#cyprus problem

Opposition Akel on Sunday called for a meeting of the National Council to discuss a six-page document for a decentralised federation that was drawn up by the Greek Cypriot side ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has always coordinated with Turkey on important issues but is not Ankara’s puppet, he was reported as having said on Monday. In an interview ...

Turkey’s violations in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone also affect the EU’s interests and goals, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Christodoulides said the violations, among other things, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday briefed UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie about his meeting in New York with the UN secretary general and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. According to ...

There are no grounds for the start of new Cyprus talks, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said, according to online excerpts from a interview published in the print edition ...

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov will hold talks in Moscow next week, the Russian foreign ministry confirmed on Thursday. The two diplomats will exchange views ...

Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Tuesday statements by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Varosha refute the north’s claims that the attempted change of status of the fenced ...

The president and the government expect the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy who will assist in efforts for the resumption of the negotiations process, spokesman Marios Pelekanos said ...

The Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Greece, Nikos Christodoulides and Nikos Dendias, will hold, on Monday talks in Athens, in the framework of the constant coordination and exchange of information ...

Though there is no common ground for official negotiations on the Cyprus problem, both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation and bicommunal technical committees for the improvement of life on the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades bid farewell to the outgoing UN special envoy to Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute late on Sunday, saying she made “determined efforts to break the deadlock in the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. In a written statement, the president said he had a “...

By Achilleas Demetriades The citizens of Cyprus are living in uncertainty. They bear witness to a governance that has failed them, and which excels in improvisation, in scandals and in ...

One refugee from Varosha could not wait for the Cyprus problem to be solved before moving home. He now rents a place in the nearby village he holidayed in as ...

President Nicos Anastasiades was on his way to New York on Saturday to attend the UN General Assembly and also meet on the sidelines with UN chief Antonio Guterres and ...

President, Nicos Anastasiades will have a working breakfast with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in New York, the president confirmed on Thursday during his ...

The Cyprus problem will be among the issues discussed in the upcoming EU-Med summit, which president Nicos Anastasiades will attend on Friday, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Wednesday. The ...

UK High Commissioner Stephen Lillie on Tuesday clarified what he said in an interview last week was trying to pick up from where Crans Montana ended is a recipe for ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he would decide on any unofficial meetings with the Greek Cypriot side on the Cyprus problem after a possible meeting in New York with ...

The government on Tuesday expressed hope that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will exert pressure on the Turkish Cypriot side for a joint meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades in New York. ...

If the Turkish side changes the status of Varosha, then it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to reach a Cyprus settlement, the Ambassador of Greece to Cyprus, Theocharis ...

Main opposition Akel lambasted the government on Wednesday for its policy on the Cyprus problem as President Nicos Anastasiades outlined his proposal over a possible restoration of the 1960 constitution to ...

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot unions on Wednesday jointly called for reconciliation and cooperation to mark World Peace Day in memory of the millions of victims of Nazism. During a ...

President Nicos Anastasiades, with his proposal that the two sides in Cyprus return to the 1960 constitutional arrangement, has “lost all credibility”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said. In a ...