FM to brief counterparts about Pyla incident
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday he will inform his EU counterparts on the situation in the buffer zone near Pyla, where scuffles broke out between UN peacekeepers in ...
Our View: Pyla must not become another zero-sum game
The government, understandably, is pleased with the reaction to the Turkish attempts to carry out construction work in the buffer zone. Not only did Unficyp soldiers become involved in a ...
Government ‘closely monitoring’ Pyla situation
The government is “closely monitoring” the situation in Pyla, according to its spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis.
He added that President Nikos Christodoulides and the Cypriot foreign minister were “constantly making diplomatic ...
Congressman asks Biden to ensure Pyla crisis is ‘meaningfully addressed’ by UN
Greek-American Congressman John Sarbanes said on Sunday he believed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was responsible for the attack against UN peacekeepers in Pyla.
The congressman has asked US President Joe ...
UNSC to discuss situation in buffer zone during closed session on Monday (Update)
The situation at the buffer zone in Pyla remains calm, Unficyp spokesman Aleem Siddique said on Sunday morning, two days after a violent altercation against UN peacekeeping forces.
“Everything is ...
Crisis group says appointment of new UN Cyprus envoy imperative
The UN Secretary-General needs to appoint an envoy to draft a roadmap with sufficient incentives to bring both Greek and Turkish Cypriots back to the negotiating table, the International Crisis ...
Britain, France and the US strongly condemn Pyla attack on UN personnel
Three permanent member countries of the UN Security Council on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the attack on UN peacekeepers in Pyla.
The British High Commission, the French Embassy, ...
North announces intention to build ‘unauthorised’ road through buffer zone (Updated)
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis has condemned the north’s move to construct a road through the buffer zone between the villages of Pyla and Arsos.
His condemnation comes after after ...
Ergun Olgun: too yielding or too hardline?
Speculation over the reasons for resignation of Turkish Cypriot leader’s representative
The Turkish Cypriot leader’s special representative Ergun Olgun recently unexpectedly resigned, sparking speculation that he was no ...
UN Security Council condemns Pyla attacks, reaffirming full support for UNFICYP
Members of the Security Council condemned late Monday the incidents in the buffer zone, in the village of Pyla, in Larnaca district, with assaults against UN peacekeepers, reiterating their full ...
High ranking UN official to visit
A high-ranking UN official is expected to visit Cyprus in late August to hold meetings with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...
Russia has not offered UN World Food Programme free grain
Russia has not offered the UN World Food Programme (WFP) any free grain, WFP deputy chief Carl Skau said on Friday, nearly two weeks after Moscow quit a deal that ...
Russia pounds Ukraine’s grain, UN warns of hunger from price rises
Russia pounded Ukrainian food export facilities for a fourth day in a row on Friday and practised seizing ships in the Black Sea in an escalation of what Western leaders ...
EU helping UN, Turkey in bid to extend Black Sea grain deal
The European Commission is helping the United Nations and Turkey try to extend a deal allowing the Black Sea export of Ukraine grain and is open to “explore all solutions,” ...
Guterres meets with Unficyp head
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he fully supports the efforts of the Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Colin Stewart who is expected to brief the UN ...
Foreign minister highlights key to restarting talks
The 3+1 Mechanism is the key to expanding the agenda and ensuring the acceleration of the cooperation process, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said at the Eastern Mediterranean Business Summit in New ...
UNSG urges for ‘things to be different’ this time
Important step forward would be agreement on a UN envoy
The leaders of the two sides should promote more contact and cooperation as well as the opening of more crossing ...
UN ends peacekeeping mission in Mali, US blames Russia’s Wagner (Updated)
The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously voted on Friday to end a decade-long peacekeeping mission in Mali after the West African country’s military junta abruptly asked the 13,000...
EU and UNDP complete conservation of historic Cypriot churches
The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced on Thursday that conservation works have been completed at the church of Panagia Chryseleousa in the Kyrenia area and ...
United Nations, United States ring alarm on West Darfur violence
The United States and United Nations have said the situation in Sudan’s region of West Darfur could herald a repeat of past mass atrocities there as fighting in Sudan ...
Government spokesman doesn’t rule out UN visit in near future
Government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday that it is “conceivable” to expect visits from the United Nations in the near future.
Letymbiotis said “on our part all efforts are ...
Kremlin says ammonia pipeline blast is negative for Black Sea grain deal
The Kremlin said on Thursday that there would be a “negative impact” on the fate of a Black Sea grain deal from a blast which damaged a pipeline used to ...
United Nations ‘alarmed’ by Hong Kong June 4 detentions
The United Nations said on Monday it was “alarmed” by detentions in Hong Kong linked to the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, while China said the financial hub ...
Myanmar, Bangladesh need $375 mln in aid, UN says
The United Nations on Tuesday said it needed $375 million in funding to get food, medicine and other relief supplies to millions of people affected by a cyclone that devastated parts ...