Akinci wants to see a tripartite and five-party meeting by year’s end
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci wants to see a tripartite meeting with the UN Secretary-General and a five-party conference with the guarantor powers by the...
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President lauds teen climate activist Greta Thunberg
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said he was deeply affected by teenage activist Greta Thunberg’s address on Monday when she took on world leaders for failing to...
Anastasiades has impromptu exchange with Guterres
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday told United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres that Nicosia is ready and willing to continue ‘supporting’ UN efforts to restart...
Erdogan and Guterres discuss Cyprus in New York
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed Cyprus with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting on Wednesday in New York. According to an announcement from...
Former MEP suggests setting up international peacebuilding institute post-solution
Former MEP for Akel Takis Hadjigeorgiou presented a proposal on Wednesday for the creation of an international peacebuilding organisation or institute on the island in...
Protest planned in Nicosia for return of Varosha to its legitimate residents
The Famagusta Municipality will organise a peaceful rally on Varosha on September 26 outside the UN-protected area of the now-defunct Nicosia airport. The municipality is...
Guterres’ comments ‘a message about Turkish side’s tactics’
The government on Thursday said the statements made by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the Cyprus issue were a message about the Turkish side’s tactics....
Anastasiades, Famagusta officials discuss Varosha strategy (Update 1)
President Nicos Anastasiades, together with Famagusta mayor Simos Ioannou and municipal councillors, sat down on Monday to discuss a strategy to counter plans by the...
Turkey trying to scupper terms for new talks, spokesman says (Updated)
President to receive report Monday on recourse to UN over Varosha Turkey is attempting to scupper any chance of negotiations being resumed, the government said...
Meeting between Lute and two leaders Monday, ‘not ruled out’ (Update 2)
A joint meeting between UN envoy Jane Holl Lute and the two leaders before she leaves the island on Monday has not been ruled out,...
Varosha move merely a ‘PR stunt’ by Ozersay, expert says
President Nicos Anastasiades will raise the issue of the fenced-off town of Varosha during his meeting with Turkish Cypriot Mustafa Akinci on August 9, it...
Turkish Cypriot actions in Varosha ‘a clear violation’ of UN resolutions, Nicosia says
Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou on Thursday said Turkish Cypriot moves in the closed-off town of Varosha were a clear violation of UN resolutions after it...
Lacroix meets Anastasiades in Limassol, will also meet Akinci (Update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday briefed UN Undersecretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Turkish drilling in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and efforts for...
Nicosia scrambling to have ‘negative references’ removed from Unficyp mandate resolution
Nicosia was making contacts in New York to change negative references on the UN Security Council’s resolution on the renewal of the Unficyp, which provides...
Spehar hopes leaders will meet soon
UN Special Representative and Unficyp Chief of Mission Elizabeth Spehar hopes the two leaders meet soon after they both expressed a willingness to do so....
Leaders must agree first before reaching out to UNSG (updated)
The leaders of the two communities must first come to an agreement on the way forward and then reach out to the UN Secretary General...
Akinci wants UN to call informal five-party meeting
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has asked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to call for a five-party informal meeting as soon as possible to clarify...
Response to Akinci proposal to be sent in a week
The Republic’s negative response to Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci’s proposal for a joint committee on hydrocarbons is expected to be sent in about a...
Undersecretary-General for peace operations to visit
The UN Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is due in Cyprus next week, in the framework of his regular contacts with peacekeeping missions. The...
Nicosia unhappy UN chief did not go harder on Turkey’s EEZ violations
Nicosia would expect that the UN Secretary-General’s references in his report on Unficyp on the issue of hydrocarbons would reflect better recent developments within the...
