#Cyprus talks

United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria Angela Holguin has proposed that the island’s two sides commence negotiations in earnest without any preconditions. In an interview with the Cyprus Mail, ...

UN efforts to move the Cyprus problem forward are at a “critical point”, head of the president’s press office Victor Papadopoulos said on Friday. The next step would be ...

The government could not allow the meeting of Maria Angela Holguin with the representative of the Turkish government, Ali Burak Basceri, in the occupied area, to pass without comment. This ...

UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin met Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday, amid renewed diplomatic activity on the Cyprus problem and reports that Turkish Foreign Minister ...

UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin held a brief 30-minute meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday, explaining afterwards that she had “come to ask him some questions”. Speaking to reporters ...

Kyrenia municipality protested its exclusion from consultations with UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Tuesday after it was announced she would meet delegations from Famagusta and Morphou municipalities during her ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is due to meet UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Tuesday afternoon, as preparations continue for a trilateral meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Tuesday to discuss her efforts to prepare the ground for renewed Cyprus negotiations, including responses to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman are set to meet again on Tuesday, ahead of a visit to Cyprus by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy, Maria ...

The government remains committed to securing the resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus problem, with reunification and an end to the Turkish occupation remaining its top priorities, officials said on ...

Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou said on Wednesday that problems over the routing of the Pyroi crossing point “have been overcome”, although a dispute over a second crossing point still ...

The prospects of holding a broader meeting on the Cyprus problem would depend on two parallel diplomatic efforts, involving discussions under United Nations auspices and initiatives by the European Union, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday that the United Nations has proposed dates for a joint meeting between the leaders of the two communities and the UN Secretary-General’s personal ...

By Tom Cleaver The Cyprus problem will be discussed at a meeting “of the highest level” between the European Union and Turkey before the end of this month, President Nikos ...

Having failed to reach agreement on any of the six or seven confidence-building measures discussed last July with the UN Secretary-General, President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday agreed to jointly attend Saturday’s bicommunal festival in the Larnaca district village of Pyla, following their meeting in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said that his 19 points for discussion on the Cyprus problem “remain on the table”, ahead of meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman. “Of course they ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will seek substantive progress on his 19 proposals for restarting Cyprus negotiations when he meets Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday, Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has reiterated that there is “no other option” than resolving the Cyprus problem, saying the Greek Cypriot side is ready to resume negotiations immediately ahead of his ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will meet for the first time since last month’s turbulent United Nations general assembly week next Tuesday, with the meeting ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Tuesday said he did not announce his candidacy for president “just to be a candidate” as he insisted he would not “go through what ...

President Nikos Christodoulides insisted on Tuesday that efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem are not at a deadlock, despite acknowledging difficulties and challenges in attempts to restart negotiations. “We do ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has rejected a proposal by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a three-way meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides in New York, according to reports on Friday. ...

United States ambassador John Breslow on Tuesday stressed his country’s support for a solution to the Cyprus problem after he met Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman. “The United States ...