#cyprus problem

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman reacted with bemusement on Thursday to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s speech at the opening ceremony of Cyprus’ six-month term as the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman late on Wednesday night published a photograph of his Cyprus problem negotiating team following what he described as a “preparatory meeting” with them. Alongside Erhurman ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has recommended that the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) be renewed for a further 12 months, until January 31, 2027, while expressing concern over ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday that “the time for serious business has come” on the Cyprus issue, stressing that the Greek Cypriot side is fully prepared to respond “whenever ...

United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres has said that recent informal meetings in an expanded format during 2025, along with contacts between the President Nikos Christodoulides and newly-elected Turkish Cypriot leader ...

European Parliament president Roberta Metsola on Thursday said that efforts to solve the Cyprus problem are “Europe’s responsibility”. “It is not a responsibility which falls solely on Cyprus. It ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman offered new year’s wishes in Turkish, Greek, and English in a post on social media. “We extend our best wishes to everyone for a ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday met the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, with the latter in open revolt over the former’s stance on the Cyprus problem. ...

The New Cyprus Association sharply criticised on Monday the recent Christmas message delivered by Archbishop Georgios, arguing that it undermined the church’s spiritual role and deepened divisions in Cyprus. ...

The United Nations special representative in Cyprus, Khassim Diagne, will brief the UN Security Council in closed consultations on January 15, 2026.  Diagne leads the UN peacekeeping force on the island, known ...

The Christmas and New Year period is traditionally a time associated with peace, reconciliation and goodwill, but as Europe looks towards 2026, the prospects are shaped less by seasonal sentiment than ...

Every year hundreds of thousands of words are published in the run up to December 25 on Christmas vs everything. It’s too secularist and materialistic, Bing Crosby’s White Christmas ...

Archbishop Georgios warned against any settlement of the Cyprus problem that he says would threaten the “future of Hellenism on the island”, provocatively describing certain proposals as amounting to “national ...

Turkey has itself to blame for the fact that it is not invited to participate in regional collaborations, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, citing the country’s lack of ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said the goal must be to ensure that the pain of the past is not repeated and that no child is left without a future, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that he is fully prepared to attend a multilateral meeting on the Cyprus issue under UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, presenting concrete ideas and proposals ...

Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou has pointed to what he described as a positive shift in the Turkish Cypriot side’s position on the Cyprus problem, following the recent change ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday stressed the need for all chapters of the Cyprus negotiation framework to be discussed together, rejecting the selective approach of addressing individual issues. Following the ...

Tufan Erhurman on Saturday expressed concern that the current situation, including the unresolved Cyprus problem and everyday difficulties faced by Turkish Cypriots, is making the future of the younger generation ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that Cyprus’ responsible, outward-looking and multi-dimensional foreign policy, combined with efforts to strengthen all elements of national power, serves the country’s highest national ...

Turkey has expressed support for the United Nations-led process on the Cyprus issue, while reiterating that a two-state solution remains, in Ankara’s view, the most realistic approach, reports said ...

The European Union will facilitate a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem but will not act as a mediator between the parties, the EU’s envoy for Cyprus Johannes Hahn ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday said that it is expected that United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will return to Cyprus in January, with a fresh enlarged meeting ...

The government will be utilising all references in the European Council conclusions on Cyprus, as well as regarding Turkey’s role and its obligations towards the Republic of Cyprus, President ...