#UNFICYP

The United Nations Security Council is expected at the end of January to adopt a resolution extending the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for another six months, ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Friday said it was unacceptable that “subjective views” had been included in two UN reports by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that went “beyond objective facts”. “We ...

The scheduled inauguration of the Cetinkaya football club in the UN-controlled buffer zone did not go ahead as planned due to ongoing works, reports from the north said on Friday. ...

President Nicos Anastasides will brief King Charles III about the latest developments on the Cyprus problem during his visit in the UK next week, it was announced on Friday. The ...

Unficyp deals with an average of 10 incidents per day in and around the buffer zone, engaging with both sides to ensure there is no escalation, UN general secretary Antonio Guterres ...

The controversial reopening of the Cetinkaya football stadium in the buffer zone is expected this week despite efforts by the Greek side to suspend the works, Turkish Cypriot media reported ...

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne will undertake an official visit to Cyprus from Tuesday January 10 to Wednesday January 11, it was announced on Monday by the British High Commission (BHC). Princess ...

Parties on the domestic front have expressed their concern over the UN Secretary-General’s reports on the Cyprus problem, saying it was gravely worrying though each for a different bag ...

The UN secretary general’s mission of good offices report detailed a bleak review of and outlook for the Cyprus problem, despite a poll finding that a majority hope for ...

The United Nations Security Council is to meet on January 30 to renew Unficyp’s mandate, according to the presidency of the council. The announcement comes within the context of the ...

A dinner between President Nicos Anastasiades and Ersin Tatar is scheduled to take place at the end of January as Anastasiades’ term in power comes to a close and in ...

A request by the Turkish Cypriot side to conclude a “status of the forces agreement” (SOFA) with Unficyp has been rejected by the UN Secretariat, China’s ambassador, Liu Yantao, ...

Recent back and forth involving Unficyp has raised tensions It appears recent tensions between the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) and both sides on the island have subsided ...

Unficyp is stepping up its patrols inside the buffer zone, the peacekeeping force said on Wednesday. The announcement came after incidents of Greek Cypriot farmers and Turkish troops coming into ...

How the Cyprus problem will play out in the near future will likely depend on the outcome of the island’s impending presidential election in February and the new political ...

President Nicos Anastasiades hinted on Friday that steps were being taken even as high as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over issues that arose with Unficyp in the past few weeks. ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides had a “strong and stern” phone conversation with Unficyp head Colin Stewart on Friday, over the works that were agreed with the north to be conducted ...

Any claims that the status of Taksim football pitch within the UN buffer zone will change is wrong and misleading, Unficyp spokesman Aleem Siddique said on Wednesday following reports in ...

By Dr Andrestinos Papadopoulos The statement by Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu published recently in the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, could be characterised as an ultimatum. He was giving a ...

The government has received reassurances that nothing will violate UN Resolutions on Unficyp’s mission, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Monday. Commenting on reports last week that the north ...

The UN confirmed on Friday it has received a request from the Turkish Cypriot side for its peace keeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) to reach an agreement with the breakaway ...

Unficyp has not received any notification about the north’s request to leave their stations in a month if they do not recognise the breakaway regime, the force’s spokesperson ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has asked for the help of Unficyp in dealing with increased migration flows to the government-controlled areas through the UN-controlled buffer zone. Nouris, who is on ...

A temporary ban has been placed on all off-duty Unficyp military personnel going to the north, the UN confirmed on Monday, following a row on a beach in Famagusta last ...