#cyprus problem

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will return to Cyprus next week, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed on Friday evening. He confirmed that she will meet President Nikos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday promised “further policies” to aid displaced persons and their descendants at a meeting with mukhtars-in-exile. “We will look at the issues which concern you and ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said he is “satisfied and proud” with progress made on the Cyprus problem in recent months. “The efforts made by the Greek foreign ministry at ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin’s planned visit to Cyprus on Monday was postponed. The postponement was confirmed to the Cyprus Mail by UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus spokesman ...

Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos warned against any “illusion of normality” regarding the Cyprus issue, stressing that time does not bring a solution but changes realities. Speaking at the opening ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades has been “politically lynched” by the Greek Cypriot political establishment over reports that he had offered Turkey a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, former Turkish ...

While no date has yet been set, it is likely that a meeting between Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s special representative Gunes Onar and Greek Cypriot chief negotiator for ...

The reunification of Cyprus is a “non-negotiable goal” for the government, Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said on Friday. She added that “the current unacceptable state of affairs in Cyprus ...

By Professor Kerim Munir As a graduate of The English School, Nicosia, celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, I reflect with deep gratitude on the values this institution instilled in ...

On August 16, 1974 the second stage of Turkey’s invasion was completed drawing the divided line that still exists unchanged, 51 years later. There have been massive changes on both sides of ...

In addition to trying to solve the overarching Cyprus problem, governments have faced many interrelated challenges, including ensuring the adequate functioning of physical infrastructure systems, implementing reforms required for EU ...

The legacies left to us by Archbishop Makarios III are the only ones that will lead us out of the current impasse, Archbishop Georgios said on Sunday. He was speaking ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said he and members of the ‘government’ he led between 2019 and 2020 had “convinced Turkey” to support a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem. “...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan briefed the European Union’s enlargement commissioner Marta Kos on the recent enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which was held earlier this month in ...

By Flora Alexandrou The term “bizonal, bicommunal federation” (BBF) has been repeated ad nauseam by politicians for decades. More recently, the Greek Cypriot leadership has replaced it with the more ...

Several political groups in the European Parliament issued messages on Sunday condemning the Turkish invasion and continued occupation of Cyprus, marking 51 years since the illegal military intervention in 1974. The European ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that the government achieved three key goals at the recent expanded meeting on Cyprus held in New York, with the most significant being the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that Turkey’s position on the Cyprus issue lacks support from the international community, regardless of the public statements made by Ankara or the ...

On the face of it, nothing was achieved on the matter of crossing points at this week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in New York. The reality on ...

In the immediate aftermath of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the authorities’ primary concern was to assist the more than 150,000 people who were displaced and forced to seek shelter in ...

The Government remains steadfast in its efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem despite the intransigence of the Turkish side, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Sunday. Speaking at a memorial ...

A two-state solution is too inflexible and too terminal Rumours about the death of BBF have been greatly exaggerated. A bizonal bicommunal federation is both possible and desirable. It is ...

President Nikos Christodoulides revealed on Saturday evening that a proposal submitted to the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, for the creation of a fact-finding committee on missing persons was met ...

Nicosia’s unwavering goal is the “liberation and reunification of Cyprus, through a viable solution as provided by international law, that will ensure the rights and well-being of all Cypriots,” ...