Posts tagged with "UNFICYP"

Denia community leader says farmers threatened again in buffer zone Cyprus

Denia community leader says farmers threatened again in buffer zone

February 25th, 20192228 The community leader of Denia village located in the Nicosia buffer zone said on Monday that armed Turkish soldiers threatened farmers over the weekend who had gone to their fields to check on their crops. The farmers had not visited their fields since last November when similar incidents took place, but concerns are expressed over...
Passing the buck as heritage decays Cyprus

Passing the buck as heritage decays

February 24th, 20193282 The collapsed Ayios Iacovos church is more a victim of the Cyprob than the weather By Agnieszka Rakoczy FOR THE last two weeks, social media have been abuzz with questions as to how one of Nicosia's oldest and most venerable churches, Ayios Iacovos de Persis, partly collapsed, falling victim to the month-long torrential rains, when...
SBA steps into Strovilia fuss Cyprus

SBA steps into Strovilia fuss

February 22nd, 20194678 The British High Commission said Friday it has erected a barrier to prevent smuggling in a disputed zone in the Famagusta district, as reports suggested the Turkish military had encroached further in the area neighbouring the boundaries of British military territory (SBA). In a tweet on Friday afternoon, the BHC said a barrier had...
Tensions rise over Strovilia violations by Turkish military Cyprus

Tensions rise over Strovilia violations by Turkish military

February 22nd, 20199631 The government said on Thursday it was in contact with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) regarding recent tensions in the Strovilia area, where the Turkish military is said to have further advanced its position, in violation of the status quo around the buffer zone. “We are handling the matter in cooperation...
Unficyp mandate set to be adopted for another six months Cyprus

Unficyp mandate set to be adopted for another six months

January 29th, 20191660 The United Nations Security Council agreed on Tuesday on a draft resolution to renew the Unficyp mandate for another six months, while the final resolution is expected to be adopted on Wednesday. The final draft said the Security Council “urges the sides and all involved participants to seize the important opportunity presented by...
Lute expected to return in ‘near future’ Cyprus

Lute expected to return in ‘near future’

January 24th, 20191346 The UNSG’s envoy for Cyprus Jane Holl Lute is expected to return to the island in “the near future”, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus Elisabeth Spehar said. Spehar was speaking during a press briefing after having presented the UN Secretary General’s most recent report on Unficyp to the Security...
UNSG underlines role of women in Unficyp Cyprus

UNSG underlines role of women in Unficyp

January 18th, 20191170 UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said on Thursday that the UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus is the first to have three women in charge of its military, police and civilian staff. Guterres made the observation in a tweet, also stressing the importance of women peacekeepers. The tweet followed a meeting of the UN chief with...
Unficyp report circulated as official document with minor changes Cyprus

Unficyp report circulated as official document with minor changes

January 17th, 20191290 The report of the UN Secretary General on the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) circulated on Wednesday as an official UN document with a few minor changes from the draft given unofficially to the members of the Security Council on January 11. In paragraph 3 of the report, all four references to Jane Holl Lute have been...
Anastasiades says Spehar shares view of Unficyp's importance to Cyprus (Updated) Cyprus

Anastasiades says Spehar shares view of Unficyp's importance to Cyprus (Updated)

January 11th, 20191733 President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday he believes UN special representative and head of Unficyp Elizabeth Spehar shares his view that the presence of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus was one of the most important factors of stability in the island. The longer-term future of Unficyp has become uncertain due to changing views...
Spehar to meet Anastasiades on Unficyp Cyprus

Spehar to meet Anastasiades on Unficyp

January 11th, 20191130 The UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and head of Unficyp Elizabeth Spehar will met President Nicos Anastasiades at 11am on Friday ahead of a visit to New York, where she will brief the UN Security Council on January 23. A resolution on the renewal of the Unficyp mandate Cyprus, will be tabled before the body...
UNSG's report on Unficyp to be handed over to SC Thursday or Friday Cyprus

UNSG's report on Unficyp to be handed over to SC Thursday or Friday

January 10th, 20191341 The UN Secretary-General`s report on the UN peace-keeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) is expected to be handed over to the UN Security Council members on Thursday or Friday at the latest. The report will also be posted on the UN website. According to the revised provisional programme of the work of the Security Council for January,...
Unficyp chief to meet leaders before UN Security Council vote Cyprus

