#Cyprus talks

The year 2026 will begin with a “landmark moment” for Cyprus, with the island taking on the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency for a six-month term, President Nikos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides tendency to make newsworthy public statements, almost on a daily basis, often result in sending mixed signals. So mixed they undermine his credibility. During his visit to ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said he hopes for a solution to the Cyprus problem “so that all Cypriots can live together on a reunified island”. Speaking after the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Sunday night denied telephoning Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during last week’s tripartite meeting on the Cyprus problem, saying that he had instead ...

Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou and Mehmet Dana, representative of the Turkish Cypriot side, will meet this Friday, ahead of the upcoming visit of the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy, ...

The election of Tufan Erhurman as leader of the Turkish Cypriots raised the mood around the Cyprus problem, after eight years of deadlock that was reconfirmed after every failed attempt ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday told Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman of his readiness to support efforts towards a solution to the Cyprus problem. “I would like to ...

The resolution demanding a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem which is set to be voted upon by the north’s ‘parliament’ next week is “nothing short of manipulation of ...

Budget cuts at the United Nations have sparked fears that jobs may be lost at the UN’s good offices in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail was informed on Thursday. UN ...

Talks for a Cyprus settlement must resume from where they broke off at Crans Montana, was the message UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres conveyed to President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot ...

The two Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ who sit as independents have endorsed opposition candidate Tufan Erhurman’s candidacy for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leader. Aysegul Baybars and Jale Refik Rogers, ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan briefed the European Union’s enlargement commissioner Marta Kos on the recent enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which was held earlier this month in ...

The United States hope that further progress towards the resumption of talks to reunify the island will be made, ambassador Julie Davis said on Friday. “We welcome news from the ...

Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli on Friday blasted the Greek Cypriot side’s “failure to keep its word” over the matter of crossing points, following the conclusion of the ...

Cyprus’ political parties on Friday were generally welcoming of the outcome of the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which was held in New York this week. Akel said that ...

The European Union “remains steadfastly committed to the reunification of Cyprus”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday. Cypriot reunification, she added, must be “fully in line ...

The informal meeting on the Cyprus problem in a broader format begins on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York. The two-day meeting starts at 7pm local time (2am Cyprus ...

Confidence-building measures do not “replace the solution to the Cyprus problem”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. He was speaking at an event held to commemorate the 51st anniversary of ...

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. “...

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. “...

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 ...

Both Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and President Nikos Christodoulides “expressed willingness to make progress” towards achieving and implementing the confidence-building measures agreed upon at March’s enlarged meeting on ...

The issue of property and the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north was not raised by United ...

European Union envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn will make his first contacts on the island “in the immediate future”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He said ...