President heads to Portugal for EU summit
President Nicos Anastasiades will leave on Thursday for Porto, Portugal to attend the Porto Social Summit hosted by the EU Portuguese Presidency on May 7...
Cyprus Problem
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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
Our View: Geneva meeting unlikely to be genuine ‘last chance’ for a deal
We have lost count of the number of high-level gatherings on Cyprus that have been billed ‘the last chance for a deal’ over the years....
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...
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...
EU role in Geneva talks hangs in balance
As Nicosia moves into the final stages of preparations ahead of the informal five-party summit in Geneva where the island’s two community leaders will meet...
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...
‘There’s a vibe going around’
A slew of pro-solution groups are growing increasingly vocal as talks loom The slew of pro-solution groups cropping up over the past couple of...
A loose confederation is not the solution
By Les Manison In attempting to find mutually agreed arrangements on the Cyprus problem at the forthcoming meeting chaired by the United Nations many issues...
UK minister says there is no British plan
There is no ‘British plan’ on the table, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas Wendy Morton said on Sunday, clarifying that the UK’s only...
Centralised and decentralised at the same time
The rules must be jointly formulated by the two federated states while their enforcement would be up to the constituent states The issue of...
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...
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,...
Petition launches to support reunification
A campaign calling for online signatures to a petition in support of the reunification of Cyprus was launched on Tuesday, three weeks before the informal...
Anastasiades must tackle pending issues not open new ones says Akel (Updated)
Main opposition Akel on Monday called on President Nicos Anastasiades to realise he must not only claim he wants to continue talks on the Cyprus...
President urged to commit to federal solution
Blunt assessment of Geneva meeting from former president George Vassiliou President Anastasiades needs to dispel the doubts that exist about his commitment to a...