#Cyprus talks

Talks for a Cyprus settlement must resume from where they broke off at Crans Montana, was the message UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres conveyed to President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot ...

The two Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ who sit as independents have endorsed opposition candidate Tufan Erhurman’s candidacy for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leader. Aysegul Baybars and Jale Refik Rogers, ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan briefed the European Union’s enlargement commissioner Marta Kos on the recent enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which was held earlier this month in ...

The United States hope that further progress towards the resumption of talks to reunify the island will be made, ambassador Julie Davis said on Friday. “We welcome news from the ...

Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli on Friday blasted the Greek Cypriot side’s “failure to keep its word” over the matter of crossing points, following the conclusion of the ...

Cyprus’ political parties on Friday were generally welcoming of the outcome of the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which was held in New York this week. Akel said that ...

The European Union “remains steadfastly committed to the reunification of Cyprus”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday. Cypriot reunification, she added, must be “fully in line ...

The informal meeting on the Cyprus problem in a broader format begins on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York. The two-day meeting starts at 7pm local time (2am Cyprus ...

Confidence-building measures do not “replace the solution to the Cyprus problem”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. He was speaking at an event held to commemorate the 51st anniversary of ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Saturday said he has “low expectations” for the forthcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to begin in New York on Wednesday. “...

By Tom Cleaver Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Friday expressed his country’s “unwavering support” for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem during a visit to the north. “...

With just weeks to go until the 51st anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the UK’s Cypriot community on Friday called on the public to press MPs into ...

Both Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and President Nikos Christodoulides “expressed willingness to make progress” towards achieving and implementing the confidence-building measures agreed upon at March’s enlarged meeting on ...

The issue of property and the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north was not raised by United ...

European Union envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn will make his first contacts on the island “in the immediate future”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He said ...

The Cyprus problem “is above politics in Turkey”, the country’s Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Tuesday. Speaking during a visit to the north, he said that across Turkey’...

Mixed reactions to the European Commission’s decision to appoint Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem have continued, with the United Nations “looking forward” to working ...

Austria’s Johannes Hahn was on Tuesday appointed as European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s special envoy for the Cyprus problem. President Nikos Christodoulides welcomed Hahn’s appointment ...

The two negotiators Greek Cypriot Menelaos Menelaou and special representative of the Turkish Cypriot leader Gunes Onar will meet again early next week, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. ...

The European Union is “committed to supporting Cyprus on its journey towards reunification”, European parliament President Roberta Metsola said on Wednesday. Addressing a European parliament debate on the Cyprus problem, ...

Cyprus remains steadfast in its pursuit of freedom and reunification through assertive realism and clear political will, President Nikos Christodoulides said at a commemorative event on Tuesday evening. Recent developments ...

The goal is for the informal enlarged meeting in Geneva to be “a step towards restarting negotiations from where they had been interrupted in the summer of 2017,” government spokesman Konstantinos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that he will exploit every opportunity at the Cyprus meeting in Geneva to create the conditions for the resumption of dialogue on the Cyprus ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday met with leadership figures from six political parties to discuss the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is set to take place ...