#Antonio Guterres

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis expressed hope late on Wednesday that the momentum gained for Cyprus during the term of Antonio Guterres at the helm of the United Nations would “...

Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou said on Wednesday that problems over the routing of the Pyroi crossing point “have been overcome”, although a dispute over a second crossing point still ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Sunday said that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had told him that initiatives undertaken by the Greek Cypriot side to bring about the cancellation ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou has withdrawn from the contest for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination, leaving Averof Neophytou and George Pamboridis to compete for it. Consultations had begun earlier in ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent his congratulations to President Nikos Christodoulides and the people of Cyprus on Thursday as the country marked the 66th anniversary of its independence. Guterres said ...

The Greek Cypriot side has accused the Turkish Cypriot side of following a “pattern of obstruction” which is preventing efforts to accelerate moves towards renewed Cyprus talks, negotiator Menelaos Menelaou ...

Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou on Monday said that former Disy leader Averof Neophytou’s comments on the Cyprus problem were “counterproductive”, after Neophytou had a day earlier lamented that ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Saturday met United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York, and afterwards denied assertions made by ...

The two sides have offered conflicting accounts of why a three-way meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres did not take place in New York, as a separate row emerged over ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York to discuss the Cyprus problem, among other ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met on Thursday in New York with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, saying later that the UN chief is “considering” a three-way meeting, noting though that there ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday called for the next enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be one at which “success is guaranteed”, ahead of his trip to ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his “deepest regret” on Friday over the United States’ decision to deny Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a visa for the second consecutive year, blocking ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said that no 3+1 or 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus problem would be taking place on the sidelines of the UN general assembly on September 28, ...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned world leaders on Wednesday that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence poses risks that cannot be ignored, putting him at odds with President Donald Trump who ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem “exists”, French ambassador to the United Nations Jerome Bonnafont has said, stressing his support for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ ongoing efforts to bring about ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned remarks by far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir calling for Israel to kill “30 or 40” people “every night in Gaza” as “inhumane and ...

Greek and Turkish Cypriot negotiators will meet this week to prepare for President Nikos Christodoulides’ exchange with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on August 26, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

Whether progress can be made on confidence-building measures, particularly the opening of new crossing points, is expected to top the agenda when President Nikos Christodoulides meets Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan ...

The UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres paid a historic visit to Cyprus last week and promised to convene a 5+1 meeting. To achieve results he asked the parties to prepare adequately ...

As the visit of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Cyprus came and went, I found myself reflecting on how bereft the world seems of genuine leadership. There was a time ...

To the surprise of absolutely no-one, the two-day visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres produced no substantive results, beyond the possibility of a 5+1 conference in the near future if adequate ...

First coined by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and adopted frequently by Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ever since, the phrase “this time must be different” has become one of ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that the United Nations will work with both sides in Cyprus and the three guarantor powers to ensure the next informal expanded ...