Cyprus Talks

The UN secretary general’s personal envoy to Cyprus will be on the island after January 27, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Colombian diplomat Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar has already ...

People living in the village of Denia close to the buffer zone are facing fresh challenges, according to community leader Christakis Panayiotou, who on Wednesday said that Turkish Cypriot forces ...

Cyprus’ Archbishop Georgios on Tuesday called on the UN to “take on its responsibilities” and protect the human rights of a people which has been suffering for years. His statements ...

There is “no disagreement” between President Nikos Christodoulides and political party leaders on the Cyprus problem, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. Speaking after a National Council meeting held ...

The Greek Cypriot side is waiting to see how constructive the Turkish Cypriot side will be following the appointment of the new UN envoy, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

If Turkey’s stance on the Cyprus problem has changed it will be determined in practice, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday, commenting on the impromptu visit of Turkish ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday he would visit Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, if he was invited, amid a swirling media storm that such an invite had already been made. “...

House President Annita Demetriou on Wednesday called for the National Council to be convened “at regular intervals”. She said the reason behind her call was that “the Cyprus problem does ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday evening at an event a Ledra Palace hosted by the UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus (Unficyp), in what ...

Almost two dozen Greek Cypriot students from the nationalist far-right student organisation Drasis-Kes were arrested in Athens on Thursday, after protesting outside the Turkish embassy, as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Iole Damaskinos Government’s spokesman, Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed the activation of diplomatic and military measures along the UN buffer zone on Thursday, following incursions by the ...

The EU report on the 2023 enlargement policy called on Turkey to reaffirm a commitment to UN-led settlement talks on the Cyprus issue, in line with the UN Security Council resolutions, ...

The UN secretary-general’s special representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp), Colin Stewart has expressed optimism regarding the recent developments in the Cyprus problem. Speaking ...

A “high-ranking” UN official is expected to arrive in Cyprus in early November, towards the end of the coming week, according to local media. The comments carried by the Cyprus ...

The Pyla agreement reached between the two sides is an incredibly positive win-win development which can serve as the model for negotiations going forward, UN special representative Colin Stewart told ...

The situation in Pyla has “returned to the status quo before the illegal actions of the Turkish army which led to the incidents with the peacekeepers”, President Nikos Christodoulides said ...

Government spokesperson Constantinos Letymbiotis has denied reports suggesting candidates for the position of the UN secretary-general’s special envoy on the Cyprus problem. Following the National Council session, Letymbiotis was ...

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot left-wing parties will meet over the weekend in the fifth conference ‘The Left and the Cyprus Problem’, an announcement said on Thursday. The conference will ...

The British government wants to see the Cyprus issue “resolved through negotiations, in accordance with the United Nations framework,” UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said. The UK foreign secretary was ...

Mehmet Ali Talat, who served as Turkish Cypriot leader between 2005 and 2010, has said the Turkish Cypriots have “never been in such a bad situation” as they are today. “Everything [in ...

US Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland in a recent meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides dropped a name for a possible UN special envoy, it emerged on Thursday. Nuland mentioned the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met with leaders of the north’s major political parties on Wednesday morning to discuss his trip to New York. Tatar visited New York on ...

A UN Secretary-General Special Adviser could be appointed for Cyprus under certain conditions Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Tuesday, despite categorically denying any such an appointment the previous ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Monday that he would “never accept” the appointment of a United Nations special envoy to Cyprus. Tatar was speaking at Ercan (Tymbou) airport ...