#confidence-building measures

Given that it is a commonly held belief that the issue of landmines is one which has been more or less left firmly in the past in Cyprus, the inclusion ...

An idea has been floated for there to be three “tables” of negotiations set up for talks to resolve the Cyprus problem, the government confirmed on Wednesday. The first “table” ...

A total of 14 applications for granting Cypriot citizenship to children of mixed marriages between Turkish Cypriots and Turkish citizens have been approved so far, and more applications are gradually being ...

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 ...

Nicosia is preparing a demarche to be sent both to the UN Secretary-General and the UN Security Council over the former’s reports on Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades said on ...

A senior UN official held talks with President Nicos Anastasiades in Nicosia on Tuesday, telling reporters that the world body remains committed to supporting efforts for a Cyprus settlement. For ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has eclipsed the Republic’s policy shift towards promoting confidence building measures (CBMs) with the north, while murmurings over Turkey’s role in mediation efforts ...

The buffer zone in old Nicosia is a perfect opportunity for a high impact Confidence Building Measure By Glafkos Constantinides Confidence Building Measures (CBM) are back in fashion, a kind ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Saturday defended the government’s foreign policy shift, saying that the decision to focus on confidence-building measures (CBMs) instead of pushing for sanctions on Turkey ...

The Republic will press ahead in its attempt to secure confidence building measures (CBMs) with the Turkish Cypriots, with the foreign minister seeking EU support for the proposals. A recent ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides announced a modification in foreign policy in a newspaper interview on Sunday, saying the government would focus on promoting the president’s confidence building proposals rather ...

The Republic will continue to supply Turkish Cypriots with power until January 4, it was reported on Wednesday. The Cyprus News Agency said a fresh request was received on Wednesday after ...

The government said on Wednesday it expected the UN to appoint a special envoy on the Cyprus problem, as was agreed during the informal tripartite meeting in New York on ...

An out-of-the-box approach By Christos Yiangou For too many decades Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots have been trying hard, under UN auspices, to resolve the Cyprus problem and reunite their ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will suggest confidence-building measures aimed at breaking some of the deadlocks concerning the Cyprus problem, it emerged on Saturday. Anastasiades is to send a letter to UN ...