#cyprus problem

If the UN Security Council witnesses further violations in Varosha there will be a corresponding response, British minster for Europe Leo Doherty said on Sunday. In an interview with Kathemerini, ...

The results of the election in Turkey should not allow the island to compromise over occupation and partition, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday. “All of us never have ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday said the north relies on the support of the Turkish army and the Turkish Intelligence Agency to continue pushing for the two-state policy ...

A sustainable solution to the Cyprus problem is possible “if we sit at the negotiating table with our Turkish Cypriot compatriots,” government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on the side-lines of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday stressed that the government is working to develop a unified refugee policy, prompted by reports of recent developments in Varosha. The Cyprus Mail reported over ...

Since 1976 I have been interested in Cyprus and travelled several times to this beautiful island since 1977, and recently also spent a few days in the north to get to know ...

Commentators in the north say the three properties reported to be sold this week could lead to legal amendments so more could follow The agreement made for the purchase of ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Iole Damaskinos There is nothing for the government to investigate, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday about the sale of properties in Varosha last week, ...

House President Annita Demetriou said that she will inform her EU counterparts on the issue of Varosha, in light of recent reports on the sale of hotels owned by Greek ...

The Republican Turkish Party (CTP) in the north said on Wednesday that it is collaborating with left-wing party Akel to breach the gap between the two communities created by Turkish ...

Cyprus’ European integration will only be achieved through the resolution of the national problem, the Government Spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday, marking the 19th anniversary of the Republic as ...

In minds of successive governments, blame for the events of the past and ongoing impasse lies on the shoulders of others By Gavin Jones This latest article completes my trilogy ...

There may not yet be an overall solution yet but a whole new generation has experienced what their parents did not Twenty years after the opening of the first crossing ...

Despite failed negotiation efforts for decades, President Nikos Christodoulides said Turkey’s elections may revive talks on the Cyprus problem. In an interview with Politico published on Saturday, the president ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said Cyprus needed to follow the examples of other European countries and that both sides of the divide need to learn and respect each other’...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday he will soon travel to EU member states to discuss his proposal regarding a more active EU involvement in breaking the deadlock to the ...

Greek and Turkish Cypriots have become more estranged since the “spectacular collapse” of talks in 2017, according to the latest Crisis Group report on Cyprus – which argues that small, but meaningful, ...

There is no magic bullet to solve either the Cyprus issue or the unstable economic conditions, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday in his first televised Easter message. “In these ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Sunday said his party was sounding the alarm over the threat of partition during a memorial for Dervis Ali Kavazoglou and Kostas Misiaoulis, who he ...

Chief Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelaou believes there is the possibility for developments on the Cyprus problem, pointing to the need to resolve uncertainties in the region. He explained that ...

Nicosia has to convince the European Union and rest of the world of its readiness to resume Cyprus problem negotiations, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Sunday. The minister referred ...

The European Union must play a decisive role in the Cyprus problem, Defence Minister Michalis Georgallas said on Sunday. The minister was speaking at a service marking the anniversaries of ...

The main goal is a solution to the national problem that provides for an independent and sovereign state, Government spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis said on Sunday. Speaking at the memorial service ...

Cyprus on Saturday marked the anniversary of the start of the 1955-1959 struggle for independence against British colonial rule with a series of church services and other events presided over ...