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A new announcement by Special Representative Colon Straightup of Ununited Nations Farce Institute of Cyprus (UNFICYP) By Fahri Zihni Cypriots have a proud history of extraordinary théâtre de la ...

It took the foreign ministry a week to respond to the draft report of the UN Secretary-General about the renewal of the Unficyp mandate. The time it took to issue ...

There was no disagreement among party leaders at Monday’s meeting of the National Council, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. The president had listened to the suggestions of the parties, ...

The United Nations Secretary-general’s report into the current state of the Cyprus problem “could have been better”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at Epiphany celebrations in Larnaca, ...

In his first New Year’s message as President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides said there was “no magic wand” to tackle the myriad of challenges 2024 brings but pledged his ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar stated on Friday that he has no expectations for progress on the Cyprus problem in the new year. In an interview with Kibris newspaper, Tatar ...

Since the days of Makarios, Greece’s relations with Turkey have been held ransom by the Cyprus problem When Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan signed ...

But in Cyprus we must learn to forgive By Fahri Zihni Many people have a conflicting diary of events. For example, the birthday of a young child may fall close ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that in January he will hold a national council meeting and decide on his negotiating team for the Cyprus problem. “At the beginning of ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu made fresh statements about the Cyprus problem on Wednesday, saying Turkish Cypriot youth have been raised with the “wrong attitude” and have not ...

Cyprus’ accession to the Schengen Area and the Visa Waiver program are one of the foreign ministry’s top priorities for next year, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday he expected the UN Secretary-General to appoint an envoy in the next few days, tasked to explore the ground for the resumption of negotiations ...

Instead of politically bankrupt attack, former UK foreign secretary Jack Straw should leave Cyprus alone to find its own destiny By Euripides L Evriviades Jack Straw’s views on Cyprus (...

But it would never work because the RoC would have to relinquish sovereignty over areas not under its effective control, which is just not going to happen – not now, not ...

Talks between the negotiator of the Greek Cypriot side, Menelaos Menelaou, and the Special Representative of the Turkish Cypriot leader, Ergün Olgun, with the participation of the UNSG’s ...

More Europe is the answer to the challenges Cyprus and other EU countries are facing, Annita Demetriou, President of the Cyprus’ House of Representatives and Roberta Metsola, President of the ...

‘Resuming negotiations does not just depend on Greek Cypriots’ President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday briefed the National Council over his contacts in New York and his meeting with UN general-secretary ...

‘Unhealthy’ relations between Russia and Cyprus The international community must “commit itself to a two-state solution” to the Cyprus problem if negotiations for reunification fail yet again, according to former ...

The assistant UN Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Miroslav Jenca is set to arrive in Ankara on Wednesday for meetings with Turkish contacts. During a UN press briefing, ...

A group of 16 left wing Turkish Cypriot organisations, known as the “This homeland is ours platform”, have released a statement condemning Turkish actions in Cyprus, highlighting the problems they believe ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will plan and prepare positions regarding the Cyprus problem during the latter’s visit to Cyprus on Monday, according to reports. ...

The US State Department on Friday expressed opposition to the partition solution promoted by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for Cyprus. According to Cybc, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, responding ...

Turkey’s approach on the Cyprus problem remains one of the main points of disagreement between the EU and Turkey, an EU official said responding to a question by the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar rubbished reports that Turkey is set to return to the negotiating table to resume Cyprus problem talks on Friday. Tatar said “it is impossible to ...