#cyprus problem

After 60 years of separation between the two Cypriot sides, a federal solution is a high-risk objective By Fahri Zihni The last time a framework statement of “common understanding” was agreed ...

Announcements regarding the possibility of the resumption of the Cyprus Problem negotiations are expected in the coming days, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, the president underscored ...

The government has a moral obligation to solve the Cyprus problem and is working with a specific plan to break the deadlock in the talks, President Nikos Christodoulides said on ...

But it would never work because the RoC would have to relinquish sovereignty over areas not under its effective control, which is just not going to happen – not now, not ...

Turkish and Greek Cypriots are determined to work towards a brighter future for workers in a reunified island, the head of the Segdamelin union, Athos Eleftheriou said on Thursday. He ...

“Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots are the same”, said President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday. He added that “this principle is what has guided me ever since … in my efforts to ...

The ability of the Christodoulides government to put a positive spin on news related to the Cyprus issue is admirable. It has no such success with other news stories – the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that the Republic of Cyprus has given the UN the all-clear to appoint UN adviser to evaluate the prospects of restarting talks on the ...

Turkish Cypriot politicians have found themselves divided over a potential name change for the north. The idea gained traction on Wednesday when Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar described the ideas ...

There are signs that there is movement regarding the appointment of UN envoy on the Cyprus problem, Unficyp Chief Colin Stewart said on Friday at the fourth Cyprus Forum in ...

Kazakhstan is in favour of finding a solution to the Cyprus issue in accordance with the charter of the UN and the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council, said ...

Jack Straw’s comments in the article Former British foreign secretary calls for two-state solution to Cyprus problem (September 7, 2023) present an inaccurate narrative riddled with omissions. Straw singles out Cyprus ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received two refusals from the Turkish Cypriot side and one ‘yes’ and one ‘no’ from Turkey to two proposals related to a joint meeting with the ...

After a week of wall-to-wall Cyprob contacts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Nikos Christodoulides is coming home with another pocket full of wishes ...

Around 200 runners, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, took part in an 8km run in Nicosia’s old town on Saturday for International Peace Day 2023. Funded by the European Union, the ...

European Parliament (EP) President Roberta Metsola on Saturday sent a message to Famagustians that the EP’s position on the reunification of Cyprus remained unwavering. According to an announcement by ...

The Russian Federation outlined its formula for a settlement of the Cyprus problem in a document that listed 81 positions on a range of issues. There was nothing that had not ...

Political parties in Cyprus on Thursday said that President Nikos Christodoulides sent the right message to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, during his speech at the UN General Assembly a day ...

Greece and Cyprus are in absolute coordination, President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated, after their meeting on Wednesday and in the wake of the latter’s ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou has urged President Nikos Christodoulides to display clarity and a readiness to undertake initiatives at Friday’s meeting with the UN Secretary-General in New York. ...

The north is in favour of dialogue granted the “reality of the TRNC” is accepted, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said, ahead of leaving for the UN General Assembly in ...

The government is expected to announce unilateral measures towards the Turkish Cypriot community this week, President Nikos Christodoulides said from New York on Sunday. In a press conference, the president ...

Biden administration must speak softly and carry a big stick By Julian McBride Cyprus, which has suffered from centuries of various foreign powers, British colonialism, ethnic violence, and a five-decade-long ...

The President of Mauritius, Prithvirajsing Roopun, on Sunday expressed his country’s commitment to a solution of the Cyprus problem in accordance with international law and the UN Charter. The ...