#cyprus problem

It took the foreign ministry a week to respond to the draft report of the UN Secretary-General about the renewal of the Unficyp mandate. The time it took to issue ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos was in Slovenia on Friday discussing the Cyprus problem and bilateral relations with his counterpart Tanja Fajon. During a press conference, Fajon said she supports an ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said on Thursday that there are two separate states in Cyprus and there is no need to try things that had been tried repeatedly. Opening ...

The UN Secretary-General’s newly-appointed personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, is expected to arrive this week in New York, where she is to hold a series of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides requested the UN intervene on Cyprus’ behalf to stop Turkish violations in the buffer zone, it emerged on Sunday. In a letter to the United Nations Secretary-General ...

We have no time to renegotiate the Guterres Framework By Christos Panayiotides I must admit that I am deeply concerned by the fact that we appear to be going full ...

The United Nations Secretary-general’s report into the current state of the Cyprus problem “could have been better”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at Epiphany celebrations in Larnaca, ...

UN Special Representative on Cyprus Colin Stewart will be meeting with both President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar ahead of departing for New York to inform the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar made clear he would not return to the negotiating table without equal sovereignty and international status for Turkish Cypriots. In his New Year’s message, ...

In his first New Year’s message as President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides said there was “no magic wand” to tackle the myriad of challenges 2024 brings but pledged his ...

A few days before the end of the year, the two organisations representing businesses, Keve and Oev, both expressed concerns about the economy’s prospects in 2024 and urged the government ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar stated on Friday that he has no expectations for progress on the Cyprus problem in the new year. In an interview with Kibris newspaper, Tatar ...

It took Archbishop Georgios III a year to show his true colours. Almost 12 months after his enthronement, he issued fire and brimstone message for Christmas, indicating he would continue the ...

Opposition Akel hit out at Archbishop Georgios and the state broadcaster on Tuesday, after the latter broadcast the former’s speech on Christmas instead of the president’s message. Akel ...

The road from Arsos to Pyla has 550 metres left to complete the works, the ‘mayor’ or Pergamos said on Tuesday. According to ‘mayor’ Bulent Bebek said that negotiations are underway ...

In his Christmas message, Archbishop Georgios underscored the long-standing hope of Cypriot Hellenism for peace firmly grounded in justice. He emphasised the need for Cyprus to reposition itself – to address ...

US Ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher said that the United States will welcome the appointment of the UN Secretary-General’s envoy for Cyprus, who will tackle the challenge of finding ...

People that go to the north for anything besides prayer at churches there are “trivialising human dignity” Archbishop Georgios III said on Friday in a politically charged Christmas message. Using ...

The Greek Cypriot side is waiting to see how constructive the Turkish Cypriot side will be following the appointment of the new UN envoy, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

By Nicholas Karides Christopher Hitchens, the British born American journalist and writer, died 12 years ago on 15 December 2011, aged 62. In recent days, following the death of Henry Kissinger, the former US ...

On December 21, 1963 intercommunal violence broke out between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Sixty years later we are still paying the price A newly formed Republic of Cyprus was ripped apart 60 years ...

The only solution for Cyprus is granting sovereign equality and equal international status to the Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler said on Sunday. In an interview in Turkish ...

It has become something of a political tradition for opposition parties to call for a meeting of the national council whenever there is the slightest hint of possible movement on ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Wednesday called for the National Council to be convened “at regular intervals”. She said the reason behind her call was that “the Cyprus problem does ...