#cyprus problem

United Nations special representative Khassim Diagne on Friday met Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu for the first time, as his contacts continue after arriving on the island to take ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said his country supports “efforts to reunify” Cyprus. “Our positions are clear. We support efforts to reunify the island as mandated by the ...

Cyprus’ upcoming EU Council Presidency Council could boost EU relations with Turkey, President Nikos Christodoulides told the Financial Times in an interview published on Wednesday. “We cannot change our geography. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday confirmed that he will on Thursday travel to Ankara for the first time since undertaking the role. During that visit, he will meet ...

Are Cypriots sleepwalking into another tragedy, one that could match or even exceed those of 1963–64 and 1974, which resulted in so many deaths, displacements and destitution? In the south of the ...

The United Nations is hopeful of progress and committed to efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, its undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Sunday. “We certainly hope for ...

By Theo Theophanous and Takis Christodoulou We write as two former politicians of the Cyprus diaspora, one from Australia, one from South Africa, because we passionately believe in a united ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem is “key” for further integration of the European Union, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. “The resolution of the Cyprus problem is important because ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday penned a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, declaring that he looks forward to “working closely and resolutely” with him “to achieve ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday told new United Nations special representative in Cyprus Khassim Diagne of his “political will” to “create the appropriate conditions for the resumption of talks” to ...

Everyone will be judged at the negotiating table, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday responding to comments by Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s on peace talks. “I have been ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday called for more frequent and more local discussions to be held regarding the Cyprus problem and related confidence-building measures. He was asked about ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet new United Nations special representative in Cyprus Khassim Diagne for the first time on Wednesday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. Letymbiotis told the ...

In the end, CTP leader Tufan Erhurman won the elections in the north with what could be described as a landslide victory. Although it was widely expected he would win, ...

The government remains firmly committed to the goal of Cyprus’ liberation and reunification, making full use of all diplomatic and negotiating avenues to resume peace talks, Deputy Government Spokesman Giannis ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Tuesday passed a resolution declaring support for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, with members of the ruling coalition voting in its favour and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said he had discussed the Cyprus problem with United States President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the summit on the future of Gaza in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said he is “cautiously optimistic” over the prospects for the Cyprus problem. “Without downplaying the challenges and the difficulties, I believe that the small steps ...

The resolution demanding a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem which is set to be voted upon by the north’s ‘parliament’ next week is “nothing short of manipulation of ...

Budget cuts at the United Nations have sparked fears that jobs may be lost at the UN’s good offices in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail was informed on Thursday. UN ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and his spokesmen made a big deal about the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ alleged assertion that negotiations should resume from where they stopped in Crans Montana in 2017. ...

The matter of Cyprus is “one of the few on which there is complete unanimity” within the Greek parliament, its speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis said on Tuesday during a visit to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar admitted on Sunday evening that there had been “tension” at his meeting in New York with President Nikos Christodoulides and UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, but ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, will have nothing constructive to tell each other when they meet in the presence of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on ...