Unficyp chief to meet leaders before UN Security Council vote

January 8th, 20191962 Head of Unficyp Elizabeth Spehar is to meet the two leaders this week before her trip to New York where she is to brief the UN Security Council on the peacekeeping force ahead of a vote for the renewal of its mandate for another six months. According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Spehar will meet President Nicos Anastasiades on...
Government expects Unficyp mandate to be renewed Cyprus

Government expects Unficyp mandate to be renewed

January 6th, 20192564 The government expects the UN peace-keeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) mandate will be renewed later this month by the UN Security Council, Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Sunday. It would be “an absolute paradox” if things regarding Unficyp changed while an effort for the resumption of the negotiations for a...
Russian ambassador says wrong to link Unficyp to Cyprus talks Cyprus

Russian ambassador says wrong to link Unficyp to Cyprus talks

January 6th, 20192487 Linking the continuing presence of Unficyp troops on the island to the resumption of negotiations to find a solution to the Cyprus problem is unacceptable, Russian Ambassador Stanislav Osadchiy said on Sunday. In an interview with Phileleftheros, he said it is important that the UN Security Council and its members retain a central...
Spehar to hold contacts in US ahead of Unficyp consultations Cyprus Talks

Spehar to hold contacts in US ahead of Unficyp consultations

January 3rd, 20192293 The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp, Elizabeth Spehar, will hold contacts in New York and Washington in mid-January, ahead of consultations at the United Nations Security Council on the renewal of Unficyp mandate. According to the...
North accuses government of creating Deneia row for propaganda Cyprus

North accuses government of creating Deneia row for propaganda

November 21st, 20182985   The Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign ministry’ on Wednesday accused the Greek Cypriot side of deliberately planning provocations in the buffer zone at Deneia and using the village as a propaganda tool. It was referring to an issue that cropped up on Saturday when a group of Greek Cypriot farmers were stopped by Turkish soldiers...
New commander of Unficyp appointed Cyprus

New commander of Unficyp appointed

November 8th, 20182667 Major General Cheryl Pearce of Australia has been appointed Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp), it was announced on Thursday. She succeeds Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh, who completed his assignment on October 6. In 2016 Pearce was the Commander of the Australian Joint...
‘Government never questioned political equality of T Cypriots’ Cyprus

‘Government never questioned political equality of T Cypriots’

November 8th, 20182877 The government has never questioned the notion of political equality of Turkish Cypriots, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, said on Thursday. Reactions to President Nicos Anastasiades’ proposal on decentralisation of powers in a future federal state were due to misinterpretation, the minister said. Christodoulides, who is...
Cyprob fatigue as leaders set to meet Cyprus Talks

Cyprob fatigue as leaders set to meet

October 21st, 20183208 Apart from politicians and those journalists on the Cyprus-problem beat, does anyone care any more? Elias Hazou POLITICAL leaders may have expressed satisfaction or dissatisfaction over the UN Secretary-General’s report that prospects for reunification talks ‘remain alive’, but for many ordinary Cypriots, jaded by the endless...
Huge stash of contraband found on Pyla premises Cyprus

Huge stash of contraband found on Pyla premises

October 10th, 20181658 A Greek Cypriot, 42, was remanded for two days on Wednesday as a suspect for the illegal possession of tobacco products, wild birds and medicines. According to police, between 7.30pm and 9.30pm on Tuesday a task force, in the presence of Unficyp personnel conducted a search under a warrant in a property located in the buffer-zone...
Turkish Cypriot side ask for Unficyp camp to be removed Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot side ask for Unficyp camp to be removed

October 4th, 20187061 Authorities in the north have requested the removal of an Unficyp camp located near a university in Famagusta in the north so that they can turn it into a park for residents in the area, it was reported on Thursday. According to Turkish Cypriot media, ‘foreign minister’, Kudret Ozersay, announced that during their recent visit to...
Fears that Anastasiades will lay down conditions for new talks   Cyprus Talks

Fears that Anastasiades will lay down conditions for new talks  

September 23rd, 20183798 Opposition Akel on Sunday questioned President Nicos Anastasiades’ commitment to a resumption of talks suggesting he would lay down conditions that would stop UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from recommending a new round of negotiations. The comments came shortly after Anastasiades landed in New York for the UN General...
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