Christodoulides to head to trilateral with ‘sincere will’
President Nikos Christodoulides will attend a trilateral meeting in New York later this month with the UNSG and Turkish Cypriot leader with sincere will to facilitate the mission of the ...
Tatar says Christodoulides is using crossing points as ‘political blackmail’
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday night said President Nikos Christodoulides is using the matter of crossing points between the island’s two sides as “political blackmail”.
He said ...
Holguin to return to Cyprus next week
United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will return to Cyprus next week, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed on Friday evening.
He confirmed that she will meet President Nikos ...
Christodoulides promises ‘further policies’ for displaced persons
President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday promised “further policies” to aid displaced persons and their descendants at a meeting with mukhtars-in-exile.
“We will look at the issues which concern you and ...
Holguin postpones Cyprus visit
United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin’s planned visit to Cyprus on Monday was postponed.
The postponement was confirmed to the Cyprus Mail by UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus spokesman ...
Former Greek minister urges EU to ‘not forget’ Cyprus over defence
Former Greek deputy foreign minister Tasos Chatzivasileiou on Wednesday night called on the European Union and its member states to “not forget” Cyprus in conversations concerning the future of defence ...
Anastasiades ‘lynched’ over reported two-state offer, Olgun says
Former president Nicos Anastasiades has been “politically lynched” by the Greek Cypriot political establishment over reports that he had offered Turkey a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, former Turkish ...
‘Every corner of this island will be Europe’
Every corner of Cyprus “will be Europe”, opposition candidate at October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election Tufan Erhurman said at a campaign rally at Kyrenia port on Thursday night.
“I ...
Cyprus tells UN of ‘open wound’ of sexual violence during 1974 invasion
Cyprus’ permanent representative at the United Nations Maria Michael on Tuesday night told a security council debate that sexual violence during Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974 “remains an ...
Holguin to meet Christodoulides, Tatar on September 2
United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is expected to meet President Nikos Christodoulides on September 2, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday.
He told the Cyprus News Agency that Holguin ...
Tatar’s rhetoric ‘will intensify’ as election nears, Letymbiotis says
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s rhetoric “will intensify even more” as October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election draws closer, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday.
His comments come ...
Senegal’s Khassim Diagne poised to be UN’s new special representative in Cyprus
Senegalese diplomat Khassim Diagne has been put forward as the United Nations’ new special representative in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail understands.
Diplomatic sources informed the Cyprus Mail that Diagne was ...
Tatar to Stewart: Your job description does not allow you to make such a statement
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday told outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart that “your job description does not allow you to make such a statement”.
...
Cyprus solution ‘not for the UN to impose’
Outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Tuesday said a solution to the Cyprus problem is “not for the United Nations to impose”.
Speaking after a farewell ...
Stewart: You have to be willing to listen to the other side
Outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Monday said both sides of the island “have to listen to the other”.
“You have to be willing to listen ...
Tatar furious at Stewart’s parting remarks
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday night expressed his fury at outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart’s interviews given to news outlets, in which he ...
‘I believe the Cyprus problem can be solved’
Despite not seeing any real negotiating framework develop in the four years he has been on the island, departing UN envoy Colin Stewart on Sunday said he thought the Cyrus ...
‘We can solve the Cyprus problem and reunite our homeland’
President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said that “we can solve the Cyprus problem and reunite our homeland”.
Speaking at a meeting with Famagusta’s Greek Cypriot city council-in-exile, he stressed ...
Turkish Cypriot Elections
North’s independent ‘MPs’ endorse Erhurman for election
The two Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ who sit as independents have endorsed opposition candidate Tufan Erhurman’s candidacy for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leader.
Aysegul Baybars and Jale Refik Rogers, ...
Fidan briefs EU’s Kos on Cyprus enlarged meeting
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan briefed the European Union’s enlargement commissioner Marta Kos on the recent enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which was held earlier this month in ...
UK role in efforts for Cyprus solution ‘supportive’
The role of the UK in the current phase of efforts towards paving the way for a Cyprus solution is “supportive”, a foreign office source said on Monday, following the ...
Turkey blasts Greek Cypriots’ ‘failure to keep their word’ over crossing points
Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli on Friday blasted the Greek Cypriot side’s “failure to keep its word” over the matter of crossing points, following the conclusion of the ...
‘It kept the effort alive’ – parties generally welcome New York meeting outcome
Cyprus’ political parties on Friday were generally welcoming of the outcome of the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which was held in New York this week.
Akel said that ...
Greek Cypriots ‘suggested crossing point in Nicosia’s old town’
The Greek Cypriot side suggested the opening of a new crossing point in Nicosia’s old town during the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in New York, but the ...