#cyprus problem

President Nikos Christodoulides expressed optimism on Sunday regarding the restarting of negotiations on the Cyprus problem. Speaking after participating in a charity run in Ayia Napa, he said he expects ...

Cyprus has long been regarded in strategic thinking as an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” in the Eastern Mediterranean. The phrase captures a hard reality. Today it carries a more troubling implication: ...

The Greek Cypriot side has already suggested a “specific date” for a new meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman could not suppress his anger at the comments made by President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday after the March 25 parade in Nicosia. In a post on ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman lambasted as “inconsistent, unfounded, and unserious” statements made by President Nikos Christodoulides on the Cyprus problem in recent days, particularly in light of the latter’...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he remains “cautiously optimistic” about prospects for restarting Cyprus talks, while also outlining government planning on the British bases and announcing that new support ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has been working since the first day of his administration to promote unity and cohesion, while undertaking initiatives aimed at resuming negotiations within the agreed framework and ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Sunday said that current circumstances leave no room for complacency or forgetfulness, urging unity and a clear national direction. “The relentless gravity of the situation ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman assured on Monday that diplomatic engagement on the Cyprus problem has resumed but warned that expectations of a rapid breakthrough are unrealistic. Speaking to Turkish ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he would do everything in his power to resolve the Cyprus problem, until his term ends at the end of this year. “We are ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres next week, with that meeting most likely set to take place on the sidelines of next week’...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday that discussion over the future of the British bases is premature, arguing that any reassessment should come only after a settlement of the ...

Gender equality is “not only a fundamental human rights principle, it is an essential foundation for peace, reconciliation and a sustainable future in Cyprus”, the technical committee on gender equality ...

I have previously written about how, for Turkish Cypriots, the tragic events of 1963 to 1964 marked a profound rupture, during which their political equality, as enshrined in the Cyprus constitution, was ...

By Maria Angela Holguin As I have stated publicly on several occasions, changing the status quo for the benefit of all requires that the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders ...

By Theo Theophanous and Takis Christodoulou Sometimes in politics and diplomacy thinking outside the box can yield results. Cyprus happens to be host to two sovereign British bases that with ...

Ever since the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, published her article about the peace process in which she expressed the view that more preparation was needed before ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reaffirming that the country’s EU council presidency and the upcoming parliamentary elections “in no way affect” the immediate resumption ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman are set to meet on Tuesday, in the framework of UN-led meetings to move the Cyprus problem forward and keep channels ...

President Nikos Christodoulides firmly rejected the suggestion by UN Special Envoy Maria Angela Holguin that substantive negotiations could be postponed until after June. In an interview given on Saturday with ...

The new Italian ambassador to Cyprus said a settlement of the Cyprus problem would bring stability and development not only to the island but to the wider Levant, as she ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Friday launched an attack on Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman over the latter’s stance on the Cyprus problem, calling a press ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday promised to not “engage in blame games” following the latest statement made in his direction by President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday night. “Mr ...

Talks need to resume from where they were halted in Crans-Montana in 2017, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, reiterating his readiness to restart negotiations with the Turkish Cypriot side. “There ...