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The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades met with Pope Francis in Vatican City on Monday. Anastasiades, along with his wife Andri and a score of Cypriot officials, were welcomed by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church...

Cyprus on Friday issued a navigational telex reserving parts of blocks 2 and 3 of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for naval exercises. The coordinators of the naval exercises will use real fire from July 1 to July 10. The...

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı said on Friday that no negotiations on the Cyprus issue are expected until the middle of this year. "It seems the nearest date when all the parties are able to be ready will be...

The European Union has a duty to contribute to the solution of the Cyprus issue, which is an open wound to the body of the E.U., Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday. Anastasiades addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg,...

Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades expressed Cyprus' willingness to cooperate with Turkey on the exploitation of natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean. Speaking on Friday at the 14th Economist conference, Anastasiades stated that Cyprus and Turkey can collaborate on energy matters...

The stalemate over Cyprus should be resolved, Greece and Russia said on Wednesday, a day after historic steps were taken to end the Athens/Skopje 'Macedonia' name dispute. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias was in Moscow for a meeting with Russian...

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has emphasized the need for the Cyprus negotiations to resume. In an interview to the Greek newspaper “Ta Nea”, the President underlined that the stagnation in the Cyprus problem increases the risk...

Solving the Cyprus problem will be the biggest reform achieved by the country, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday, speaking at an event organized by think tank diaNEOsis at the Athens Concert Hall. "The solution to the Cyprus issue will...

Russia calls for finding a fair solution to the Cyprus issue, Russian President Vladimir Putin said opening talks with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday. "We will discuss a whole range of our relations and certainly, the international issues,...

Enlightenment is the only weapon that can help promote the national issue of reunification, the leaders of the Cypriot diaspora have said. Noting the success of the 19th World Conference of the World Federation of Overseas Cypriots (POMAK), the International...

We are seeking a fair solution to the Cyprus issue, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday in a meeting with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European...

Greece wants a just and viable solution to the Cyprus issue, while Turkey reacts to a comprehensive settlement of the problem by insisting on the presence of troops on the island, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday. The Greek...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and U.S. Vice President Michael Pence discussed bilateral relations, regional issues and developments on Cyprus over the telephone on Monday. According to the White House press release, the U.S. Vice President invited the Greek PM...

Greek Foreign Ministry spokesperson Stratos Efthymiou stated the following in response to a journalist's question on a statement made today by Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hüseyin Müftüoğlu regarding the developments in Cyprus: “Greece has long and systematically supported the finding...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades urged the UN’s special adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, to refrain from making ill-advised statements on the negotiations over Cyprus’ future, saying he should hear all sides of the argument and not push for...