North accuses Unficyp of blocking Cetinkaya entrance
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 ...
Colin Stewart to brief security council ahead of UNFICYP resolution
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, ...
UN Security Council to adopt resolution on UNFICYP mandate end of January, MFA says
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, ...
Kasoulides says unacceptable that ‘subjective views’ included in UN reports
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 ...
Inauguration of Cetinkaya stadium postponed
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.
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President Anastasiades to meet with King Charles
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 ...
‘Prospects for Cyprus settlement continue to fade’ Unficyp report details
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 ...
Cetinkaya football stadium set to reopen this week
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 ...
Princess Anne to visit Cyprus tomorrow
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 ...
Concern and criticism over drafts of UN chief’s latest reports
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 ...
UNSG calls on all Cypriots to engage in future of the island
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 ...
UN chief to recommend renewal of Unficyp mandate
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 ...
Anastasiades and Tatar dinner set for January
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 ...
China says UN has rejected north’s request for separate agreement with Unficyp
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, ...
‘Recognition through the backdoor’
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 stepping up patrols in buffer zone
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 ...
Outcome of February elections could impact path of Cyprob ‘for better or worse’, UN Cyprus envoy says
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 ...
Anastasiades says ‘steps are being taken’ over issues with Unficyp
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.
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Kasoulides has ‘strong and stern’ conversation with UN rep over stadium works
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 ...
Status of buffer zone football field unchanged – UN
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 ...
Tatar’s request for a separate agreement with Unficyp: A legal reply
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 ...
Government ‘received assurances’ UN resolutions covering Unficyp won’t be violated
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 ...
UN confirms received letter from north over Unficyp presence
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 ...
North hands Unficyp a one-month deadline
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 ...