#cyprus problem

The leaders of the European Union’s ‘Med9’ states on Wednesday called for both a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem and “mutually beneficial” relations with Turkey as they met ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said that he plans to request that a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman be held next week, following a turbulent few weeks for ...

House President Annita Demetriou and Slovak President Peter Pellegrini on Monday discussed the Cyprus problem, among other matters, as Demetriou visited Bratislava. Demetriou said after the meeting that “I briefed ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has described issues concerning children of mixed marriages, Maronite children and pupils at the Greek Cypriot school in Rizokarpaso as matters of human rights which ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Friday criticised the Republic’s strengthening of its military capabilities, describing it as a “great contradiction to talk about peace while at the ...

Averof Neophytou, who recently announced his candidacy for the 2028 presidential elections, assured the public on Friday that he would “never betray them”. In a message on his personal WhatsApp channel, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday insisted that the “window of opportunity” for a solution to the Cyprus problem remains open, saying he was prepared to make concessions in pursuit of ...

Political parties marked the 66th anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus on Thursday with calls for renewed efforts to end the island’s division, warning against allowing the status quo ...

Alma leader Odysseas Michaelides on Wednesday said the Greek Cypriot side should work to dissuade the wider world from the view that it is the Greek Cypriot side itself which ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Wednesday warned against allowing the Cyprus problem to fall into a state of deadlock, after he attended the day’s National Council meeting. “The situation ...

Elam leader Christos Christou on Wednesday called for an end to talks geared towards a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, saying that instead, a “new path” must be found, ...

Direct Democracy Cyprus leader Fidias Panayiotou on Wednesday offered stern criticism for President Nikos Christodoulides’ stance on the Cyprus problem, saying that in almost a decade on the political frontline, ...

Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Wednesday said that the implementation of confidence-building measures between Cyprus’ two sides is not a condition which must be fulfilled for an enlarged meeting on ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday said that the progress which had been hoped for prior to last week’s United Nations “high-level week” in New York has not been ...

President Nikos Christodoulides insisted on Tuesday that efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem are not at a deadlock, despite acknowledging difficulties and challenges in attempts to restart negotiations. “We do ...

Developments on the Cyprus problem over the past week have been less of a “flurry of diplomatic activity” than a “flurry of negativity”. At home we’ve had the fiasco ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has convened a National Council meeting for Wednesday, the spokesman announced on Monday. In a post on X, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the president will be ...

By Hakan Karahasan Just as elsewhere in the world, not a day goes by in Cyprus without far-right populism making its presence felt. The most recent ‘development’ took place during ...

The Greek Cypriot side has accused the Turkish Cypriot side of following a “pattern of obstruction” which is preventing efforts to accelerate moves towards renewed Cyprus talks, negotiator Menelaos Menelaou ...

United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Monday said that the window of opportunity for progress to be made on the Cyprus problem is closing, at the end ...

Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou on Monday said that former Disy leader Averof Neophytou’s comments on the Cyprus problem were “counterproductive”, after Neophytou had a day earlier lamented that ...

Alma leader Odysseas Michaelides on Sunday called for an immediate meeting of the National Council to brief political leaders on developments surrounding the Cyprus problem following contacts in New York. ...

Decades of emergency governance, patronage and institutional barriers have weakened civic participation and left Cyprus facing a deepening crisis of political legitimacy. The collapse of civic participation and institutional authority ...

Dr Thomas James Phillips Writing in the 19th century literary feuilleton Vremya (Time), the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky chastised the intelligentsia of his day for its revolutionary impatience. Having been ...