#cyprus problem

Commentators in the north say the three properties reported to be sold this week could lead to legal amendments so more could follow The agreement made for the purchase of ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Iole Damaskinos There is nothing for the government to investigate, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday about the sale of properties in Varosha last week, ...

House President Annita Demetriou said that she will inform her EU counterparts on the issue of Varosha, in light of recent reports on the sale of hotels owned by Greek ...

The Republican Turkish Party (CTP) in the north said on Wednesday that it is collaborating with left-wing party Akel to breach the gap between the two communities created by Turkish ...

Cyprus’ European integration will only be achieved through the resolution of the national problem, the Government Spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday, marking the 19th anniversary of the Republic as ...

In minds of successive governments, blame for the events of the past and ongoing impasse lies on the shoulders of others By Gavin Jones This latest article completes my trilogy ...

There may not yet be an overall solution yet but a whole new generation has experienced what their parents did not Twenty years after the opening of the first crossing ...

Despite failed negotiation efforts for decades, President Nikos Christodoulides said Turkey’s elections may revive talks on the Cyprus problem. In an interview with Politico published on Saturday, the president ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said Cyprus needed to follow the examples of other European countries and that both sides of the divide need to learn and respect each other’...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday he will soon travel to EU member states to discuss his proposal regarding a more active EU involvement in breaking the deadlock to the ...

Greek and Turkish Cypriots have become more estranged since the “spectacular collapse” of talks in 2017, according to the latest Crisis Group report on Cyprus – which argues that small, but meaningful, ...

There is no magic bullet to solve either the Cyprus issue or the unstable economic conditions, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday in his first televised Easter message. “In these ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Sunday said his party was sounding the alarm over the threat of partition during a memorial for Dervis Ali Kavazoglou and Kostas Misiaoulis, who he ...

Chief Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou believes there is the possibility for developments on the Cyprus problem, pointing to the need to resolve uncertainties in the region. He explained that ...

Nicosia has to convince the European Union and rest of the world of its readiness to resume Cyprus problem negotiations, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Sunday. The minister referred ...

The European Union must play a decisive role in the Cyprus problem, Defence Minister Michalis Georgallas said on Sunday. The minister was speaking at a service marking the anniversaries of ...

The main goal is a solution to the national problem that provides for an independent and sovereign state, Government spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis said on Sunday. Speaking at the memorial service ...

Cyprus on Saturday marked the anniversary of the start of the 1955-1959 struggle for independence against British colonial rule with a series of church services and other events presided over ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar called the two-state solution to the Cyprus problem “crucial” for Turkish Cypriots. Speaking to LBC Radio on Thursday during his five-day visit to the UK, ...

Four possible scenarios for the future of the Cyprus problem in 2035 were presented by a group of 36 Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots on Sunday, who conducted a study to see ...

Towards the end of the Christofias presidency, with Cyprus excluded from the markets, state coffers almost empty and the banks on life support, there were attempts by the EU and ...

Citizen activist and former MP Kate Clerides has been involved in the island’s politics for years. In her new book, she takes readers along on her personal journey Having ...

Even EU member states that have historically maintained excellent relations with Turkey have responded positively to President Nikos Christodoulides’ suggestions to have an institutionalised role for an EU representative in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday briefed the 27 leaders of EU member states on his approach to the Cyprus problem at the start of the second day of their Summit. He ...