#Cyprus Problem

Demands tabled by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot for the recognition of sovereign equality and of equal international status for the breakaway state hinder efforts to achieve a breakthrough, President ...

Three scenarios are being considered in the diplomatic arena with the aim of resuming Cyprus talks, according to latest reports and speculation ahead of the UN General Assembly in New ...

The UN Secretary General’s special envoy for Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute, is expected to visit the island again soon, reports said on Wednesday. According to the Cyprus News Agency (...

Unilateral actions that violate UN Security Council Resolutions on Varosha are unacceptable, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told President Nicos Anastasiades, the Cyprus presidency said on Monday. It said that ...

President Anastasiades has lost all credibility in his claimed commitment to a bizonal, bicommunal federation Aesop wrote that when, for the third time, the previously lying shepherd cried ‘Wolf! Wolf! ...

Following the announcement made by President Erdogan and the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on July 20, about the opening-up (on a “pilot” basis) of a small segment of the fenced-off ...

Having secured a condemnatory statement from UN Security Council presidency and the UN resolution for the renewal of the Unficyp mandate, without the ‘British tail’, the Cyprus government will now ...

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Opening up part of Varosha leaves refugees in a terrible quandary Instead of the government stopping just short of declaring as traitors those Varosha refugees who choose to claim their ...

President Nicos Anastasiades expressed hope on Sunday that “intense diplomatic efforts” would prevent further threats by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to the north on Tuesday. In ...

If the negotiations on the Cyprus issue do not resume, Turkey will continue to exploit the gap in negotiations, opposition Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday. In statements after ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday said he would have liked more clarity by UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres on the issue of Varosha in his latest report to the Security ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Christodoulides will brief Monday his European counterparts on the latest developments in the Cyprus problem, especially about the fenced part of Famagusta, Varosha, in view of ...

UN Secretary- General, Antonio Guterres warned in his latest Good Offices Mission report that unless parties act decisively now, continuing dynamics in and around Cyprus could render future efforts to ...

The European Union will “never, ever” accept a two-state deal in Cyprus, the head of its executive said on Thursday. Ursula von der Leyen, who was visiting Cyprus, said the ...

The Turkish side on Thursday seemed to flatly reject the convening of a new informal conference on Cyprus, saying there was no point to it after the deadlocked talks in ...

Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis said on Tuesday he was very concerned about developments in Varosha and called for immediate action before it is too late. Referring to the issue ...

A proposal to appoint a Special Envoy to speed up efforts to find common ground was made by the UN secretary general during meetings in Brussels last week, Turkish Cypriot ...

A parallel state of the Republic in northern Cyprus is one where it is not power that is shared with the RoC, but values, laws and system of governance Searching ...

A two-state solution in Cyprus is a non-starter, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, according to President Nicos Anastasiades, who met with the UN chief on Friday in Brussels. Anastasiades met ...

The European Council is set to offer Turkey “readiness to engage” in “a phased, proportionate and reversible manner” while remaining fully committed to a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem ...

Discussions on the Cyprus issue will pick up momentum from Tuesday, beginning with a new round of contacts by UN envoy Jane Holl Lute who was due to arrived late ...

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 ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will receive UN envoy Jane Holl Lute on June 22, it was officially announced on Saturday. According to the press and information office, the meeting will take place ...