Leaders brief political parties on Berlin meeting
President Nicos Anastasiades informed the National Council on Wednesday night about his meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci...
Terms of reference
‘Frank talks’ but little sign of real progress, Guterres promises to continue efforts
The Berlin trilateral meeting ended on Monday with a promise by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to continue efforts towards an agreement on the terms of...
Turkey must stop preconditions for talks, president insists
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday representations should made to Turkey so that it stops setting conditions for participating in reunification talks, as he reiterated...
Congressional report on Cyprus refers to efforts to define terms of reference
US President Donald Trump’s bi-monthly Congressional Report on Cyprus Settlement which has been submitted to the Congress refers to the efforts to define terms of...
Terms of reference were agreed on August 9 says Anastasiades (Updates with Akinci’s denial)
Despite ongoing efforts to finalise the terms of reference for restarting the talks, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday that the two leaders had already...
Video footage of Christodoulides-Cavusoglu encounter goes viral
Video footage of the chance encounter between the Cypriot and Turkish foreign ministers in New York made the rounds of social media on Tuesday showing...
Ozersay knocks ‘terms of reference’, says more documents won’t help solve Cyprob
Documents such as the terms of reference will not resolve the Cyprus problem, Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ said on Tuesday, noting that they only serve...
Foreign ministers spar in unexpected New York meeting
In an unexpected exchange between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish foreign ministers in New York on Monday, Nicos Christodoulides told Melvut Cavusoglu that the only...
Guterres’ comments ‘a message about Turkish side’s tactics’
The government on Thursday said the statements made by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the Cyprus issue were a message about the Turkish side’s tactics....
Guterres: Cyprus leaders need to agree on terms of reference
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underlined on Wednesday the importance for the two sides in Cyprus to quickly reach an agreement on the terms of reference,...
Turkey trying to scupper terms for new talks, spokesman says (Updated)
President to receive report Monday on recourse to UN over Varosha Turkey is attempting to scupper any chance of negotiations being resumed, the government said...
Encouraging letter from Lute, says government (Updated)
Both Turkish and Greek Cypriots leaders received a letter from the UN Secretary-General’s envoy Jane Holl Lute on Friday. Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou announced in...
Next stop Guterres
Following the failure of the leaders to secure terms of reference for new Cyprus negotiations after week-long shuttle talks UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected...
Foreign minister ‘less optimistic’ after fifth round of meetings (Update 2)
A fifth round of meetings on Thursday between UN envoy Jane Holl Lute and the two leaders did not resolve a stumbling block, which is...
Lute to hold fifth round of meetings on Thursday (update 3)
UN envoy Jane Holl Lute will hold a fifth round of meetings with leaders on Thursday, after efforts to agree the terms of reference for...
Cautious optimism for new round of talks
Though the main Greek Cypriot parties were on Tuesday cautiously optimistic that new talks would indeed start, the smaller ones, including centre-right Diko, were more...
‘Good reason to hope’ that agreement can be reached on terms of talks
Agreeing the terms of reference for a resumption of Cyprus talks appeared to be moving a step closer on Monday after UN envoy Jane Holl...
Greek Cypriot side focussing on terms of reference
The Greek Cypriot side’s aim is to agree on terms of reference that would pave the way for the resumption of talks from where they...
Opposition questions government’s positive spin on UN report
While ruling Disy accepted the government’s positive spin on the UN secretary-general’s report, and the rejectionist parties trotted out their standard negative rhetoric, main...
Government confirms Lute’s ‘new idea’ for talks (Updated)
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ report on his Good Offices mission in Cyprus is to be submitted to the UN Security Council mid-week instead of...