Conference on Cyprus
The place and date of an informal five-party conference on Cyprus, which the UN Secretary-General intends to convene, remain uncertain, while Nicosia fears that Ankara...
British envoy urges peace process to start quickly
Whatever is going to happen with the resumption of Cyprus talks, should happen quickly, outgoing British High Commissioner in Nicosia, Mathew Kidd, said on Wednesday....
Vassiliou: there is no new strategy for talks
By Elias Hazou The longer the current deadlock in the Cyprus peace process drags on, and absent any negotiations, the more detrimental it is to...
Spokesman satisfied with UNSC commitment to talks
DEPUTY government spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos expressed his satisfaction on Wednesday for the statement of the UN Security Council that it remains committed to support the...
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...
Anastasiades dissatisfied with Turkish proposal (Update 3)
President Nicos Anastasideas said on Wednesday night that a Turkish proposal on security and guarantees did not satisfy the Greek Cypriot side. Speaking during his...
UK repeats offer to cede bases’ territory to help solution
The United Kingdom is prepared to cede part of the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, in order to contribute to a positive outcome of talks...
Eide: Geneva conference could last weeks (updated)
The UN is readying for the long haul once the new Conference on Cyprus gets underway, the Secretary General’s Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide said...
Turkey’s four freedoms ‘cannot be a condition’ for continuing the talks
If the Turkish side insists on setting the four freedoms as a condition for new talks on security and guarantees in Geneva, they will bear...
Akinci aiming for settlement by April (updated)
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci is putting all his hopes into reaching a settlement by the end of April at the latest because after that...