#cyprus problem

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 ...

By Nikolas Xenofontos UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, after the last Christodoulides-Erhurman meeting on May 8, appears to be placing the new initiative on the Cyprus problem after the parliamentary elections and ...

The role of young people in efforts to restart negotiations on the Cyprus issue was called attention to on Saturday by Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou, who said the new generation ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday stressed the Turkish Cypriots’ “strong will” for a solution to the Cyprus problem as he attended an Organisation of Turkic States summit for ...

An expanded conference on the Cyprus issue is necessary to achieve meaningful progress and resume substantive negotiations, government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday. Speaking during a briefing for journalists ...

Cyprus and Greece stand side by side amid contemporary challenges and the ongoing aggressive Turkish posture, President Nikos Christodoulides told the Greek political leadership on Thursday. “In this great effort ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou, said on Thursday that the Cyprus issue remains of paramount importance to the party. Her intervention came after recent remarks by Nikos Christodoulides that developments on ...

An “ongoing” initiative with the UN chief could ultimately lead to a plan for a solution of the Cyprus problem, with the upcoming expanded meeting in the coming months to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday that developments in the Cyprus problem could lead to a concrete settlement plan before the end of 2026, revealing that a new United Nations initiative ...

The United Nations has warned that Cyprus risks breaching international law over obstacles surrounding the Imagine bicommunal peace education programme, with three UN Special Rapporteurs raising concerns over delays, political ...

Negotiations on the Cyprus problem seem to have entered a period that could be described as a lesson in how to maintain the status quo without having a falling out ...

A plan to facilitate the conducting of religious services on both sides of Cyprus will be prepared by Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and President Nikos Christodoulides, after the pair ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said that he expects for the date of an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, to be announced “soon”, with the meeting set to involve ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday vowed not to “fall for the provocation” of recent comments made by both President Nikos Christodoulides and government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis in relation ...

Nikos Christodoulides sits at negotiations for a resolution to the Cyprus problem not only as the leader of the Greek Cypriot community, but as the president of the Republic of ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday called on Turkey to “look in the mirror” over the lack of progress in its relations with the European Union, after Turkish Foreign Minister ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will hold his next meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman next Friday, May 8, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday. He wrote in a post on ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s undersecretary Mehmet Dana lambasted as “provocative” recent statements made by President Nikos Christodoulides on the Cyprus problem, as well as plans for French soldiers ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday that Cyprus will continue to sign international agreements regardless of external criticism, stressing that the Republic acts as both an EU and UN member ...

“The UN Secretary-Gneneral Antonio Gutterres intends to take some steps in the near future regarding the Cyprus issue, with the parties involved expecting to be informed about how matters are ...

The informal EU council summit reflected a “biased and unfair” approach to the Cyprus problem, the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel claimed on Sunday, criticising the bloc’s position ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said regional stability and prosperity in the Levant are “closely linked” to progress on the Cyprus problem. Speaking to Kathimerini in an exclusive ...

There is very bad turbulence all around Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean that calls for wise leadership all round to steer Cyprus in a safe direction. Switzerland managed to stay ...

A new initiative to be undertaken by the United Nations with the aim of bringing about progress towards a solution to the Cyprus problem has “already begun”, government spokesman Konstantinos ...