If Turkey proceeds with reopening fenced-off Varosha, it will be the death-knell of the Cyprus peace process, said President Nicos Anastasiades has warned. Addressing a reception for the 245th anniversary of US independence,
Prospects for the upcoming UN-led meeting on starting Cyprus reunification talks will be the main focus of UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s first official visit to Nicosia on Thursday. While in Cyprus he will
Rival Cypriot leaders held a ‘break-the-ice’ meeting on Wednesday where they promised to support a United Nations-led Cyprus peace push also involving Greece, Turkey and Britain. It was the first meeting of
Nicosia on Thursday welcomed the readiness of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to provide his good services for the resumption of Cyprus talks but warned Turkey was poisoning the climate. In a
The election of hardliner Ersin Tatar as the new Turkish Cypriot leader has sparked a public debate over whether peace talks in Cyprus based on a bizonal, bicommunal, federal solution are dead
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday congratulated right-wing Turkish Cypriot nationalist Ersin Tatar on his election victory, calling on him to back a new United Nations-led peace initiative. “The verdict of our
Famagusta Mayor Simos Ioannou has warned that fenced-off Varosha will be lost without the resumption of UN-backed Cyprus peace talks. Speaking during a rally held at Dherynia checkpoint to condemn the opening
Peace activists demanded on Thursday that Cypriot leaders order the immediate reopening of all crossing points to allow free movement across Cyprus’ divide as lockdown eases. Bi-communal Peace Initiative-United Cyprus sent a
Cyprus reunification would see the income of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriot increase by 7% within a decade post-solution, a World Bank and U.N.-funded report said. Study authors Enrique Aldaz-Carroll and Reena
Cyprus reunification would bring about enormous economic advantages for both sides of the island’s divide generating a peace windfall of more than €17 bln while creating 100,000 new jobs in a post-settlement
