Young Cypriots seek role in peace process
Youth and civil society organisations announced their ‘Declaration of Unity’ on Tuesday, declaring their common vision for a joint future in Cyprus and seeking to have a say in decision-making ...
Enlarged Cyprus problem meeting placed late July
The expanded conference on the Cyprus problem will take place in New York during the second fortnight of July, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday.
“The date that the United ...
Our View: Hahn likely to add more confusion than value to peace process
The EU’s ‘substantive and more active involvement’ in the efforts to resume negotiations on the Cyprus problem could have a high added value for the efforts of the UNSG’...
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation calls for ‘mutually acceptable’ Cyprus solution
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called for a “mutually acceptable” solution to the Cyprus problem in a joint declaration published at the end of its latest council of foreign ...
Cyprus condemns north property sales in UN letter
Cyprus has strongly condemned Turkey’s ongoing exploitation of Greek Cypriot properties in the north, accusing Ankara of persistent violations of international law and deliberate obstruction of efforts to reach ...
Tatar say Christodoulides’ polices put Cyprus in regional crosshairs
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will brief the ‘parliament’ in the north on Tuesday on the Cyprus issue and the Israel-Iran war as he accused President Nikos Christodoulides of putting ...
‘No room for complacency’ due to ongoing developments, Christodoulides says
There is “no room for complacency” in Cyprus, due to both the unresolved nature of the Cyprus problem and international developments, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday.
Speaking at an ...
Enlarged Cyprus meeting to go ahead ‘despite Turkish side’s negative stance’
Next month’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to take place in New York, is to go ahead “despite the negative stance of the Turkish side”, ...
UK Cypriots urge MPs to back reunification push
With just weeks to go until the 51st anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the UK’s Cypriot community on Friday called on the public to press MPs into ...
Holguin ‘told Gerapetritis of failure to achieve progress’ on some issues
United Nations envoy in Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin told Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis of a “failure to achieve the expected progress” on some issues related to the Cyprus problem, ...
Holguin meets Greece’s Gerapetritis in Athens
United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin met Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis in Athens on Thursday morning.
A spokesman for Greece’s foreign ministry confirmed that no public statements would ...
Holguin to meet Greece’s Gerapetritis on Thursday
United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will meet Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis in Athens on Thursday, according to reports.
The Cyprus News Agency reported that Holguin will meet Gerapetritis ...
‘Both leaders expressed willingness to make progress’, Holguin says
Both Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and President Nikos Christodoulides “expressed willingness to make progress” towards achieving and implementing the confidence-building measures agreed upon at March’s enlarged meeting on ...
Turkish Cypriot negotiator does not budge in meeting with Holguin
An extensive discussion into how the negotiators see the Cyprus problem evolving was held at a meeting on Friday with the UN chief’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin.
The ...
Property issue ‘not raised’ at Christodoulides’ meeting with Holguin
The issue of property and the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north was not raised by United ...
Christodoulides open to Turkey joining EU defence programme if conditions met
President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he would be open to Turkish participation in the European Union’s €150 billion defence programme, “if Turkey means what it says” in relation to ...
Holguin pressing on with meetings in Cyprus
Maria Angela Holguin, the UN chief’s personal envoy on Cyprus, is continuing her contacts in Cyprus and has already met the negotiating teams.
According to the Cyprus News Agency, ...
EU envoy Hahn to make first Cyprus contacts ‘in immediate future’
European Union envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn will make his first contacts on the island “in the immediate future”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday.
He said ...
Our View: Neither leader is interested in a resumption of negotiations
Two months before the meeting in multi-party meeting under the UN Secretary-General in Geneva, the process has ground to a halt, in spite of the arrival of the UNSG’s ...
Holguin aims for results by end of July, UN says
The aim of the UN chief’s personal envoy for Cyprus Maria Angela is to achieve results by the end of July, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday.
Speaking ...
‘The Cyprus issue is above politics in Turkey’
The Cyprus problem “is above politics in Turkey”, the country’s Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Tuesday.
Speaking during a visit to the north, he said that across Turkey’...
Property arrests ‘will certainly not stop, no matter what Tatar says’
The arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north “will certainly not stop, no matter what Tatar says”, President Nikos ...
‘MP’ from Tatar’s party calls on him to meet Christodoulides
Ali Pilli, a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ from the UBP, the party to which Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar belonged, and which has endorsed him again ahead of this year’s ...
Holguin to arrive in Cyprus on Friday evening
United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is to arrive in Cyprus on Friday evening and will remain on the island for a week, marking the start of her second stint ...