#Nikos Christodoulides

By Andreas Theophanous On March 17-18, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres chaired another five-party conference in Geneva on the Cyprus problem. President Nicos Christodoulides, the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, ...

The United Nations confirmed on Friday that President Nikos Christodoulides would be meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on April 2 at 9am. The UN Secretary-General’s special representative in ...

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 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will meet on April 2, CNA reported on Sunday. This will be their first meeting after the Geneva informal meeting on Cyprus ...

Everyone appears to have left Geneva relatively happy on Tuesday. It may be more accurate to say ‘not unhappy’ – anything else would be stretching it – because the anodyne outcome of ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday briefed European leaders on this week’s Cyprus talks held in Geneva, reiterating that the Cyprus settlement issue remains one of his priorities. ...

There was good news from Geneva on Tuesday afternoon. A new, admittedly low-key process was set in motion, with the sides agreeing to work on specific confidence building measures before ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday “where there’s a will, there’s a way” as the expanded informal five-party meeting got underway at the UN building in Geneva. The ...

By Loukis Skaliotis I watched with dismay the press conference appearance of President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday, March 12. Like his other TV appearance last January, it was another polished performance, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday welcomed a selection of Turkish Cypriots to the presidential palace to speak about next week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set ...

It was no surprise that in his televised address, President Nikos Christodoulides highlighted the healthy economic indicators which his government’s “responsible economic policy” had achieved. The government, he said ...

Political parties were divided over President Nikos Christodoulides’ televised press conference on Wednesday, where he presented his assessment of his second year in office. While some praised his performance, others ...

“We are not under anyone’s supervision, like Tatar is with Turkey,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Speaking during a televised interview held to mark the completion of the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday night gave a long, televised address in which he reviewed and appraised his second year in office, reassuring the public that he has acted with “...

The Greek Cypriot side is aware of the statements by the Turkish Cypriot side and is approaching the upcoming multilateral meeting in Geneva with realism, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said ...

The communications shrewdness that ensured the meteoric rise and election of President Nikos Christodoulides appears not to be working for him since entering the presidential palace. After a short honeymoon ...

European Union member states must strengthen cooperation between each other on the matter of defence, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. He was asked about his position on the joint ...

Cyprus has been lobbying for stronger EU defence capabilities and President Nikos Christodoulides hopes that Thursday’s EU summit in Brussels will lead to concrete decisions. Speaking on arrival at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is in Brussels on Thursday to participate in the extraordinary European Council summit focused on the latest developments in Ukraine. The EU leaders will discuss the current ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said he will meet the United Kingdom’s minister of state for Europe Stephen Doughty on Friday. Tatar said he will meet Doughty ...

Ukraine and EU defence will be dominating Thursday’s European Council in Brussels, with the online participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. President Nikos Christodoulides will be flying to Brussels ...

The government on Tuesday received an official invitation from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to attend the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is set to take place on ...

‘A brain gain rather than a brain drain’ was what President Nikos Christodoulides promised last week when announcing plans to visit London in May with the aim of persuading Cypriots ...

By Andreas Theophanous When it was first announced that Nikos Christodoulides would run for the presidency, expectations soared. Yet, as time passed, doubts about his candidacy began to surface, revealing ...