#cyprus problem

By Joanna Christodoulides It is no secret that Turkey is an important partner to the EU – or what Brussels would call a “strategic” partner. As crises multiply and the EU ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is expected to visit the occupied north on Friday for meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and senior officials, as diplomatic efforts intensify ahead ...

The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that a trilateral meeting between the two Cypriot leaders and UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin will take place on Monday, November 9, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that developments in the Cyprus problem appeared to be moving in a positive direction, revealing that UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci expressed hope on Wednesday that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ efforts to achieve at least some progress on the Cyprus issue would yield positive results, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has accused President Nikos Christodoulides of bringing his 19 proposals in order to push aside the original seven put forward by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. In ...

By James Morphakis Kyrenia municipality will ask for its own meeting with UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin, after Famagusta and Morphou secured talks with her, mayor Akis Violaris said. Violaris ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is due to meet UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Tuesday afternoon, as preparations continue for a trilateral meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Tuesday to discuss her efforts to prepare the ground for renewed Cyprus negotiations, including responses to ...

UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin will hold back-to-back meetings on Saturday with delegations from the municipalities of Famagusta and Morphou, Famagusta Mayor Simos Ioannou said on Monday. Ioannou said that ...

Disy presidential hopeful Giorgos Pamboridis on Monday said he would consider far-right Elam joining a government of “national salvation”, provided its aim is to resolve the Cyprus problem. “If they ...

UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, said on Monday she remained optimistic about efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem following a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said he was ready to meet UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman as early as Monday afternoon or Tuesday, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said that “progress is possible” on the Cyprus problem, as he evaluated the meeting he held with the United Nations’ Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela ...

United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin said that she remains optimistic over the prospect of an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem being held before the end of ...

UN envoy for Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin is currently in Cyprus and will be meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday at 12.30pm. Holguin will also be meeting with Turkish ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis expressed hope late on Wednesday that the momentum gained for Cyprus during the term of Antonio Guterres at the helm of the United Nations would “...

UN envoy for Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin will be arriving on the island on Thursday for meetings with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, before holding a ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou said on Wednesday that “patriotism means working for a better homeland”, as she called for a “free and reunified Cyprus”. Speaking at an event in Larnaca ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday promised to do “everything humanly possible” to bring about progress towards a solution to the Cyprus problem, as he spoke on the sidelines of a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said that both he and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman have agreed to make “no further statements” on matters of substance related to the Cyprus ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday stressed that his proposal to open and repopulate the fenced-off area of Varosha under the United Nations’ administration and open the port of Famagusta under ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman are set to meet again on Tuesday, ahead of a visit to Cyprus by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy, Maria ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday stressed that the proposal he had made to Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman to open and repopulate the fenced-off area of Varosha under the United ...