#cyprus problem

July has arrived and in three days the second, so-called ‘informal five plus one’ conference under the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be held in New York. The venue is ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Saturday said he has “low expectations” for the forthcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to begin in New York on Wednesday. “...

The foreign ministry on Saturday said it “welcomes” the latest six-monthly reports penned by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus and the UN’s ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said he has been working for four and a half years to open a new crossing point in Nicosia’s eastern suburb of ...

By Tom Cleaver Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Friday expressed his country’s “unwavering support” for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem during a visit to the north. “...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convinced then president Nicos Anastasiades to collapse Cyprus problem negotiations at Crans Montana in 2017, former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said. The talks at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday met a selection of Turkish Cypriots at the presidential palace to “exchange views” ahead of next week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which ...

Next week’s expanded informal meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is expected to set the tone for further negotiations and assess the progress made ...

A bizonal, bicommunal, federal solution to the Cyprus problem is no longer a “common point of reference” for the island’s two sides, United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin said ...

The United Nations is “working hard to get results” on confidence-building measures regarding the Cyprus problem ahead of next week’s enlarged meeting in New York, UN envoy Maria Angela ...

Cyprus and the UK affirmed their strategic ties on Friday, amid geopolitical challenges in the eastern Mediterranean, an area President Nikos Christodoulides and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy identified as ...

We did not think President Nikos Christodoulides could top his most recent meaningless statement so soon after the last one but his intent to invite Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will be travelling to New York later this month for the expanded meeting on the Cyprus problem without the political parties, it was announced on Thursday after ...

Youth and civil society organisations announced their ‘Declaration of Unity’ on Tuesday, declaring their common vision for a joint future in Cyprus and seeking to have a say in decision-making ...

The expanded conference on the Cyprus problem will take place in New York during the second fortnight of July, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. “The date that the United ...

The EU’s ‘substantive and more active involvement’ in the efforts to resume negotiations on the Cyprus problem could have a high added value for the efforts of the UNSG’...

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called for a “mutually acceptable” solution to the Cyprus problem in a joint declaration published at the end of its latest council of foreign ...

Cyprus has strongly condemned Turkey’s ongoing exploitation of Greek Cypriot properties in the north, accusing Ankara of persistent violations of international law and deliberate obstruction of efforts to reach ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will brief the ‘parliament’ in the north on Tuesday on the Cyprus issue and the Israel-Iran war as he accused President Nikos Christodoulides of putting ...

There is “no room for complacency” in Cyprus, due to both the unresolved nature of the Cyprus problem and international developments, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking at an ...

Next month’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to take place in New York, is to go ahead “despite the negative stance of the Turkish side”, ...

With just weeks to go until the 51st anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the UK’s Cypriot community on Friday called on the public to press MPs into ...

United Nations envoy in Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin told Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis of a “failure to achieve the expected progress” on some issues related to the Cyprus problem, ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin met Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis in Athens on Thursday morning. A spokesman for Greece’s foreign ministry confirmed that no public statements would ...