Kombos heads to Geneva for Human Rights Council meeting
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is travelling to Geneva on Sunday to participate in the High-Level Meeting of the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council, which begins on Monday.
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Climate protester glues hand to podium during Swiss TV debate
A climate activist glued his hand to a TV presenter’s podium during a public election debate in centre of the Swiss city of Geneva on Sunday, sparking jeers and ...
Tatar to tell Lute: no recognition, no formal negotiations
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 can only take place ...
Details expected soon of Lute’s next visit
Cyprus is expecting to be told soon of when the UNSG’s special representative Jane Holl Lute will return to the island.
Lute visited Greece last week and was in ...
Guterres cites Cyprus issue as example of his tenacity in bid for reappointment
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted that conflict prevention and mediation was a key element of his activities and gave the example of the Cyprus 5+1 informal meeting that took place in ...
Tatar slams Anastasiades’ ‘anachronistic’ mentality
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday criticised President Nicos Anastasiades for having an “anachronistic and domineering mentality” over references in his Easter message to his Turkish Cypriot “compatriots”.
Tatar, ...
In Easter message, Anastasiades slams Turkey, says winning Covid battle
For the second year running, President Nicos Anastasiades told locked-down Cypriots he hoped this would be the last Easter that was overshadowed by the pandemic.
In his Easter televised address ...
Next 5+1 meeting should be at Ledra Palace in Nicosia
It was well known that common ground was beyond the reach of the protagonists at the 5+1 conference on Cyprus. It was a fool’s errand, but it went ahead regardless ...
Koushos: We can’t start again from scratch
Government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said on Friday that any prospects for a positive result that would allow the restart of substantive talks on the Cyprus problem depended on the Turkish ...
Erdogan says he does not expect results from next UN-led Cyprus talks
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he does not believe a United Nations-led meeting on restarting peace talks for the ethnically split Cyprus will yield results.
On Thursday, the ...
Anastasiades: Turkish side’s positions violate UN mandate for a settlement
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday that Turkish Cypriot and Turkish positions for the resumption of talks violate the UN mandate for a settlement.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva at ...
Leaders lay out their positions to Guterres in Geneva
By Evie Andreou in Geneva
The two leaders had the opportunity to each explain to UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres their visions for the future of the island during the ...
Nearly half think Geneva summit will worsen things for Cyprus – poll
Ruling Disy appears to have it in the upcoming parliamentary elections – or at least that is the perception among the public – while a substantial percentage are not upbeat about the ...
Neophytou warns of possible Turkish ‘tactics’ at Geneva talks
Turkey might, as a tactic, state at the Geneva Cyprus summit that it is willing to discuss a federal solution, Disy leader Averof Neophytou warned on Thursday, warning that an ...
EU not participating in Cyprus conference but will hold bilateral meetings
The EU has not received an invitation to participate in the informal five-plus-one summit on Cyprus in Geneva next week but an official will be there to monitor developments, it ...
Anastasiades: Turkey has reconfirmed its intransigent stance on Cyprus (Updated)
Two separate states and sovereign equality have no place in a Cyprus settlement, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday in response to Turkey’s views on the issue, which were ...
Lute meets Anastasiades at the palace (update 2)
UN envoy Jane Hall Lute met President Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace on Sunday morning as the informal meeting in Geneva draws closer.
During the meeting, held as part ...
BBF remains the only ‘realistic solution’ for reunification, Akinci says
A bi-zonal bicommunal federation (BBF) remains the only realistic solution for the reunification of Cyprus, according to former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci.
Speaking at an online event arranged by ...
Expectations from Geneva talks hinge on Turkish positions, president says
Expectations from the informal summit on the Cyprus problem set to take place in Geneva at the end of this month hinge on Turkey’s positions, President Nicos Anastasiades said ...
Parties cross swords, fail to pass House resolution ahead of Cyprus talks
Political parties crossed swords on Friday at the House plenum on the Cyprus problem and on what the Greek Cypriot side’s stand ought to be at next month’s ...
Cyprus stresses importance of EU role at Geneva talks
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday stressed the important role the EU can play in during the informal conference on the Cyprus issue that will take place next month in Geneva.
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EU confirms will be present at Geneva talks
The EU will be present at the conference on Cyprus, convened by the UN, both in the initial phase in Geneva and in the next phase of in-depth negotiations, a ...
Political leaders say will accompany president to Geneva talks (updated)
Political leaders in their majority said they would accompany President Nicos Anastasiades to the informal five-party summit set to take place next month in Geneva to support and advise him, ...