#Cyprus Problem

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that “historical problems” in Cyprus can be left behind with a two-state solution on the island. “We believe that we can leave ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar launched a second attack on President Nikos Christodoulides over the latter’s statements over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asking, “who the hell are you, ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Thursday night reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, saying, “whatever the Greek Cypriots and the European Union say, the ...

Αll anti-settlement parties issued announcements celebrating Thursday’s 21st anniversary of the Greek Cypriot ‘no’ vote in the Annan Plan referendum. Diko, whose leader, president Tassos Papadopoulos, urged people to ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s alleged castigation of Turkish Cypriots’ “impudence” and not knowing their limits over the north’s ongoing “headscarf crisis” is proof that Cyprus’ future will ...

Thursday marked exactly 21 years since simultaneous referendums were held on Cyprus’ two sides over whether to reunite Cyprus under the Annan plan on April 24, 2004. While an almost two-thirds majority of ...

The Turkish-Cypriot administration on Wednesday accused the Greek-Cypriot side of “distorting history” and evading responsibility for the Cyprus problem in a strongly worded letter to the United Nations.   The letter, ...

Hulusi Kilim, the secretary-general of bicommunal political party Volt, on Saturday returned photographs of his grandparents to the Paphos district village of Amargeti, the village in which they had lived ...

Developments relating to the appointment of a new personal envoy to Cyprus by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are to be expected after Easter, according to reports on Friday. “The ...

‘A step towards the mountain’ was the title chosen by the UNSG’s Special Representative Colin Stewart for a speech he gave on Wednesday night at CVAR in Nicosia about ...

United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Wednesday said the “courage to make compromises” on the part of political leadership is what is required to solve the Cyprus ...

“The time is now” for a solution to the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Addressing the annual Stelios Haji-Ioannou foundation bicommunal awards, he insisted he will “not ...

The current deadlock over plans to build a solar farm in the buffer zone which separates Cyprus’ two sides has come about because the Greek Cypriot side believes “that it ...

The Greek Cypriot side is acting in a manner which is “pathetic and childish”, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Thursday. Speaking to Gundem Kibris Web TV, ...

The outcome of Wednesday’s meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar demonstrates their commitment, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. Speaking to ...

Wednesday’s meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was “yet another positive step” with progress including youth issues, demining and restoration of cemeteries, President Nikos Christodoulides said after the ...

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 ...

House speaker and Disy president Annita Demetriou emphasised the need for Greece and Cyprus to navigate geopolitical developments wisely to ensure the survival of Hellenism. She made the remarks on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Paris on Thursday at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron to participate in a summit on Ukraine and hold a bilateral meeting with ...

THE MORE I see Prezniktwo in action the more he reminds me of an insecure schoolkid constantly seeking the approval and praise of the grown-ups by boasting about his perfect ...

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 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, on Saturday, confirmed the government’s readiness to engage in meaningful discussions on trust-building measures with the Turkish Cypriot leadership. He emphasised that the first meeting should ...

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. ...