The United Nations confirmed that an incident involving a Greek Cypriot farmer and Turkish soldiers took place in the buffer zone, at Dhenia village, in Nicosia district, on Tuesday. Nicosia said it
Attempts to resume negotiations for a Cyprus settlement and the need to appoint a United Nations envoy were discussed at Tuesday’s meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and the head of the UN
Efforts to solve the Cyprus problem have not been on the international community’s agenda for the past five years. Many parties, including the UN and the EU, consider it “a frozen issue”.
Recent events have raised concerns about the government’s ability to handle the serious issues the country is facing. Efforts to cover up the huge responsibilities of the “Governing Trio” of Anastasiades, Christodoulides
The UN focus in Cyprus is building trust from the bottom up while chances of resuming peace talks after four years of limbo are remote. UN Security Council members this week held
Under normal circumstances, there is no rational endeavour that should encourage revisiting the diplomatic graveyard of the Cyprus problem so early into another miserable year. We have lived so long with division
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says there is deepening mistrust among Greek and Turkish Cypriots while encouraging leaders to maintain dialogue and engage. His report recommended the Security Council extend the mandate of
United Nations envoy Colin Stewart hosted a reception for the Cypriots leaders in the buffer zone to defrost Cyprus negotiations reminding them the UNSG has a personal interest in breaking the deadlock.
On Tuesday evening, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will attend a social reception hosted by the UN in the Nicosia buffer zone to help rekindle moribund Cyprus talks.
President Nicos Anastasiades said the Greek Cypriot side is ready to resume Cyprus negotiations during his first meeting on Friday with Colin Stewart, the new UN envoy and head of the peacekeeping
