicitly to a bizonal, bicommunal solution in Cyprus, but this...
Political equality in a federal state
By Christos Panayiotides The recent meeting in Berlin has clearly framed the future government structure of Cyprus by prescribing a bizonal, bicommunal federation and by...
Bicommunal demo on Friday to call for reunification
A mass bi-communal demonstration will take place on Friday, calling on the leaders of both sides to return to the negotiating table and put reunification...
More GCs against a BBF than for it, undecideds hold small majority
More Greek Cypriots want a unified state than a bizonal bicommunal federation (BBF), the accepted basis for negotiating a Cyprus solution, according to a survey...
The president has an obligation to be clear
By Christos P. Panayiotides THE recent statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu concerning President Nicos Anastasiades have complicated an already highly complicated problem. I...
Our View: Time for president to be honest over negotiations
President Anastasiades is unwilling to give up the theatre about his supposed commitment to a Cyprus solution even though the size of the audience that...
Pressure mounts on Anastasiades
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday went on the defensive when it came to his policy on the Cyprus negotiations as he appeared to be facing...
Akel and Diko seek to find some common ground
The leaders of left-wing Akel and centre-right Diko met on Tuesday to try and find common ground despite their ideological differences on the Cyprus issue...
EDEK backs Sizopoulos in rejection of BBF
By Constantinos Psillides Socialist party EDEK officially rejected bi-zonal, bicommunal federation (BBF) as a form of solution to the Cyprus problem, with 98.1 percent of...
Reconsidering the ‘bi’ in bizonal, bicommunal federation
By George Iordanou During the crafting of the 1960s constitution the non-dominant minorities of the island – Maronites, Armenians and Latins – had their ethnic,...