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A senior United Nations official will visit Cyprus next month for discussions with the two leaders, reports said on Thursday. The purpose of the discussions will be to explore ways ...

The first batch of medicine will be leave for Syria on Thursday, to help victims affected by the devastating earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and north Syria a few weeks ...

A meeting between Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu and the UNSG’s Special Representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on issues surrounding the Cetinkaya football stadium located inside the buffer ...

The audacity of the Turkish Cypriot side knows no bounds, President Anastasiades said on Tuesday commenting on the renewal of the Unficyp mandate, which the north has condemned. On Monday, ...

The foreign ministry on Monday welcomed the decision to renew the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) for another year. It said the security council will continue ...

The mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) will from this week be extended for a period of one year instead of the usual six months, the Cyprus ...

Comments about the stance of the Greek Cypriot side, attributed to the UN Special Representative Colin Stewart during a meeting in New York, by Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeni Duzen, did ...

Cyprus on Friday delivered a demarche to the UN over statements attributed to Unficyp chief Colin Stewart blaming the Greek Cypriot side for the inaction on the Cyprus problem. A ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday ‘challenged’ UN Special Representative Colin Stewart to deny or confirm negative comments the latter allegedly made about the Greek Cypriot side, as the UN itself ...

The north will not be bystanders to Unficyp’s placement of barbed wiring to the entrance of Cetinkaya field, Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Friday, as a spat ...

Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Colin Stewart, is expected to brief the security council on Tuesday, ahead of the reports on UNFICYP and the UN secretary-general’s good services, ...

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 ...