Cyprus Talks

Thousands of students protested across the island on Tuesday, condemning 39 years since the north’s unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). At the same time, the north was celebrating the anniversary ...

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Turkish Cypriots to support a two-state solution, Turkish Cypriot media said on Monday. His comments follow a growing spat over the ‘TRNC’...

Ankara’s policy toward its neighbours can only be described as being driven by ‘insanity’, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Monday following talks in Athens with his Greek counterpart. ...

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political party representatives agreed on Monday that tensions need to de-escalate as soon as possible and both sides need to return to negotiations on the ...

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 ...

Greek Cypriots need to be asked if they want a clear-cut divorce with two states in Cyprus or a federation, former Turkish Cypriot negotiator Ozdil Nami said on Wednesday. The ...

Assistant UN Secretary General Rosemary Di Carlo will visit Cyprus this autumn for a fact-finding mission on the instruction of UNSG Antonio Guterres, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos announced on Monday. ...

Political parties, trade unions and organisations from both sides of the divide in Cyprus stressed on Monday their determination to continue their struggle for the reunification of the country. In ...

Cyprus problem negotiations cannot start without the necessary common ground, Turkish Cypriot leader’s Special Representative Ergyun Olgun said on Saturday. Olgun said that the weekly online meetings with Greek ...

The resumption of the Cyprus talks will be impossible if Turkey does not cease its provocative actions, director of the President’s press office, Andreas Iosif said on Sunday. Speaking ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday dismissed the proposals prepared by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar earlier this month, saying they were a new attempt for a two-state solution. The proposals ...

Celebrations in the north to mark the 48th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of July 20, 1974 began on Tuesday, but it looks very unlikely that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan will ...

On Monday, the UN security council held closed consultations on the peacekeeping force of the international organization in Cyprus, UNFICYP, under the chairmanship of Permanent Representative of Brazil, Ambassador Ronaldo ...

The ongoing stalemate between Greek and Turkish Cypriots painted a glum outlook for how things are shaping up for the future of the island and its people, during closed-door consultations ...

Italian MP and rapporteur of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, Piero Fassino, was informed about the illegal actions of the Turkish Cypriot ‘regime’ in Famagusta Monday afternoon, in ...

Cyprus’ involvement in the ‘Agapinor-2022’ joint exercise with Israel sparked heated reaction from Turkey, who accused the island’s government of being insincere and destabilising the region. A spokesman for ...

Russia’s approach to the Cyprus problem has not changed as Moscow says that it continues to advocate for a solution based on UN security council resolutions. The Russian foreign ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has been briefed by his Greek counterpart Kyriacos Mitsotakis about the latter’s weekend meeting with the Turkish president, Nicosia said on Monday, as a former Turkish ...

The proposal by Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides for a package of Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) is “a step in the right direction”, said Germany’s ambassador to Cyprus, Anke Schlimm. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades discussed the government’s Climate Change Initiative and developments in the Cyprus problem at the ‘One Ocean’ international summit in Brest, France, on Friday. According to government ...

Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides, will meet on Tuesday with his US counterpart, Antony Blinken, in Washington D.C. A foreign ministry press release said discussions will focus on the resumption ...

UNSG special representative in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, will hold separate meetings on Tuesday with president Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar. Anastasiades will receive Stewart at 11am at ...

The discussion on the draft options paper on the EU’s response to Turkey’s actions in Varosha will be continued at the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on Monday. The ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has sent another letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reporting Turkey’s latest illegal actions in and around Cyprus but also calling for the immediate appointment of ...