#United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)

A solution has been found to the controversial plan to create a road between Pyla and Arsos, Politis newspaper said on Friday. The daily claims the meetings held between the ...

British UN peacekeepers are set to undertake 24 workouts in 24 hours to raise funds for the Nicosia dog shelter on September 8. A number of the peacekeepers volunteer at the shelter during ...

Those who seek to create tension and a negative climate do not reflect the desire of the overwhelming majority of Greek and Turkish Cypriots to reunite the island, President Nikos ...

The government, understandably, is pleased with the reaction to the Turkish attempts to carry out construction work in the buffer zone. Not only did Unficyp soldiers become involved in a ...

The government is “closely monitoring” the situation in Pyla, according to its spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis. He added that President Nikos Christodoulides and the Cypriot foreign minister were “constantly making diplomatic ...

High-level discussions regarding the road between the villages of Pyla and Arsos are ongoing, representatives of the United Nations confirmed to the Cyprus Mail on Tuesday. The discussions follow last ...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is expected to express its deep concern over the developments in Pyla, according to CyBC’s reporter in New York. Just hours before the ...

Greek-American Congressman John Sarbanes said on Sunday he believed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was responsible for the attack against UN peacekeepers in Pyla. The congressman has asked US President Joe ...

The situation at the buffer zone in Pyla remains calm, Unficyp spokesman Aleem Siddique said on Sunday morning, two days after a violent altercation against UN peacekeeping forces. “Everything is ...

The Turkish Cypriot police said on Saturday morning that multiple officers had been taken to hospital following the incident which took place in Pyla on Friday. They said that a ...

The US embassy in Cyprus on Friday advised Americans against travelling to the north citing the recent violent incident in the buffer zone. Due to the escalation of events in ...

Three permanent member countries of the UN Security Council on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the attack on UN peacekeepers in Pyla. The British High Commission, the French Embassy, ...

The violent incidents in the buffer zone where UN peacekeepers were attacked between the Pyla and Arsos villages, were widely condemned in Cyprus on Friday as political parties hammered against ...

Three treated for minor injuries and multiple vehicles ‘undriveable’ A UN peacekeeper was punched in the face while attempting to block the “unauthorised” construction of a road through the buffer ...

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Colin Stewart, departs for the US on Monday where he is expected to brief ...

Cyprus is taking specific actions in relation to the illegal flight of a Turkish aircraft over Deneia, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. The incident concerns the illegal activity of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday will receive Colin Stewart, head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) to review efforts to restart negotiations on the Cyprus issue. The ...

Forty-seven areas on the island are still classified as dangerous due to landmines or other active remnants of war such as unexploded artillery shells, bombs and grenades, data reported on ...

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) on Friday said it was in touch with the foreign ministry after it released a statement expressing concerns about the force not ...

The president said on Thursday that he will not get involved in a blame game with Ankara over the Cyprus problem, as he met with UN officials ahead of key ...

The new US ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher met the head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Colin Stewart on Thursday inside Nicosia’s buffer zone to ...

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 ...