#cyprus problem

While Jimmy Carter’s election as president of the United States in 1976 may have been a close-run contest, it was greeted with almost unanimous elation in Cyprus. Church bells rang ...

The Cyprus problem in 2024 started with a bang or two, then a whimper, then another bang and wimped out again by December, mid-year coming as it did on the 50th ...

In his Christmas message, apart from explaining the importance of the birth of Jesus Christ, Archbishop Georgios also issued directives on how the government should deal with the Cyprus issue, ...

Pope Francis’ reference to the Cyprus problem in his Christmas message is “more proof” of the international interest in the matter that highlights the need to resume negotiations, government spokesperson ...

Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Wednesday called for talks between Ukraine and Russia to end the war that followed Moscow’s full-scale invasion two years ago and has ...

Archbishop Georgios, in his Christmas message, emphasised the need to reframe the Cyprus problem as a problem of invasion and occupation, adding that “under this perspective, we should pursue a ...

There has been no progress on scheduling a meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, it emerged on Monday. During a visit to National Guard soldiers, ...

Now is the best opportunity since 2017 to have positive momentum on issues that concern members of the public such as opening new crossing points, UN Special Representative and Unficyp head ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Sunday called for the immediate resumption of talks to achieve a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem. She was speaking at the national memorial service ...

The multilateral meeting for the Cyprus problem may take place in the first three months of the next year, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, he specified ...

Keir Starmer became only the second British prime minister to visit Cyprus since independence, when he arrived at the presidential palace on Tuesday for a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides. ...

An AKEL delegation, led by the party’s general-secretary Stefanos Stefanou on Friday met with former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat in the north to discuss the Cyprus issue ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday said there is a fundamental difference between the positions of Cyprus’ two sides regarding the opening of new crossing points. Speaking to Kibris ...

Cyprus is “awaiting further actions from the United Nations” with regard to the planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the early part of next year, deputy government spokesman ...

The UK has reaffirmed its steadfast support to a solution of the Cyprus problem within the UN framework and is clear on not recognising the breakaway regime in the north. ...

Turkish opposition party CHP MP and former ambassador to the United States Namik Tan on Friday said a federal solution to the Cyprus problem cannot be “thrown in the bin”. ...

House President Annita Demetriou said on Friday the Greek Cypriot side is “only asking for what the resolutions contain” in its efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem. The resolutions to ...

By Loukis Skaliotis “Most of the time now we settle for half, and I like it better.” The above phrase, as the whole of the closing passage in Arthur Miller’...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will brief his EU counterparts on the latest attempts of Turkey to upgrade the illegal breakaway regime at the Organization of Turkic States. According to an ...

I have read with interest the latest book by Chrysostomos Pericleous called “Leaders Inferior to Circumstances”. The book covers the last 20 years of Cyprus’ political history. The author openly criticises ...

The UN secretary-general’s new initiative for a solution of the Cyprus problem will possibly begin with the start of the new year, assistant secretary-general Miroslav Jenca said on Thursday. ...

Secondary school students will be out on the streets today to stage their annual protest against the anniversary of the establishment of the pseudo-state. The Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “remains engaged” with all sides in his efforts to hold an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday night. ...

According to Google maps, the Ledra Palace hotel in the buffer zone in Nicosia is a nine-minute drive from the Greek Cypriot leader’s workplace, and an eight-minute walk from ...