Leaders attend UN Day celebrations, speak briefly
President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci had a brief tete-a-tete on Thursday evening, over a month since they last met. Anastasiades and...
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Akinci hits back at new criticism from Cavusoglu
Turkish Cypriots do not wish to become a minority of the Greek Cypriot community nor do they want an unhealthy and unbalanced relationship with Turkey,...
Cyprus expects Turkey to comply with UN resolutions on Varosha
Cyprus expects Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots to comply with the clear calls of the UN Security Council to respect the status of Varosha, and...
Nicosia reports Turkish air, sea and land violations to UN
Cyprus’ Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis has strongly protested “the continuing violations of the national airspace and territorial waters of Cyprus by...
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...
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...
