#British High Commission

Construction has officially started on a new British High Commission in Nicosia, located on the site of the former central prisons compound, it announced on Tuesday. The €40 million-plus project, the ...

The strategic partnership between Cyprus and the UK is “mutually beneficial at all levels and one that goes from strength to strength”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday evening, addressing ...

The UK has reaffirmed its steadfast support to a solution of the Cyprus problem within the UN framework and is clear on not recognising the breakaway regime in the north. ...

The United Kingdom “looks forward to participating” in a planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, the country’s new High Commissioner in Nicosia Michael Tatham said while presenting his ...

The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) announced on Friday the appointment of Michael Tatham CMG as the new British High Commissioner to Cyprus. Tatham will take up his ...

British high commissioner in Cyprus Irfan Siddiq OBE is cutting his service on the island short. Sources told the Cyprus Mail that Siddiq, who was appointed in August 2022, is set ...

Demonstrators marched to the British High Commission on Saturday to protest against the UK’s bases in Cyprus. The Communist Initiative of Cyprus charged the British Bases have become a ...

British High Commissioner in Nicosia Irfan Siddiq was on Tuesday summoned to the foreign ministry to be served with a demarche, following comments made in a newspaper interview, government spokesman ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Tom Cleaver Deputy government spokesperson Yiannis Antoniou on Monday described as “unacceptable” the position of the British High Commissioner in Cyprus, who said that Turkish Cypriots ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said he condemns the British High Commissioner in Nicosia Irfan Siddiq. Tatar was speaking to Kibris Postasi TV about an interview Siddiq had ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu issued a second condemnation of British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq on Wednesday, following the latter’s alleged comments at a meeting with British ...

British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq exceeded the limits and spoke in a hostile manner, ‘foreign minister’ in the north Tahsin Ertugruloglou told Kibris. The comments considered unacceptable were made by ...

A British couple who used a surrogate in the north to give birth to their son have been stranded there for three months as they wait for him to be ...

Cyprus’ top priority is securing the country’s credibility and reputation as a financial center, taking all necessary steps to deal with the US and UK sanctions, President Nikos Christodoulides ...

The British and Australian high commissions on Tuesday launched a competition offering Cypriot students a chance to be ‘high commissioner for the week’. In a first-of-its-kind event, the two high ...

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne will undertake an official visit to Cyprus from Tuesday January 10 to Wednesday January 11, it was announced on Monday by the British High Commission (BHC). Princess ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday called on the UK to offer a constructive contribution to negotiations on the Cyprus problem, in a meeting she held with the UK’s ...

Irfan Siddiq said it is an honour for him to be assuming the new role as British high commissioner to Cyprus – in videos posted in English, Greek and Turkish. Speaking ...

Outgoing British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie has served in Cyprus since 2018 and had to oversee the Brexit process. In a farewell interview with the Cyprus Mail he answers questions on ...

The UK will continue to support efforts for the resumption of talks to resolve the Cyprus problem, outgoing British high commissioner to Cyprus, Stephen Lillie said during his farewell meeting ...

The Cyprus Residents Planning Group (CRPG) has launched a new campaign focused on providing longer-term support and information to vulnerable Britons living on the island. It follows a successful drive ...

Irfan Siddiq has been appointed as the new British high commissioner to Cyprus and will assume his appointment from August 2022, replacing current commissioner Stephen Lillie. The announcement came in a ...

Michael and Pamela Groves have been honoured for their service to the British community in Cyprus as leading members of the Cyprus Residency Support Group (CRSG), the British High Commission ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is to receive British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie on Wednesday, as opposition parties lambasted London for its “undermining” role after the British diplomat voiced support for a ...