#cyprus problem

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday called for “results” to be achieved at the next enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, after he convened a meeting of Turkish Cypriot ...

Austria has made its first financial contribution to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), donating €20,000 to support efforts to identify and return the remains of missing individuals in Cyprus. The ...

AFTER Cyprus and France signed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) at the start of the previous week, some media reports claimed that this would lead to the permanent presence ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday that he “does not downplay or underestimate” recent statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on the Cyprus problem. Speaking to journalists in Limassol, ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Monday called for a “stronger and more structured” role for the European Union in talks aimed at resolving the Cyprus problem. In a letter she ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has said that any future progress in relations between Turkey and the European Union must be linked to tangible developments on the Cyprus issue, arguing that European ...

A lot has been written about the parliamentary election that took place here in Cyprus three weeks ago. I will not attempt to add to that as I have nothing ...

By Dimitris Xenofontos In his recent podcast appearance with Marinos Nomikos, Nicos Anastasiades repeated his familiar narrative: Turkey, he argued, was not ready to abolish the unilateral right of intervention ...

The next days until UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin returns to Cyprus will be decisive for the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, expressing optimism that an expanded ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Friday set out a timeline for the next steps she intends to take on the Cyprus problem, after having met Turkish Cypriot leader ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday said that significant progress has been made since he was elected to the role in October last year, saying that “we are much ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Wednesday discussed the Cyprus problem when they met on the sidelines of the south-east European cooperation process summit ...

The enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem that President Nikos Christodoulides has been asking for will take place in either July or August said the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has called for the objectives and content of a possible expanded 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus issue to be clearly defined in advance, saying the process ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Monday said that the groundwork is being laid for an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held, involving the island’s ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has a “very specific plan” for the next steps to be taken in efforts to resume talks geared towards a solution to the Cyprus problem, ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will visit Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan this week, after having accompanied President Nikos Christotoulides on his three-day trip to Kazakhstan. “The objective of my tour in ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday said that the Turkish Cypriots “want to connect with the world, not be isolated from it”, as a rift between him and Turkish ...

After a four-month absence, the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angel Holguin, will arrive next week on what appears to be yet another exploratory visit. Holguin, who was last ...

The Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign ministry’ on Friday dismissed President Nikos Christodoulides’ assertion that there is a “window of opportunity” for a resumption of negotiations aimed at solving the Cyprus problem ...

President Nikos Christodoulides expressed optimism on Thursday that there is a “window of opportunity” for the resumption of Cyprus problem talks before the end of the year. Speaking after a ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is to return to Cyprus next month, and hold separate meetings with both President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, according to ...

Liberal Democrat peer John Sharkey called for greater attention to be called upon to the Turkish Cypriot side and condemned the Greek Cypriot community for the historic impasse in negotiations. ...

The Cyprus issue was among the topics discussed on Tuesday during a phone call between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In a ...