#Cyprus talks

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a telephone call late on Tuesday to discuss “regional issues”, with efforts both in Cyprus and abroad ramping ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday dismissed reports that he had not held a discussion with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Paris the day prior, pointing to video and photographic ...

The European Commission’s new envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto will engage with “both communities in Cyprus”, commission spokeswoman Louise Bogey said on Tuesday. “Fitto will engage with ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed Cyprus’ path towards joining Europe’s border-free Schengen area when they met in Paris on Tuesday, deputy government ...

Turkey’s foreign ministry’s spokesman Oncu Keceli on Monday called on the European Commission’s newly appointed envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto to “make efforts toward the ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy on Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, is exploring ideas for a new Cyprus settlement framework aimed at bridging the gap between the two sides, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday welcomed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s decision to appoint Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto as the European Union’s special representative for Cyprus. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday he is in close contact with senior European Union officials attending the Nato summit in Turkey, as discussions continue over linking progress on the ...

The division of the island cannot be a solution to the Cyprus problem, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Saturday, speaking at an event for the fallen and missing in ...

The Greek and Turkish Cypriot side continue to hold regular meetings with the United Nations ahead of the visit of UN Special Envoy Maria Angela Holguin to the island later ...

The Cyprus problem has been solved, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Tuesday, as he welcomed a delegation of academics and “opinion leaders” to his office. The ...

Brussels is the next stop for UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin, who is still working on the instructions of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to hold a new series ...

Nicosia is banking on the UN Secretary-General’s political will, the European Union’s increased interest and the “clear link” between EU-Turkey relations and the Cyprus problem as it supports ...

Little is being divulged publicly on the Cyprus problem at present, with United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin now off the island but expected to return, and with hopes still ...

The two sides in Cyprus “are not at the same point” on the Cyprus problem and Turkey is even farther away, House president Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday, pointing out ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Monday said that the European Union can “act as a lever of pressure” on Turkey as efforts continue to bring about a resumption of negotiations ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Monday stressed that the convening of an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem must take place with a view to resuming negotiations in earnest to ...

Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Monday called for the European Union to undertake a greater role in efforts to bring about a resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus problem after ...

The time has come that everyone will be evaluated on their positions, intentions and true will they display towards contributing constructively to the UN effort to solve the Cyprus problem, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday that he “does not downplay or underestimate” recent statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on the Cyprus problem. Speaking to journalists in Limassol, ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin on Monday met Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in the latest stop of her current round of meetings on the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has argued that the European Union should support efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem from outside the negotiating table rather than participate directly in future ...

The next enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem will take place in either July or August, United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin said on Monday after holding a meeting with ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday expressed optimism regarding the next steps to be taken on the Cyprus problem after meeting United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin, saying, like Holguin, that ...