#cyprus problem

The United Kingdom’s minister of state for Europe Stephen Doughty had “very constructive meetings” on Friday in Nicosia, “particularly discussing issues relating to our bilateral relationship, the geopolitical circumstances ...

Leaders of parliamentary parties, with the exception of Elam, will accompany President Nikos Christodoulides to Geneva for the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, scheduled for March 17 and 18. Parliamentary parties ...

The United Kingdom’s Deputy Minister for Europe, Stephen Doughty, will meet with the two leaders in Cyprus on Friday, the Cyprus News Agency said on Wednesday. His schedule for ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said he will meet the United Kingdom’s minister of state for Europe Stephen Doughty on Friday. Tatar said he will meet Doughty ...

The government on Tuesday received an official invitation from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to attend the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is set to take place on ...

The prospect of an informal, multi-party gathering in Geneva that would examine the possibility of a new peace process, which is anything but a certainty, appears to have worried some ...

As President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, has repeatedly stated, the government will continue to seek the further involvement of the international community and the European Union in the effort ...

Greek and Turkish Cypriot parties have discussed the establishment of an institution for peacebuilding and conflict resolution in a meeting at Ledra Palace on Wednesday. The institution could be established ...

Unfortunately, make believe about 60 being the new 70, and 50 being the new 60, etc, just doesn’t work after a while. When the body starts sending us stern messages about its malfunction, ...

The forthcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held in Geneva next month is “vital to pave the way for positive developments”, the Bicommunal Peace Initiative – United Cyprus ...

Party leaders were briefed on Friday by President Nikos Christodoulides on the latest developments in the Cyprus problem, following recent meetings held by UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Thursday said it is “not fair” to blame Turkey for the failure of talks to solve the Cyprus problem at Crans Montana in 2017, ...

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo on Thursday afternoon met Turkish deputy foreign minister and European Union affairs director Mehmet Kemal Bozay in Ankara. The meeting was the latest ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem is now an “urgent necessity”, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Wednesday. Speaking to the north’s public broadcaster ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday claimed some credit for the preparations now underway by the UN for an informal five-party conference on the Cyprus issue that will reportedly take place ...

An enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, involving both the island’s communities as well as all three guarantor powers and the United Nations, will go ahead in the Swiss ...

A senior United Nations official will visit the island next week for separate talks with the two sides, President Nikos Christodoulides confirmed on Thursday. He was referring to Rosemary DiCarlo, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has called a National Council meeting on February 14, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. The meeting will focus on the latest developments in the Cyprus problem ...

The pursuit of a solution to the Cyprus problem is not high in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s order of priorities, former UK special representative for Cyprus Lord David ...

The United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp)’s mandate was on Friday extended until January 31 next year, following the unanimous passing of a resolution by the UN security council. ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou and Britain’s foreign office’s Mediterranean department’s deputy director Alison Kemp met on Thursday in London to discuss the Cyprus problem. After the meeting, ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Wednesday launched a new “five-year development plan” for the north, alongside Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel. ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Wednesday spoke with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss the Cyprus problem, among other matters. Greece’s foreign ministry said the discussion had ...

The European Commission on Friday announced the launch of the EU Scholarship Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community for the Academic Year 2025/26, funded under the Aid Programme. It said that ...