Coronavirus: all new Unficyp personnel will be placed in 14-day isolation
The UN Mission in Cyprus (Unficyp) has stepped up measures to protect peacekeepers, ensuring the continuity of UN operations and preventing the potential spread of...
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Coronavirus: Unficyp steps up measures to protect peacekeepers
Unficyp on Friday said they stepped up measures to protect its peacekeepers, ensure continuity of UN operations in Cyprus and prevent the potential spread of...
Unficyp to monitor wellbeing of trapped Strovilia residents after north closes crossing
Unficyp on Thursday said it would continue to follow up on the well-being of Strovilia residents after the Turkish Cypriot side announced it would temporarily...
Conflicting views over Deneia incursion by Turkish settlers
Unficyp on Wednesday said there had been no incursion into the buffer zone at Deneia by Turkish farmers, but the village’s community leader insisted there...
Unficyp halts Turkish Cypriot protesters in latest Ledra St demo
A new protest against the closing of the crossing points was held Monday morning at Nicosia’s Ledra Street crossing, with a beefed-up Unficyp presence, as...
Akel: president should be wary of losing credibility with the UN
If President Anastasiades was genuinely interested in a solution to the Cyprus problem, as he is trying to convince the entire Cypriot people, he will...
Anastasiades brands Unficyp comment ‘unfortunate intervention’ (Update)
An Unficyp statement on the closure of four crossings was an unfortunate intervention, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday. “I wouldn’t want to comment on...
Government pushed on defensive after UN ‘censure’ over checkpoint closures
The week-long shuttering of four crossing points is being extended for three extra days, the government said on Thursday but in a rare intervention that...
UN concerned over disruption to crossings
Unficyp said on Thursday it was concerned over the ongoing disruption caused to people on both sides due to the temporary closure of four crossing...
Nicosia complains to UN over harassment of municipal crews by Turkish army
Nicosia has made representations to the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) following the harassment of Nicosia municipality crews working to clean and shore up...
Our View: Unficyp mandate shows change coming for status quo
How many times over the last 45 years has a Cyprus government expressed fears that the wording of a draft resolution of the UN Security...
Unficyp proposal for military contacts is not recognition says UN source
By Antonios Gkildakis The UN intends to ask both sides in Cyprus for ideas towards establishing an effective mechanism for direct military contacts between the...
UN approves renewal of Unficyp mandate (updated)
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted resolution 2506 extending the Unficyp mandate for another six months. The resolution adoption comes after intense behind-the-scenes...
Rewording of UN draft resolution after bid to avoid recognition fears
The UN Security Council on Wednesday reached an agreement on the draft resolution that extends Unficyp’s mandate for another six months apparently without the inclusion...
Draft text for Unficyp mandate renewal expected Wednesday
On Wednesday morning the Security Council will put forth a draft text for Unficyp’s mandate, and if there are no objections the text will be...
Spehar to brief UN Security Council
Special representative of the UN Secretary general in Cyprus Elisabeth Spehar will later on Monday brief the UN Security Council about Unficyp activities before they...
Guterres recommends extension of Unficyp mandate (Updated)
By Apostolis Zoupaniotis UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has recommended the extension of the UN peace-keeping force’s mandate for six more months, until July 31 2020,...
Present circumstances justify renewal of Unficyp mandate says president (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday he believed the report on the UN force in Cyprus would contain important events justifying renewal of its mandate....
Eighteen suspected hazardous areas in Cyprus declared mine-free
Unficyp on Monday announced the clearance of nine suspected hazardous areas each on both sides of the island, amounting to a total area of 210,882...
Educational seminar in Paphos
An educational seminar on the subject of the political history of Paphos and the role of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, will take...
