SWISS airline inaugurates Geneva to Larnaca route
Hermes Airports has announced the launch of SWISS airline flights between Larnaca and Geneva which started on Wednesday. The route was inaugurated on Wednesday...
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Anastasiades highlights challenges to future of work at ILO conference (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday repeated a pre-election pledge to engage in a dialogue to establish a national minimum wage once conditions of full employment...
UN will not present ‘common’ document (updated)
The envisioned ‘common document’ that he was mandated to produce as a guide to discussion on security and guarantees at the Conference on Cyprus in...
Island’s religious leaders pray for successful outcome in Geneva
In light of the upcoming conference on Cyprus in Geneva, scheduled to start on Wednesday, the island’s five religious leaders pray for “a successful outcome...
No more delays, no more wiggle room
Talks reach point of no return By Elias Hazou Given the experience of the past few months, the auguries are less than auspicious for the...
Our View: Bland document all that is needed for conference start
The so-called common text to be drafted by UN Special Advisor Espen Barth Eide in consultation with all sides has become the new talking point...
Our View: As expected, president backs down over Geneva talks
In the end, as was widely expected, President Anastasiades dropped the conditions he set for attending an international conference in Geneva. At Sunday night’s dinner...
Our View: Proposal seems designed to give president escape route
“My objective is to restore the truth about a proposal, the adoption of which will create the sound prospects, so that we can be optimistic...
Shuttle diplomacy for Eide, Akinci says Anastasiades setting conditions (Update 5)
The yawning chasm between President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci became more apparent on Wednesday when they failed to agree...
UN spokesman: Juncker was sober as a judge in Geneva (Update 2)
The UN spokesman in Cyprus hit back at claims in the British tabloid, The Sun on Friday that President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker...
Turkey’s four freedoms ‘cannot be a condition’ for continuing the talks
If the Turkish side insists on setting the four freedoms as a condition for new talks on security and guarantees in Geneva, they will bear...
UN deny discontent with Greek foreign minister (updated)
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has successfully promoted the strategy drafted by Greece and Cyprus ensuring the start of talks on security and guarantees, Greece’s...
United Cyprus ‘best form of security and guarantee against external threats’
THE capacity of United Cyprus as a member of the United Nations and the European Union provides the best form of security and guarantee...
No issue of discord with Kotzias, says Anastasiades
DESPITE President Nicos Anastasiades’ repeated denials of discord with the Greek government, a United Nations source told the Cyprus Mail that Greek foreign minister Nikos...
Internal matters remain open until there is a deal on security, Eide says
Outstanding issues in other chapters of the reunification negotiations could not be closed before there was a conclusion on security and guarantees, UN Special Advisor...
Conference a success, Anastasiades says, foresees change in security (updated)
Turkey would not have been at the negotiating table if it did not want to cooperate, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday, as he foresaw...
Hardliners criticize president, refuse to attend reception
Four of the five hardline parties said on Thursday they would not attend a reception that is part of the conference on Cyprus over disagreements...
Leaders discuss governance, EU, and economy (updated)
The leaders of the island’s divided communities kicked off day two of their talks in Geneva on Tuesday with discussions on governance. According to the...
Could it possibly be Anastasiades’ finest hour?
THE MOST critical four days in the last 43 years of the Cyprus problem begin in Geneva today. At a first glance, the requirements and...
Anastasiades and Tsipras launch coordinated action prior to Geneva
THE governments of Cyprus and Greece will undertake coordinated action both at European and international level, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said, following a three-hour meeting...
