Around 200 Greek and Turkish Cypriots participated in the International Day of Peace Run in divided Nicosia. The United Nations Development Programme organised the event with funding from the European Union, in coordination
President Nikos Christodoulides invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to work together, guided by a vision of peace, to build a brighter future for Cyprus. Addressing Wednesday’s 78th session of the UN
Cyprus is ranked 64th of over 160 countries in the Global Peace Index 2022 with a high economic impact for division, said the international think-tank Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP). In
Ankara has again criticised Washington for anchoring the US destroyer USS Arleigh Burke in Cyprus, saying it disrupts efforts to reunify the island. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said, “Steps taken in the
Spain will spearhead a new European Union initiative to break the six-year deadlock in Cyprus peace talks, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Tuesday. Sanchez made the commitment after talks with Cypriot
A senior UN diplomat arrived on the island this week to bolster morale and offer words of support from the secretary general. On her first visit to Cyprus, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo
Newly elected President Nikos Christodoulides Thursday held his first meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to try and break the ice on frozen reunification talks. Christodoulides told reporters that Thursday’s meeting
Prospects for reaching common ground on the Cyprus peace process “remain uncertain” for the foreseeable future, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. According to an advance copy of the report on his Mission
Despite the election rhetoric about energy being a catalyst towards resolving the Cyprus problem, recent developments, especially during the past year, suggest that perhaps it is the only key to finding a
It is vital that the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is allowed to conduct its mandate on both sides of the Green Line, warned the US State Department. It said UN
