President to have teleconference with Guterres
UN Secretary General will have a teleconference with President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday and with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on October 2, as part...
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Both sides waiting for UN secretary-general’s invitation for meeting
Both sides are waiting for the invitation to a tripartite meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, despite speculation it would take place in Paris in...
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,...
Akel calls for copies of letters sent to UN secretary-general
Opposition Akel on Wednesday called on President Nicos Anastasiades to hand over copies of the letters he sent recently to the UN chief, one on...
Unficyp report circulated as official document with minor changes
The report of the UN Secretary General on the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) circulated on Wednesday as an official UN document with a...
Cyprus protests to UN over Turkey’s airspace violations
Cyprus on Thursday officially protested to the United Nations Turkey’s continuing violations of its national airspace and territorial waters and called for them to end...
UNSG waiting to hear from both sides
The UN Secretary General remains committed to the two sides in Cyprus if they jointly come back to the UN and ask for support in...
Two sides differ on possible start date of talks
There is no timeframe for a resumption of Cyprus talks and it could be October or November before it happens, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said...
Security Council nominates Portugal’s Guterres as UN chief
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday unanimously nominated former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres to be the next Secretary-General, recommending that the 193-member General...
Portugal’s Guterres poised to be next UN chief
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to be the ninth United Nations Secretary-General and is expected to be formally recommended to the 193-member...
Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark wants to be next UN chief
By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Monday she would campaign to be the next UN secretary-general,...
Davos meet ‘extremely significant’, Ban calls for international help (Update)
By Elias Hazou THE government on Thursday described as “extremely significant” for the future of Cyprus the President’s meetings in Switzerland with the United Nations...
Davutoglu says new momentum on Cyprus
By Staff Reporter Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said there is a new momentum on Cyprus and that the outlook for a solution was...
Ban says two sides close to joint statement
The two sides in Cyprus are close to concluding a joint communique that would pave the way for the resumption of talks UN Secretary-General Ban...
Palace gets Ban on the phone
By Peter Stevenson PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades spoke to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon by phone yesterday to discuss the will-they won’t-they joint statement, which is...
UN climate talks bogged down over CO2 cuts, aid, on last day
By Nina Chestney and Megan Rowling Disputes over when rich and poor nations will set greenhouse gas targets and over climate aid to the developing...
