#cyprus problem

There is no ‘British plan’ on the table, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas Wendy Morton said on Sunday, clarifying that the UK’s only interest in the Geneva ...

The rules must be jointly formulated by the two federated states while their enforcement would be up to the constituent states The issue of a “decentralised” federation has been preoccupying ...

A bi-zonal bicommunal federation (BBF) remains the only realistic solution for the reunification of Cyprus, according to former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. Speaking at an online event arranged by ...

Expectations from the informal summit on the Cyprus problem set to take place in Geneva at the end of this month hinge on Turkey’s positions, President Nicos Anastasiades said ...

A campaign calling for online signatures to a petition in support of the reunification of Cyprus was launched on Tuesday, three weeks before the informal five-party conference in Geneva. The ...

Main opposition Akel on Monday called on President Nicos Anastasiades to realise he must not only claim he wants to continue talks on the Cyprus problem from where they left ...

Blunt assessment of Geneva meeting from former president George Vassiliou President Anastasiades needs to dispel the doubts that exist about his commitment to a bizonal, bicommunal federation (BBF) clearly and ...

UN envoy Jane Holl Lute will be in Cyprus on April 11 for contacts ahead of the conference on Cyprus in Geneva on April 27-29, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides announced on ...

Any developments on the EU’s participation in the informal five-party summit next month in Geneva will be made known after the visit to Ankara by the presidents of the ...

A pro-federation group says areas such as the buffer zone should house model universities, university hospitals and include green development centres By a Staff Reporter The ‘New Wave–The Other ...

Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides, has said that April 27, when an informal conference on Cyprus begins in Geneva, constitutes a crucial milestone for the Cyprus problem and EU-Turkey relations, as Turkey`...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday said he had no intention of dismissing negotiating team member Tassos Tzionis after he criticised the way the government was handling the Cyprus problem. A ...

Cyprus will be on its own at the upcoming Council meeting THE eagerly-awaited European Council of March 25-26, which the Cyprus government had hoped would take punitive measures against Turkey ...

The exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey and the negotiations for the solution of the Cyprus issue “must reach a satisfactory conclusion and cannot go on endlessly – time is not ...

Political parties crossed swords on Friday at the House plenum on the Cyprus problem and on what the Greek Cypriot side’s stand ought to be at next month’s ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and European Union chiefs discussed eastern Mediterranean tensions and Turkey-EU ties in a video call on Friday, ahead of an EU summit due to address fraught ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday stressed the important role the EU can play in during the informal conference on the Cyprus issue that will take place next month in Geneva. ...

The majority of Turkish Cypriots favour a federal settlement in Cyprus as the strongest option while Turkish settlers prefer annexation by Ankara as the best option according to a study ...

Acknowledged by the UN in 1991, political equality remains a stumbling block With the informal five-party summit on Cyprus under UN auspices fast approaching next month, recent weeks have focused on ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou held a series of meetings on Friday in the north that included former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, ahead of the informal five-party summit on Cyprus ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that American diplomacy will be “fully engaged” in the Cyprus issue, while testifying on Wednesday evening before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Responding ...

Italy strongly rejects any attempt to secure a solution to the Cyprus problem that is outside the scope of UN agreements and decisions, the country’s foreign minister Luigi Di ...

Open letter to Mr Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from Nicosia lawyer Achilleas Demetriades Honourable High Representative of the European Union, Your ...

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has described the internationally accepted model of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation as “a starting point” for a settlement to the Cyprus issue, urging “flexibility ...