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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...