#cyprus problem

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Thursday said it is “not fair” to blame Turkey for the failure of talks to solve the Cyprus problem at Crans Montana in 2017, ...

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo on Thursday afternoon met Turkish deputy foreign minister and European Union affairs director Mehmet Kemal Bozay in Ankara. The meeting was the latest ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem is now an “urgent necessity”, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Wednesday. Speaking to the north’s public broadcaster ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday claimed some credit for the preparations now underway by the UN for an informal five-party conference on the Cyprus issue that will reportedly take place ...

An enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, involving both the island’s communities as well as all three guarantor powers and the United Nations, will go ahead in the Swiss ...

A senior United Nations official will visit the island next week for separate talks with the two sides, President Nikos Christodoulides confirmed on Thursday. He was referring to Rosemary DiCarlo, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has called a National Council meeting on February 14, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. The meeting will focus on the latest developments in the Cyprus problem ...

The pursuit of a solution to the Cyprus problem is not high in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s order of priorities, former UK special representative for Cyprus Lord David ...

The United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp)’s mandate was on Friday extended until January 31 next year, following the unanimous passing of a resolution by the UN security council. ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou and Britain’s foreign office’s Mediterranean department’s deputy director Alison Kemp met on Thursday in London to discuss the Cyprus problem. After the meeting, ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Wednesday launched a new “five-year development plan” for the north, alongside Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel. ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Wednesday spoke with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss the Cyprus problem, among other matters. Greece’s foreign ministry said the discussion had ...

The European Commission on Friday announced the launch of the EU Scholarship Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community for the Academic Year 2025/26, funded under the Aid Programme. It said that ...

The United Nations security council is set to reaffirm its commitment to a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, according to a draft copy of the resolution which will see ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Thursday cited Cyprus among a number of issues facing Turkey’s candidacy to join the EU. Speaking to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will have a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart on Monday at the latter’...

By Leontios Ierodiakonou Last week’s article ended on a pessimistic note, about six decades having passed since the first hostilities began. Many things have changed – the displacement of a ...

The Cyprus problem show is back. Nothing constructive or meaningful will be agreed, but that was never the objective. As has been made evident over the decades, the two sides ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Saturday said the international community “can never accept” a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem. Speaking at the European People’s Party’s (EPP) conference ...

Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots demanded the immediate opening of more crossing points on Friday afternoon, at an event in Nicosia. Members of bicommunal ‘United Cyprus’ gathered at Ayios Dhometios ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Friday said it is his “ideal” for Nicosia to be brought “to a point where it can be opened to unlimited and mutual ...

The Greek Cypriot side will approach Monday’s meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar with the goal of “results”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday. He was asked ...

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo will meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on February 10, Tatar’s office announced on Thursday. DiCarlo’s meeting with Tatar is the first ...

Cyprus’ first Vice President Dr Fazil Kucuk and his successor Rauf Denktash, who went on to serve as Turkish Cypriot leader for over three decades, were remembered at ceremonies in ...