‘Turkey had no intention of responding to Guterres’ proposals in Crans Montana’
President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday said it was evident in the UN minutes on the meetings in Crans Montana that Turkey had no intention of...
CRANS MONTANA TALKS
Turkey never discussed or accepted abolition of guarantees, President says
Turkey has never discussed or accepted the abolition of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday, commenting on a series of...
Our View: Crans Montana ruckus shows how desperate Anastasiades is
The collapse of talks at Crans Montana may have happened four-and-a-half years ago but it has suddenly become a major issue. It returned to public...
The dilemma: 2017 convergences or two states
The Greek Cypriots have two options over their political future By Christos P. Panayiotides A friend and classmate of mine recently sent me an article...
After causing a ruckus, Lillie clarifies remarks
UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie on Tuesday clarified what he said in an interview last week was trying to pick up from where Crans Montana...
The president who cries wolf
President Anastasiades has lost all credibility in his claimed commitment to a bizonal, bicommunal federation Aesop wrote that when, for the third time, the...
Our View: Cyprus needs to stop alienating its EU partners
Having secured a condemnatory statement from UN Security Council presidency and the UN resolution for the renewal of the Unficyp mandate, without the ‘British tail’,...
UNSG says keen to revitalise efforts on Cyprus
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that he is eager to revitalise diplomatic efforts in Cyprus but is awaiting the result of the elections...
The Peace Processes: 2017 Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana opened on Wednesday June 28, 2017 with lots of smiles and handshakes photo-ops and positive statements by all, even though behind the scenes, lurked...
A history of contradictions
By George Koumoullis The history of Cyprus is riven with contradictions, backtracking and transformations. Arguably the most classic example is offered by the July 15...
‘UNSG report refutes those who say negotiations over’
“The UN Secretary general’s draft refutes those who claimed that negotiations are over,” Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Sunday, “there is interest and we...
Ready to restart negotiations at any time says Photiou
The Greek Cypriot side is ready to restart negotiations on the Cyprus problem based on the parametres outlines by the United Nations Secrtary General to...
US report on Cyprus records the two sides’ positions on talks
The US President’s bi-monthly report on Cyprus for the period August 1 – September 29, released on Tuesday by the Department of State, referred to...
Cyprus files report to UN protesting Turkish actions
Cyprus filed another report at the UN protesting Turkish infringements of international air traffic regulations, violations of the national airspace and the illegal use of...
2017: Crans-Montana – the longest night
For Cyprus Mail editor Jean Christou, who has been covering the Cyprus problem for decades, the talks at Crans-Montana were depressingly predictable For a...