#UNFICYP

The UN peacekeeping force’s (Unficyp) 60-year presence in Cyprus serves as a sad and urgent call to “take the courageous steps needed” and move towards lasting peace, the force’...

Concerns expressed by the government about the proposal of the European Commission for a bicommunal solar park in the buffer zone are perfectly justified. These were voiced after the EU ...

Director General of the European Commission’s DG Reform Mario Nava held a meeting with Special Representative and Head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Colin Stewart, ...

By Tom Cleaver and Iole Damaskinos The future of the planned road between Pyla and Arsos depends entirely on the United Nations, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said ...

Socio-economic inequalities in Cyprus risk “further estrangement” between both sides, the UN Security Council cautioned in its latest resolution renewing the mandate for the UN’s peacekeeping force (Unficyp) for ...

By Tom Cleaver and Andria Kades Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday accused the United Nations Security Council of holding a “biased attitude” after it ratified Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ ...

Nicosia on Wednesday welcomed the UN Security Council’s unanimous adoption of a resolution extending the peacekeeping (Unficyp) force in Cyprus, which also urged both sides to work towards returning ...

The government took a swipe at the UN on Thursday, calling on it to be objective in the way it presents events and facts after it took offence by statements ...

A new announcement by Special Representative Colon Straightup of Ununited Nations Farce Institute of Cyprus (UNFICYP) By Fahri Zihni Cypriots have a proud history of extraordinary théâtre de la ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos was in Slovenia on Friday discussing the Cyprus problem and bilateral relations with his counterpart Tanja Fajon. During a press conference, Fajon said she supports an ...

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, on Thursday expressed concerns about the increasing militarisation of the buffer zone and said that the latest report on ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Major General Erdenebat Batsuuri of Mongolia as force commander of the United National Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp). According to an announcement on Tuesday ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday kept mum about his conversation with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis following a visit to Athens by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking after visiting the ...

The UN peacekeeping force (Unficyp) is closely monitoring works in Dherynia, which are being conducted by the ‘authorities’ in the north near the buffer zone, UN spokesperson Aleem Siddique said ...

During a meeting with UN officials on Tuesday, Defence Minister Michalis Georgallas raised concerns about recent breaches of the status quo by Turkish Cypriot forces in Cyprus. Presenting specific evidence, ...

The two draft reports by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are expected to be released to members of the UN Security Council in the second week of January, the Cyprus News ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Iole Damaskinos Government’s spokesman, Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed the activation of diplomatic and military measures along the UN buffer zone on Thursday, following incursions by the ...

The government’s decisions regarding this week’s Turkish violations of the buffer zone will be implemented from Thursday morning, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday following another incident. He ...

In an attempt to clarify the situation that has developed around the issue in the buffer zone close to Ayios Dhometios, Hussein Isiksal, a special advisor to Turkish Cypriot leader ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday warned there would be consequences, a day after armed soldiers carried out an incursion into the buffer zone at Ayios Dhometios in Nicosia to place ...

Members of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) have been placed on alert after reports appeared late on Monday of a contingent of Turkish Cypriot soldiers who gathered ...

The UN secretary-general’s special representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp), Colin Stewart was set to hold discussions with both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish ...

United Nations personnel, including Unficyp in Cyprus, observed a minute’s silence on Monday to honour the more than 100 employees killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began last month ...

By Fahri Zihni I expressed some concerns about the “statement of common understanding” and how it is being managed by Unficyp in relation to the building of a road between ...