President issues bleak warning to refugees over Varosha
Losing Varosha to resettlement under Turkish administration would sound the death knell for a Cyprus solution, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday. It also appears...
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Situation over Varosha at ‘tipping point’ (Updated)
Turkey’s possible call on refugees to return to their Varosha properties under Turkish Cypriot administration would be deceitful, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday, speaking...
Erdogan Varosha visit ‘an unprecedented provocation’ (with video)
The Turkish president’s presence in the north for the celebrations for the 37th anniversary of the unilateral proclamation of the pseudo-state, plus his visit to...
Leaders condemn ‘unacceptable’ meeting on opening up Varosha
The UN on Monday said they were continuing to monitor developments concerning Varosha while both leaders condemned Saturday’s round-table discussion, attended by Turkish and Turkish...
Varosha inventory nearly complete, says Ozersay
The Turkish Cypriot side has almost completed its inventory of buildings and other infrastructure in the fenced-off town of Varosha in Famagusta and plans to...
Famagusta municipality says Varosha entry goes against UN resolutions
By Marianna Shacola The Famagusta municipality said on Monday that Turkish and Turkish Cypriot entry into fenced-off Varosha to carry out an inventory of properties...
The UN on political quality
There are various definitions of political equality, but with respect to a Cyprus settlement the United Nations Security Council has defined the meaning in...
Positive feedback from UN Security Council on Cyprus talks
The resolution on the renewal of UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) mandate contains minor changes compared with last June’s resolution, diplomatic sources have...
Erdogan’s demands ‘against UN resolutions’
By George Psyllides TURKISH PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday it would be impossible for his country to accept a solution that did not entail...
Our View: Too much time spent analysing meaningless UN resolutions
WE HAD a ‘balanced’ resolution for the six-month renewal of UNFICYP’s presence, reported the Cyprus News Agency from New York earlier this week. The deliberations...
Focus on confidence building measures
By Jean Christou PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for 30 minutes last night on the sidelines of the EU-Africa summit in Brussels....
Anastasiades calls for end to status quo
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades told the UN General Assembly on Thursday that the current status quo in Cyprus was unacceptable and the longer it went on,...