UN floats new talks, bickering starts (Updated)
FEELERS sent out by the United Nations for relaunching long-stalled Cyprus reunification talks appeared to falter on Thursday as – in a redux of previous...
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Foreign minister discusses East Med with Greek counterpart
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides on Saturday morning was briefed by his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias on the latter’s talks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres....
Defence minister hoped Turkey will show good will for resumption Cyprus talks
Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides expressed hope on Sunday that Turkey would display the necessary good, allowing the resumption of UN-led talks for a settlement of...
Famagusta mayor calls for restart of Cyprus talks in order to avoid Turkish plans for Varosha
Famagusta Mayor Simos Ioannou on Thursday called for the restart of Cyprus talks as soon as possible in order to avoid Turkish plans to open...
Current ‘unacceptable’ situation cannot be the solution to the Cyprus issue, FM says
The current unacceptable situation cannot be the solution to the Cyprus problem, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Friday after a meeting in Athens with...
Akinci has phone conversation with EU’s Borrell
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci held a phone call late Wednesday night with European Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell. At the initiative of...
UN special representative to begin separate contacts with leaders
UN special representative Elizabeth Spehar is expected to begin talks with both leaders in July, it emerged on Friday, ahead of the UN secretary general’s report...
Anastasiades: if Akinci re-elected, talks can ‘definitely’ resume
If Mustafa Akinci is re-elected as the Turkish Cypriot leader in the north then Cyprus talks can ‘definitely’ resume, President Nicos Anastasiades said Saturday. In...
Akel accuses government of selectively leaking documents
Main opposition Akel on Tuesday accused the government of selectively leaking documents about the failed talks in Crans-Montana in July 2017 rather than provide answers...
Cyprus’ energy strategy being pursued as planned, president says
Cyprus’ energy strategy is being pursued as planned, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. He also said that it was good will without preconditions that...
Crans-Montana brought Cyprus to brink of a settlement, former UN official says
Negotiations at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana in the summer of 2017 brought both sides in Cyprus to the brink of a settlement, according to...
Anastasiades got his way in Crans-Montana
The Cyprus issue was resolved in Crans-Montana, but the public was never told By Makarios Drousiotis In Crans-Montana, Switzerland in July 2017, UN Secretary-General Antonio...
2019 – A decisive year for the talks, well, sort of
At the beginning of the year, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said 2019 would be a decisive one for the Cyprus issue. It was, but not...
Cavusoglu: if GCs accepted political equality there could be movement on Cyprus talks
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has blamed the Greek Cypriot side for lack of progress on the Cyprus problem because of their refusal to accept...
Two leaders will attend UN event on Tuesday
President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will attend a UN event on Tuesday at the Ledra Palace hotel in Nicosia. The event...
Kyprianou says ‘honest compromise’ the only way for Cyprus to have a future
The only way for Cyprus to have a future is through an honest compromise envisaged by the agreed framework for a solution, opposition Akel leader...
Reactions to Berlin meeting in Cyprus stick to party lines
Reactions at home to Monday’s three-way talks in Berlin – based on the joint statement read out by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres – essentially followed...
Bicommunal rally calls for resumption of Cyprus talks
Demonstrators from both sides held a rally on Friday to call on both leaders not to miss the chance being offered them at the Berlin...
Five-party conference could take place in December, FM says, Pompeo meeting Monday
A five-party conference with the guarantor powers could take place in December, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides has said. In an interview with Kathimerini on Sunday,...
Anastasiades had a ‘good discussion’ with Lute
President Nicos Anastasiades, had on Saturday evening a good discussion with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy Jane Holl Lute, in view of the tripartite meeting...
