#cyprus problem

The scenario of a mutually agreed solution to the Cyprus problem is fading and would not be available much longer UN Special Representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart said on Thursday. ...

Assistant UN Secretary General Rosemary Di Carlo will visit Cyprus this autumn for a fact-finding mission on the instruction of UNSG Antonio Guterres, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos announced on Monday. ...

Now is the time for Cypriot diplomacy to make a move with concrete, realistic proposals The recent decision of the US government to lift the US arms embargo on Cyprus ...

Everybody has a story from the other side. A new documentary looks at the people whose lives span the divide It’s perhaps the punch line at the end of ...

A new formal process on the Cyprus issue can only take place on the basis of equal sovereignty, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during their ...

President Nicos Anastasiades told members of the Greek and Cypriot diaspora to keep the flags of both countries high, and that despite the government’s efforts and concessions, Turkey’s ...

United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres on Friday agreed to send a deputy to Cyprus on a fact-finding mission to help with ongoing efforts to jump-start stagnant talks for a ...

Negotiations on the Cyprus problem can only begin with the recognition of equal international status of Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told Turkish Cypriot newspaper Bayrak on Friday. ...

Government sources on Tuesday denied there are plans to launch direct flights from Russia to the north, branding reports saying this as ‘detached from reality’. The Russian embassy in Nicosia ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar arrived in New York on Sunday in advance of the UN General Assembly, where he is scheduled to advocate for equal sovereign rights for Turkish ...

Former UNSC representative in Cyprus Alvaro de Soto said it was still possible to find a solution to the Cyprus problem, claiming that not many changes would be needed in ...

The forced division of an EU member state is not a Cyprus question, but a European question, the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said on Friday in an ...

An exchange of views on confidence-building measures (CBM) and a discussion of issues related to the work of the bi-communal technical committees took place in an online meeting between the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has accused the Greek Cypriot community of attempting to turn Cyprus into a ‘Greek island’ and that this will not be allowed as there are ...

The positions of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership make it difficult to try to restart Cyprus talks, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelou was quoted as saying on Sunday. In ...

Political initiatives are being made in advance of his meeting with the UN Secretary General in September, the President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. At the memorial service of Eoka ...

Cyprus cannot accept to be under Turkey’s guarantees, to be under Turkey’s influence, to be virtually controlled, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. Speaking at a memorial service ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said he does not expect to meet President Nicos Anastasiades in New York in September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. ...

The status quo in Cyprus and Turkish activity in Varosha are unacceptable and contrary to the resolutions of the UN Security Council, the president of the US Senate Foreign Relations ...

The foreign ministry on Wednesday issued a statement which said among other things: “For yet another time we are watching with astonishment and concern the effort of Turkey to distort ...

But expert warns lack of political will means it probably won’t ever be Can the Cyprus problem still be solved? Professor James Ker-Lindsay, the passionate international relations analyst, recently ...

Cyprus problem negotiations cannot start without the necessary common ground, Turkish Cypriot leader’s Special Representative Ergyun Olgun said on Saturday. Olgun said that the weekly online meetings with Greek ...

Negotiators for the islands Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities are expected to resume with online meetings next week in ongoing efforts to kick-start talks. According to CNA, the online ...

The two rivals in Britain’s leadership race to replace Boris Johnson, foreign secretary Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak have both pledged support for Cyprus in separate ...