North’s largest party’s congress endorses Tatar for re-election
The north’s largest political party the UBP’s party congress on Friday night officially endorsed Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to be re-elected to the role when elections are ...
Leaders’ meeting ‘demonstrates commitment’, UN says
The outcome of Wednesday’s meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar demonstrates their commitment, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
Speaking to ...
Updated on
Meeting with Tatar ‘yet another positive step’, says Christodoulides
Wednesday’s meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was “yet another positive step” with progress including youth issues, demining and restoration of cemeteries, President Nikos Christodoulides said after the ...
‘Important developments’ on Cyprob
The three most significant outcomes of the informal Geneva conference were the appointment of a UN personal envoy, the scheduling of a new meeting in July, and a joint letter ...
To avoid a Cyprob deadlock, it’s time to change tack
By Andreas Theophanous
On March 17-18, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres chaired another five-party conference in Geneva on the Cyprus problem. President Nicos Christodoulides, the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, ...
UN confirm Christodoulides, Tatar meeting on April 2
The United Nations confirmed on Friday that President Nikos Christodoulides would be meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on April 2 at 9am.
The UN Secretary-General’s special representative in ...
Christodoulides and Tatar to meet on April 2
President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will meet on April 2, CNA reported on Sunday.
This will be their first meeting after the Geneva informal meeting on Cyprus ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: President Christodoulides, the smartest kid in the classroom
THE MORE I see Prezniktwo in action the more he reminds me of an insecure schoolkid constantly seeking the approval and praise of the grown-ups by boasting about his perfect ...
Our View: Geneva talks set modest goals, but will they deliver?
Everyone appears to have left Geneva relatively happy on Tuesday. It may be more accurate to say ‘not unhappy’ – anything else would be stretching it – because the anodyne outcome of ...
Our View: A small but meaningful step was taken in Geneva
There was good news from Geneva on Tuesday afternoon. A new, admittedly low-key process was set in motion, with the sides agreeing to work on specific confidence building measures before ...
Tatar meets Erdogan in Ankara ahead of enlarged Geneva meeting
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, completing the round of Cypriot leaders’ meetings with representatives of the island’s three guarantor ...
We are approaching talks realistically, says government
The Greek Cypriot side is aware of the statements by the Turkish Cypriot side and is approaching the upcoming multilateral meeting in Geneva with realism, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said ...
Tatar: We do not see the UK as a neutral guarantor
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said he does not see the United Kingdom to be a neutral guarantor power of Cyprus.
“I wanted the motherlands present at the ...
Turkish Cypriot side will act ‘in constructive manner’, Tatar tells Doughty
The Turkish Cypriot side will act “in a constructive manner” at the forthcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held in the Swiss city of Geneva, Turkish Cypriot ...
UK minister for Europe and North America in Cyprus for meetings
British Minister of State for Europe and North America, Stephen Doughty, is in the country for a series of meetings on Friday, ahead of the informal expanded meeting on the ...
Tatar ‘to meet British minister Doughty’ on Friday
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said he will meet the United Kingdom’s minister of state for Europe Stephen Doughty on Friday.
Tatar said he will meet Doughty ...
Tatar promises Turkish Cypriots ‘will not forget’ Gaza
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday night promised that the Turkish Cypriots “will not forget” Gaza.
“This country is part of the Islamic world, and we are happy to ...
Govt receives official invite to Geneva enlarged meeting
The government on Tuesday received an official invitation from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to attend the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is set to take place on ...
Tatar announces candidacy for Turkish Cypriot elections
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday announced that he will stand for re-election in the role in October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership elections.
“I am running for president. I ...
Our View: The price of avoiding a Cyprus settlement
The prospect of an informal, multi-party gathering in Geneva that would examine the possibility of a new peace process, which is anything but a certainty, appears to have worried some ...
Erhurman leads Tatar in latest Turkish Cypriot leadership poll
Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar by five per cent in the latest poll asking Turkish ...
Tatar wants 30 per cent of north to be covered in forest
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said he aims for 30 per cent of the north’s land to be covered by forest.
Speaking during a visit to the north’...
Tatar: region’s developments prove right a two-state Cyprus
Developments in the eastern Mediterranean and the wider region have “proven how correct” the idea of a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem is, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said ...
Turkish Cypriots pay tribute to Asil Nadir
High-profile figures within the Turkish Cypriot community on Monday issued statements remembering the life of businessman Asil Nadir, who died on Sunday night at the age of 83.
Turkish Cypriot leader ...