#Cyprus talks

House President Annita Demetriou on Monday said that the European Union can “act as a lever of pressure” on Turkey as efforts continue to bring about a resumption of negotiations ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Monday stressed that the convening of an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem must take place with a view to resuming negotiations in earnest to ...

Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Monday called for the European Union to undertake a greater role in efforts to bring about a resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus problem after ...

The time has come that everyone will be evaluated on their positions, intentions and true will they display towards contributing constructively to the UN effort to solve the Cyprus problem, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday that he “does not downplay or underestimate” recent statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on the Cyprus problem. Speaking to journalists in Limassol, ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin on Monday met Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in the latest stop of her current round of meetings on the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has argued that the European Union should support efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem from outside the negotiating table rather than participate directly in future ...

The next enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem will take place in either July or August, United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin said on Monday after holding a meeting with ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday expressed optimism regarding the next steps to be taken on the Cyprus problem after meeting United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin, saying, like Holguin, that ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin is back in Cyprus after a four-month absence and is scheduled to have separate meetings with the two leaders on Monday. ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given the go-ahead for a “new initiative” to be undertaken by the United Nations with the aim of bringing about a resumption of formal ...

After a four-month absence, the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angel Holguin, will arrive next week on what appears to be yet another exploratory visit. Holguin, who was last ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said that his meeting with United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin next week will not be the first to have taken place since UN Secretary-General ...

An expanded conference on the Cyprus issue is necessary to achieve meaningful progress and resume substantive negotiations, government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday. Speaking during a briefing for journalists ...

A renewed United Nations initiative on the Cyprus issue is already in progress, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, indicating that diplomatic efforts to resume negotiations have been ongoing since ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Tuesday said “things must move forward” on the Cyprus problem after Monday’s meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ended ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman had what the UN described as a “fruitful discussion” on Monday, tasking their representatives to continue talks before they meet again ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday that he hopes for positive developments from his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman. Speaking ahead of the meeting in Nicosia, Christodoulides rejected ...

The government’s political will for progress on the Cyprus problem is “given and firm”, ahead of a scheduled meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ...

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 ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman is scheduled to meet the UN Secretary-General’s special representative in Cyprus on Monday, a UN source said on Saturday. The two will meet at 11...

Austrian diplomat Johannes Hahn on Monday resigned from his post as the European Commission’s envoy for the Cyprus problem, commission spokesperson for cohesion Maciej Berestecki said. “Hahn has resigned ...

Nicosia attaches particular importance to meeting the UN Secretary-General in March, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. In statements to the media, he reminded he had sent a letter to ...

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 ...