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....
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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...
Concerns over ‘recognition’ of north should not hinder cooperation, UN chief says
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, though not explicitly naming the Greek Cypriot side, took a dig in his latest report at the preoccupation with citing potential...
Jordan joins the ranks of police-contributing countries to Unficyp
Jordan has joined the ranks of police-contributing countries to the UN peace-keeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp). Mutaz Hayajneh, the first United Nations Police (Unpol) officer...
Anastasiades sends second letter to Guterres, this time on Varosha
The government on Friday confirmed that President Nicos Anastasiades had sent another letter to the UN Secretary-General this week, this time concerning the latest developments...
Galanos calls for mass participation in Friday’s protest over Varosha
Famagusta Mayor Alexis Galanos has called for mass participation in the event organised by his municipality outside the presidential palace on Friday. Galanos told a...
Deaths in custody of court and courtroom
Deaths in police custody happen frequently but deaths in the custody of the courtroom are not supposed to happen at all. Former Egyptian President Mohamed...
‘If we lose Varosha, we lose the last step to a solution’
The issue of the ghost town of Varosha emerged again this week as it has done several times in the past but Famagusta Mayor Alexis...
