Guterres’ Unficyp report: increasing number of buffer zone incidents (Updated)
The UN secretary-general has called for a six-month renewal of Unficyp’s mandate, highlighting that actions around the buffer zone have caused levels of tension not...
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Akel accuses government of selectively leaking documents
Main opposition Akel on Tuesday accused the government of selectively leaking documents about the failed talks in Crans-Montana in July 2017 rather than provide answers...
Government ‘vindicated’ by Turkish foreign ministry’s comments on guarantees
The denial by the Turkish foreign ministry that Ankara accepted the removal of Cyprus guarantees in Crans-Montana, as well as comments by a former UN...
Turkey denies it has accepted removal of guarantees
Turkey said on Tuesday reports in the Greek Cypriot media that Ankara accepted the removal of guarantees in Cyprus are false. The Turkish foreign ministry...
Crans-Montana brought Cyprus to brink of a settlement, former UN official says
Negotiations at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana in the summer of 2017 brought both sides in Cyprus to the brink of a settlement, according to...
Anastasiades got his way in Crans-Montana
The Cyprus issue was resolved in Crans-Montana, but the public was never told By Makarios Drousiotis In Crans-Montana, Switzerland in July 2017, UN Secretary-General Antonio...
‘President determined to resume Cyprus talks’
The unity of the people and its political leadership is a prerequisite to attain our goals for a Cyprus settlement, Transport Minister Vasiliki Anastasiadou said...
Peace activists call for ‘immediate return’ to talks
PEACE activists from both sides of the divide converged at the Ledra Street crossing in the buffer zone in Nicosia on Thursday evening, demanding a...
Anastasiades promised Cavusoglu to work for two-state solution, columnist claims
A Turkish Cypriot columnist, Levent Kutay at Kibris Postasi, who is said to be close to ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay, on Wednesday penned an article...
Government still awaiting action from Lute
President Nicos Anastasiades is waiting to see how the UN secretary-general’s special envoy Jane Hall Lute will continue to relaunch the negotiations, government spokesman Prodromos...
Witty April Fool’s unearths ‘missing’ Crans-Montana minutes
Daily Alithia on Monday ran what was likely the most intelligent local April Fool’s story, with a ‘reveal’ that the long-lost minutes of a UN...
Cavusoglu: guarantees needed now ‘more than ever’
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday said that not only were guarantees not anachronistic but ever since unilateral drilling started by the Greek Cypriots,...
Christodoulides says Lute will be briefed on disputed July 4 meeting
The government will make sure UN envoy, Jane Holl Lute, will be thoroughly informed on the meeting in Crans-Montana on July 4, 2017 that concerns...
GC Crans-Montana proposals no longer valid, Anastasiades says
President Nicos Anastasiades, said on Tuesday evening that the proposals he put forward during the Conference on Cyprus in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana in...
Leaders snipe over alleged ‘two-state solution’ comments
A war of words broke out on Friday between President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci over who said what and when about...
Anastasiades calls Akel criticisms unjustifiable
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday he has been unjustifiably criticised by main opposition Akel over his handling of the reunification talks whose collapse is...
Kotzias says proper preparation for new talks ‘imperative’
By Evie Andreou Proper preparation is imperative before the launch of a new round of settlement talks in order to have a positive outcome, but...
President briefs leaders on talks with UN envoy
The Greek Cypriot side is waiting for the UN secretary-general to take the initiative to restart settlement talks where they left off, government spokesman Prodromos...
Kotzias accuses Eide of creating opposition to Nicosia and Athens in new book (Updated)
Greek Foreign Minister, Nicos Kotzias has accused former UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide of creating opposition to the positions of Nicosia and Athens on...
President says Ankara’s stance led to deadlock in Crans-Montana
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday that Turkey`s stance led to the deadlock at the Crans-Montana talks last July, and questioned whether any other country...
