President sounding out former minister as stand-in if FM runs for president
President Nicos Anastasiades has reportedly sounded out a former foreign minister to return to his job, temporarily replacing Nikos Christodoulides who is thought to have...
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Bilateral relations with Egypt at ‘all time high’
Cyprus and Egypt together with all like-minded countries in the region will continue to work to turn their geography into a blessing, Foreign Minister Nikos...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Police state makes us feel secure and loved
THE POLICE state is back in action and more forceful than ever before. It has a new excuse for picking up citizens and locking them...
Greek FM accuses Turkey of creating fait accompli in Cyprus
Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Dendias on Tuesday accused Turkey of seeking to create new fait accompli on the ground in Cyprus through illegal actions in...
Turkish violations in EEZ could also impact EU interests, FM says
Turkey’s violations in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone also affect the EU’s interests and goals, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Christodoulides said the violations,...
Turkish harassment of ship in Cyprus EEZ discussed with Borrell
Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides discussed the situation in the eastern Mediterranean following the latest Turkish provocations in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with EU High...
FM to leave for working visit in Estonia
Bilateral relations, the Cyprus issue, regional developments and the forthcoming visit of President Nicos Anastasiades to Estonia, will be discussed during a working visit by...
FM discusses bilateral ties, Cyprob with Blinken
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed bilateral ties during a 25-minute phone call on Tuesday. According to CNA, security...
Bilateral relations on the agenda as Christodoulides visits Egypt
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi on Saturday expressed his country’s support for a solution to the Cyprus problem during a meeting in Cairo with...
Foreign minister on working visit to Egypt
The latest developments in the Middle East and the Cyprus problem will be among the issues Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides will discuss on Saturday with...
FM to brief EU counterparts on Geneva meeting
Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides will inform his EU counterparts about the discussions and the outcome of the informal meeting on Cyprus which was convened by...
Nicosia relies on EU members to put pressure on Ankara, FM says in Latvia
Nicosia relies on the international community and especially on its EU partners to make Ankara realise it needs to put the interests of all Cypriots...
Our View: Government putting upbeat spin on Borrell’s ‘positive agenda’
It was to be expected that the government would focus on the positives of the report on the EU’s relations with Turkey, especially as the...
Agreement on political equality alone will not solve Cyprus problem says minister
Even if agreement was reached on political equality it would not mean the Cyprus problem would be solved since other aspects needed to also be...
Bilateral co-operation with US on agenda of upcoming talks
US acting secretary of homeland security Chad Wolf will lay the foundation stone in Larnaca on Monday of the Cyprus Center for Land, Open Seas...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Busy week for movers and shakers
THE STATE broadcaster appeared to have been on a mission to maintain people’s Covid-19-related alarm at peak levels at the start of the week. For...
Foreign minister: Turkey could annex north by 2023
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides on Monday said he fears Turkey might annex the north within a couple of years if there is no solution to...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The EU Sherpa and spoof announcements
I WOULD like to apologise to the royal couple and particularly the wife of our foreign minister for referring to her as Mrs Philippa Christodoulides...
Anastasiades: Erdogan’s insult of Macron ‘brutally offended’ European values (Update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades said Monday Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan brutally offended European values after he suggested his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, needed mental treatment. In...
Cyprus and US sign agreement on technological and scientific cooperation
A memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the fields of science and technology was signed on Tuesday between Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides and US Undersecretary...
