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The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, on Thursday expressed concerns about the increasing militarisation of the buffer zone and said that the latest report on ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Major General Erdenebat Batsuuri of Mongolia as force commander of the United National Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp). According to an announcement on Tuesday ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday kept mum about his conversation with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis following a visit to Athens by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking after visiting the ...

The UN peacekeeping force (Unficyp) is closely monitoring works in Dherynia, which are being conducted by the ‘authorities’ in the north near the buffer zone, UN spokesperson Aleem Siddique said ...

During a meeting with UN officials on Tuesday, Defence Minister Michalis Georgallas raised concerns about recent breaches of the status quo by Turkish Cypriot forces in Cyprus. Presenting specific evidence, ...

The two draft reports by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are expected to be released to members of the UN Security Council in the second week of January, the Cyprus News ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Iole Damaskinos Government’s spokesman, Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed the activation of diplomatic and military measures along the UN buffer zone on Thursday, following incursions by the ...

The government’s decisions regarding this week’s Turkish violations of the buffer zone will be implemented from Thursday morning, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday following another incident. He ...

In an attempt to clarify the situation that has developed around the issue in the buffer zone close to Ayios Dhometios, Hussein Isiksal, a special advisor to Turkish Cypriot leader ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday warned there would be consequences, a day after armed soldiers carried out an incursion into the buffer zone at Ayios Dhometios in Nicosia to place ...

Members of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) have been placed on alert after reports appeared late on Monday of a contingent of Turkish Cypriot soldiers who gathered ...

The UN secretary-general’s special representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp), Colin Stewart was set to hold discussions with both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish ...

United Nations personnel, including Unficyp in Cyprus, observed a minute’s silence on Monday to honour the more than 100 employees killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began last month ...

By Fahri Zihni I expressed some concerns about the “statement of common understanding” and how it is being managed by Unficyp in relation to the building of a road between ...

Government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said he expects construction works in Pyla to resume soon, “as provided for in the provisions of the agreement reached”. Letymbiotis was speaking after the cabinet ...

“All remains calm” in Pyla on Tuesday, with construction work paused, United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) spokesman Aleem Siddique told the Cyprus Mail. “Peacekeepers are monitoring the situation, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday that the United Nations “requested a short pause” of construction work in the Pyla area. Speaking following a day of rumoured tensions, he said ...

The United Nations will do its utmost to implement the Pyla agreement, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Wednesday amidst reactions from the Turkish Cypriot side against ...

The UN Secretary-General continues to be in active consultation with both sides on the appointment of an envoy for the Cyprus problem, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix said ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu demanded the Greek Cypriot side “immediately stop work” in the buffer zone at Pyla on Wednesday. Greek Cypriot workers have entered the buffer zone ...

Issues related to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) will be at the centre of the visit next week by UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who ...

The Pyla agreement reached between the two sides is an incredibly positive win-win development which can serve as the model for negotiations going forward, UN special representative Colin Stewart told ...

Work began on the road between Pyla and Arsos on Monday, with crews entering the buffer zone and marking the road’s path on the ground. Two teams of construction ...

The United States State Department said on Thursday it “welcomes” the mutual understanding found to solve the dispute surrounding the buffer zone village of Pyla and construct a road from ...