Cyprus talks

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said that “differences were recorded” after his “creative meeting” on Monday with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in New York. Anastasiades refrained from giving a detailed account of what was...

An informal meeting on Cyprus began in Geneva on April 27, with the U.N. chief seeking “common ground” for the resumption of talks

Four years after their last peace talks failed, the leaders of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriots meet in Geneva to explore common ground

Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades on Thursday hailed the United Nations bid to resume peace talks over his divided island.

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...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has expressed Greece's willingness to continue discussions on the Cyprus problem in the framework of Crans-Montana, and especially the proposals that were put forth near the end, by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Speaking after...

On Sunday during an interview with To Vima, Greek-Cypriot President, Nicos Anastasiades said that he has no doubts that the Greek Cypriot side had the correct strategy during the latest round of the Cyprus Talks in Crans-Montana. He also mentioned...

In his first statements following the impasse of the Cyprus Talks on Friday in Crans-Montana Switzerland, Cyprus' president, Nicos Anastasiades, announced that the Greek-Cypriot side stands ready to negotiate a solution within the UN Secretary-General's parameters. “What I want to...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke with Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim yesterday, in a telephone conversation focused on the Cyprus talks. Tsipras reiterated Greece's continuing commitment to a just and viable solution for the Cyprus issue, founded on the...

Monday's discussions on the thorny issue of security and guarantees concluded in the evening after a session lasting one and-a-half hours, during which Cyprus' three guarantor powers (Greece, Turkey and the UK) and the leaders of the island's two...