Cyprus Talks

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is on Wednesday expected to submit her report on Cyprus to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as her tenure as envoy comes to an end. Her ...

Efforts by UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin for a viable solution of the Cyprus problem and a common future do not allow for Turkish demands for two states, head of ...

Former Disy leader, MP Averof Neophytou, lashed out on Tuesday over a comment by former Disy President Nicos Anastasiades, who had called him “bitter”. “Those who are bitter are the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said that the Turkish Cypriot side had rejected a proposal to open further checkpoints that he put forward, it was reported on Tuesday. Christodoulides spoke to CyBC ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Azerbaijan’s approach to recognising the north “has reached the same position” as Turkey’s. Erdogan was speaking at Ankara’s Esenboga ...

Former President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday staunchly denied ever suggesting a two-state solution, while he called former Disy party leader Averof Neophytou bitter. In an interview on the ANT1 podcast, ...

Mixed reactions followed the open letter published over the weekend by Maria Angela Holguin, the UN secretary-general’s personal Cyprus envoy – some dismissed it as generic and tone-deaf to the ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin is very unlikely to return to Cyprus, a source close to the process has said, suggesting that her mission is all ...

The critical role of Cyprus’ legal framework in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem was at the centre of the discussions during the opening of the Cyprus Bar Association’s ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to convene the National Council on Friday, in light of the submission of reports on the state of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) ...

The “positive climate” in diplomatic relations between Greece and Turkey will contribute to a solution to the Cyprus problem, former Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday. Speaking at an ...

There is growing frustration over the continued status quo across the island, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in his latest Good Offices mission report in Cyprus. An advance copy ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has called on the UN to present an unbiased and fair report on Cyprus, noting that direct recognition of the north was not a prerequisite, ...

Repeating the government’s official tirade on Turkish intransigence and praising its own dedication to resuming negotiations on the Cyprus problem, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis gave a lukewarm response to ...

Unficyp chief and the UN Special Representative on Cyprus Colin Stewart said on Monday that he is concerned over increased militarisation of the buffer zone, seemingly caused by the stalled ...

The plenary of the parliamentary assembly of the council of Europe (PACE) approved the resolution of its Rapporteur Piero Fassino for the people of Varosha to return to their legal ...

“We are aware of the challenges but we remain confident and optimistic” said Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, referring to Cyprus discussions of UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for ...

United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin currently has “no plans” to visit Cyprus, UN Secretary-General’s spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday. “Regarding the question posed yesterday on [Holguin’s] ...

A Greek Cypriot refugee from Famagusta sent a handwritten note pleading with UN secretary-general to help resolve the Cyprus issue after he spotted him three rows up on a flight ...

The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin will continue her mission in Cyprus for another 3 months in continuing efforts for the resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus problem, ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Sunday that the state has no greater concern than the resolution of the Cyprus problem. “We assure the Cypriot people that there is no ...

President Nikos Christodoulides reiterated that the government’s sole gial is the liberation and reunification of Cyprus based on UN resolutions. Christodoulides’ statement was read out at memorial service in ...

Former UN envoy to Cyprus Alexander Downer met Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar where they discussed it is time for “new ideas” around the Cyprus problem, it emerged on Saturday. ...

Statements by former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on the Cyprus issue, in which he blamed the Greek Cypriot side for the stalemate in the 2017 Crans-Montana talks, are his “personal ...