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 ...
Christodoulides, Stubb praise ‘remarkable momentum’ of Finnish tourism in Cyprus
President Nikos Christodoulides and his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb praised the “remarkable momentum” of Finnish tourism in Cyprus during the former’s visit to Helsinki on Thursday.
The visit marked ...
President says appointment of Hahn to Cyprus problem discussion an ‘important step’
The decision by the President of the European Commission to appoint Johannes Hahn as EU Special Envoy for Cyprus is an important step in the efforts to resolve the national ...
President says he will meet Holguin on May 25
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday he will have a meeting with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Cyprus, María Angela Holguín Cuellar, next Saturday, May 25, ...
The EU at a critical juncture
The EU is perhaps facing the most critical challenges since its creation. Certainly, it has to make major choices which will eventually determine its future path. These include vital economic, ...
Slovakia hopes Cyprus leaders find ‘sufficient political courage’ for solution
Slovakia’s Foreign State Secretary Ratislav Chovanec expressed hope on Friday that the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus would find “sufficient political courage, goodwill and statesmanship” to move ...
Christodoulides, Erdogan agree on importance of dialogue in Cyprus talks
President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday agreed on the importance of maintaining dialogue, particularly in relation to the Cyprus problem and Turkey’s ties with ...
UN ‘looks forward’ to working with EU’s Hahn, Ertugruloglu rules out meeting him
Mixed reactions to the European Commission’s decision to appoint Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem have continued, with the United Nations “looking forward” to working ...
Ex-US ambassador: ‘hard to understand’ failure to solve Cyprus problem with Akinci
It is “hard to understand” how Greek Cypriots failed to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem during the five and a half years in which Mustafa Akinci was Turkish ...
Unknown yet when Holguín will be in Cyprus
No dates have been set yet for a visit by the UN chief’s personal envoy María Ángela Holguín to Cyprus, UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said late ...
Cyprus’ leaders ‘must be encouraged’ to achieve Cyprus problem solution
Cyprus’ leaders “must be encouraged” to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem, former Greek foreign minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Monday.
Writing in newspaper Politis, he said a “sustainable ...
Holguin: the personal envoy with a mountain to climb
Poor Maria Angela Holguin has once again been dragged into the political minefield that is Cyprus, reappointed as the UN secretary-general’s (UNSG) personal envoy. There was hesitation in announcing ...
Palmas: We will not withdraw from the fight until justice and freedom are restored
Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Sunday declared that Greek Cypriots will “not withdraw from the fight we are waging until justice and freedom are restored in our homeland”.
Addressing an ...
Christodoulides to meet Holguin before month’s end
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that he is to meet United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin before the end of May.
In statements to journalists, he said Holguin’s ...
Trump urged to ‘bring up’ Cyprus with Erdogan by US congressmen
A group of 22 United States congressmen have urged the country’s President Donald Trump to “bring up” Cyprus during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which is ...
Tatar pours cold water on idea of new crossing point in central Nicosia
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday poured cold water on the idea of opening a new crossing point in central Nicosia, saying that President Nikos Christodoulides had requested the ...
Christodoulides hopes to keep promise for resumption of Cyprus talks
President Nikos Christodoulides repeated on Tuesday his disappointment with the outcome of Monday’s talks with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, but said he hoped to announce developments in the ...
Erdogan’s trip to north raised at European Parliament
The recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the north was raised on Monday at the European Parliament, during the first day of the plenum.
A proposal was ...
Christodoulides, Tatar looking forward to Holguín’s arrival
The leaders in Cyprus are looking forward to receiving the UN chief’s personal envoy Maria Ángela Holguín in the coming weeks, deputy spokesman for the secretary-general, Farhan Haq, ...
Christodoulides comes away from talks with ‘three nays’
Three of President Nikos Christodoulides’ proposals in talks on Monday on confidence building measures with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar were rejected, with the latter said to have taken up ...