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Friday marked 21 years since Greek Cypriots rejected the United Nations’ Annan plan in a landmark referendum held on April 24, 2004. In a statement issued on the anniversary, the group Adouloti Keryneia ...

For the first time since their construction, the newly built “presidential” and “parliamentary” complexes in northern Cyprus have been put into operation, hosting school events ahead of Turkey’s national ...

The Turkish-Cypriot administration on Wednesday accused the Greek-Cypriot side of “distorting history” and evading responsibility for the Cyprus problem in a strongly worded letter to the United Nations.   The letter, ...

The United Nations said on Monday that preliminary figures from local sources show more than 300 civilians have been killed in fighting on Friday and Saturday around Zamzam and Abu Shouk ...

Turkey has submitted a letter to the United Nations, relaying claims that the Republic of Cyprus and Greece violated the airspace over northern Cyprus, it emerged on Friday. The letter, ...

United Nations Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, was arriving to Cyprus on Sunday. According to CNA sources, DiCarlo will be briefed by UN SG’s Special ...

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo will meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on February 10, Tatar’s office announced on Thursday. DiCarlo’s meeting with Tatar is the first ...

A UN working group on the use of mercenaries is in Cyprus to conduct a visit, it was reported on Thursday. The group investigates the use of mercenaries – privately hired ...

Now is the best opportunity since 2017 to have positive momentum on issues that concern members of the public such as opening new crossing points, UN Special Representative and Unficyp head ...

The multilateral meeting for the Cyprus problem may take place in the first three months of the next year, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, he specified ...

All that is needed for an agreement on crossings is political will, UNSG Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Colin Stewart, said on ...

The possibility of creating a UN office in Cyprus, as an incentive for reaching a solution to the island’s national problem and to facilitate peace and security in the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will on Tuesday convene the National Council to inform its members about the informal dinner he attended with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader ...

With 167 votes in its favour, Cyprus was for the first time elected to a seat at the UN human rights council on Wednesday. “This is an excellent result for our ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday had a working lunch with the five permanent UN Security Council members in New York where they discussed growing concerns over the region, as well ...

The United States and France are trying to hammer out an interim accord to halt hostilities between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah with a view to opening broader diplomatic talks, ...

UN efforts are focusing on facilitating a joint meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in the presence of UN chief Antonio Guterres, with the Greek ...

Cyprus’ permanent mission to the United Nations has confirmed the protection of human rights is among the island’s foreign policy priorities. The comments were made as Nicosia presented its ...

Claims and counterclaims over jurisdiction of Green Line, but why now? It has now been over a month that a group dubbed the ‘buffer zone migrants’ have been stranded within ...

The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy to Cyprus María Ángela Holguín, will be on her third official visit to Cyprus between May 7 to 14, it emerged on Friday. She ...

Israel says aid is moving into Gaza more quickly after international pressure to increase access, but the amount is disputed and the United Nations says it is still much less ...

Greece will exhaust every possibility, so that there can be positive developments in the Cyprus issue, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Monday, following a meeting he had with ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Holguin will hold meetings in Ankara on Thursday, to discuss the Cyprus problem, following her meetings with the Greek government. Holguin is set ...

The UN Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution extending the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) mandate, which expires on Wednesday, for one more year. The UN said that ...