Bicommunal events ‘a step in the right direction’ Anastasiades said (Update 1)
Events such as ‘Transformational Leadership for Peace’ held on Monday, were a step in the right direction, President Nicos Anastasiades said in his address to...
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Leaders due to attend bicommunal event on Monday
The island’s two leaders are to reportedly attend the same event on Monday morning as part of a conference concerning the Imagine bicommunal programme. Nicos...
Is Guterres playing his final card with Berlin meeting?
ANOTHER so-called crucial meeting on the Cyprus problem will take place on Monday at the Adlon Kempinski Hotel in Berlin. Early in the evening Nicos...
Anastasiades departs for Berlin in hope of restarting Cyprus talks
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades will depart on Sunday morning for his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in hopes of...
Turkey slams silence over burning of ‘TRNC’ flag, Elam calls condemnation a ‘badge of honour’ (Updated)
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in a written statement has slammed members of the “racist and fascist Elam for burning a ‘TRNC’ flag during demonstrations...
Anastasiades: it would be nice if TCs respected the rights of Greek Cypriots
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday he would be pleased if the Turkish Cypriot side’s constructive attitude was not so much focused on defending their...
Tatar says Akinci should not be trusted with Berlin meeting
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minster’ Ersin Tats said on Sunday that Mustafa Akinci should not attend the meeting with the UN Secretary-General and President Nicos Anastasiades...
Spehar stresses need for the leaders to conclude terms of reference
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative Elizabeth Spehar has stressed the need for the two Cypriot leaders to redouble their efforts to conclude the terms of...
Leaders attend UN Day celebrations, speak briefly
President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci had a brief tete-a-tete on Thursday evening, over a month since they last met. Anastasiades and...
Akinci hits back at new criticism from Cavusoglu
Turkish Cypriots do not wish to become a minority of the Greek Cypriot community nor do they want an unhealthy and unbalanced relationship with Turkey,...
Akinci insults and threats’ probe underway
ASSOCIATES of Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Thursday handed over to authorities in the north a file with information on insults and death threats...
Death threats and political ruckus in wake of Akinci’s Syria remarks
The ‘anti-war’ comments made by Mustafa Akinci about Syria have not only sparked the fury of Turkey’s president but have bitterly divided political parties in...
Tatar says Akinci should not participate in Cyprus talks, has ‘lost the confidence of the people’
Turkish leader Mustafa Akinci has lost the confidence of the people and given elections in 2020 he should not participate in Cyprus negotiations unless he...
Akinci hits back at Erdogan, says comments on Syria were distorted
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Monday defied his detractors, including Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, calling on those who he said distorted his Syria comments...
Akinci wants to see a tripartite and five-party meeting by year’s end
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci wants to see a tripartite meeting with the UN Secretary-General and a five-party conference with the guarantor powers by the...
Mixed reaction on the home front to president’s UN speech
The fact that President Nicos Anastasiades failed to mention the rotating presidency in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Thursday showed he still...
Akinci stresses culture of peace during visit to flag-theft school
TURKISH Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Tuesday stressed the importance of a culture of peace in education as he was delivering a flag and photo...
Blasts rock ammunition depot near Kyrenia, 12 injured (update 4, video)
Blasts rocked an ammunition depot on Thursday after a fire broke out at a military zone east of Kyrenia, with shattered glass injuring twelve people....
Akinci remains ahead in latest ‘presidential’ election poll
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci remains the most likely candidate to win the next ‘presidential’ elections in the north, according to the latest survey. Turkish...
Anastasiades to send non-paper to Akinci on gas
President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to send a non-paper to Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, containing his counterproposals on the issue of natural gas, the...
