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President expects to attend working breakfast with Guterres and Tatar in New York

Stavros NikolaouSeptember 16, 2021September 16, 2021

By Stavros NikolaouSeptember 16, 2021September 16, 20210763

President, Nicos Anastasiades will have a working breakfast with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in New York, the president...

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Turkey vows reciprocal response to new Greek Cypriot drilling

Evie AndreouSeptember 4, 2021

By Evie AndreouSeptember 4, 202102725

If Greek Cypriots start drilling in the eastern Mediterranean Turkey will too, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay announced. Oktay had a meeting on Friday in...

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Tatar says Anastasiades’ 1960 comments shows he’s ‘lost all credibility’

Jean ChristouAugust 29, 2021August 30, 2021

By Jean ChristouAugust 29, 2021August 30, 202102384

President Nicos Anastasiades, with his proposal that the two sides in Cyprus return to the 1960 constitutional arrangement, has “lost all credibility”, Turkish Cypriot leader...

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Our View: Passport move nothing more than a gesture for home consumption

CM: Our ViewAugust 24, 2021August 24, 2021

By CM: Our ViewAugust 24, 2021August 24, 202102289

The council of ministers decided on Monday to revoke or not renew 14 passports of the Republic held by Turkish Cypriot ‘officials’, 10 of whom...

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Varosha and the IPC: to apply or not

Christos PanayiotidesAugust 1, 2021

By Christos PanayiotidesAugust 1, 202101680

Following the announcement made by President Erdogan and the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on July 20, about the opening-up (on a “pilot” basis) of...

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Turkish side says no point to new Cyprus conference

Elias HazouJuly 1, 2021

By Elias HazouJuly 1, 202102074

The Turkish side on Thursday seemed to flatly reject the convening of a new informal conference on Cyprus, saying there was no point to it...

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Tatar to meet UN chief on Friday

Evie AndreouJune 23, 2021June 23, 2021

By Evie AndreouJune 23, 2021June 23, 202101008

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will travel to Brussels for a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday, it was announced on Wednesday. According...

Cyprus

Tatar to tell Lute: no recognition, no formal negotiations

Jean ChristouJune 20, 2021

By Jean ChristouJune 20, 202102484

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar says he will tell the UN Secretary-General’s envoy Jane Holl Lute at their upcoming meeting that formal negotiations on Cyprus...

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‘Shocking’ interference by Turkey in north election – report

Staff ReporterJune 10, 2021June 11, 2021

By Staff ReporterJune 10, 2021June 11, 202105517

An investigation on allegations of Turkey’s interference in the 2020 elections for the Turkish Cypriot leader has revealed alarming details of the pressure put on...

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Tatar sends letter to EU and UN on ‘how he sees the way forward’

Elias HazouMay 28, 2021May 28, 2021

By Elias HazouMay 28, 2021May 28, 202102977

Turkish Cypriot Ersin Tatar has sent a letter to the UN Secretary General laying out his side’s approach to the Cyprus issue and how he...

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Easy to draw parallels between Denktash and Tatar

Agnieszka RakoczyFebruary 21, 2021February 21, 2021

By Agnieszka RakoczyFebruary 21, 2021February 21, 202102516

With the chance of negotiations again becoming a reality, who is the man who leads the Turkish Cypriots? Agnieszka Rakoczy says he is seen as...

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Tatar: we will table two-state solution at talks

George PsyllidesFebruary 17, 2021

By George PsyllidesFebruary 17, 202102259

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Wednesday he would be tabling a two-state solution as a new idea during the planned informal five-party summit, whose...

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Greek Cypriot mentality unchanged says Tatar

Staff ReporterFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 2021

By Staff ReporterFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 202102721

Calls for the removal of Turkish troops and an end to Turkey’s guarantor status are red lines from which the north will not budge, Turkish...

Cyprus

Tatar tells Raab two-state solution ‘realistic and fair’

Elias HazouFebruary 4, 2021

By Elias HazouFebruary 4, 202103631

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday conveyed to the British government that his side will be going into the five-way summit on Cyprus with...

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Akinci warns against tabling two-state solution at 5+1 conference

Jean ChristouJanuary 31, 2021January 31, 2021

By Jean ChristouJanuary 31, 2021January 31, 202103496

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in two separate social media post hours apart on Sunday warned against the Turkish side attempting to pursue a...

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Turkish Cypriot union suing Tatar for inciting threats against journalist

Evie AndreouJanuary 21, 2021

By Evie AndreouJanuary 21, 202101896

The press workers’ union in the north, Basin-Sen, announced on Thursday it was suing Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar over his disparaging comments on social...

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Turkish Cypriot leader visits massive hillside flag

Evie AndreouJanuary 21, 2021January 20, 2021

By Evie AndreouJanuary 21, 2021January 20, 202103776

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday inspected the site where the massive flag of the breakaway regime in the north on the Pentadaktylos mountain...

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Tatar controversially renames bicommunal committees

Evie AndreouJanuary 18, 2021

By Evie AndreouJanuary 18, 202102429

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday controversially referred to bicommunal technical committees as bilateral ones in what is seen as another reference to his...

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Coronavirus: Tatar rejects EU vaccines if delivered via Greek Cypriots

Evie AndreouJanuary 13, 2021January 13, 2021

By Evie AndreouJanuary 13, 2021January 13, 202107381

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said that unless the coronavirus vaccines reserved for his community are delivered directly via the EU and not...

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Tatar tells Guterres solution efforts ‘at a turning point’

Jean ChristouJanuary 6, 2021January 6, 2021

By Jean ChristouJanuary 6, 2021January 6, 202102254

In a letter to UN chief Antonio Guterres, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he supports an informal five-party meeting to determine whether or not...