Cyprus talks

Turkey is the key player in the success or the failure of the ongoing talks on Cyprus, New Democracy's Shadow Foreign Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos told British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Alan Duncan, during a meeting...

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias ruled out on Wednesday the possibility of failure in the top-level talks on Cyprus which will be held in Geneva next week, saying they can only be delayed or postponed. The minister was speaking to journalists...

This week Nicosia has had to respond to a series of comments made by the Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci regarding the reunification of Cyprus. Firstly, Akinci stated that a federal Cyprus and not the existing Republic will sign a reunification...

According to sources, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is leaning towards meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ahead of the multilateral summit in Geneva, Switzerland where he is set to discuss the Cyprus issue in the latest round of talks on...

There is much at stake with the Cyprus Talks, aimed at reunifying the divided island. The Maronite minority in particular is facing the possibility of the extinction of their language, Cyprus Maronite Arabic (CMA) or Sanna, according to UNESCO...

On Friday, Russia's Foreign Ministry commented in a statement that it feels the most effective way that Cyprus can deal with security guarantees during the Cyprus talks is with the input of the UN Security Council. Russia also reiterated its position...

The leaders in Cyprus will meet twice early next year before departing for Geneva, to continue settlement talks on January 9, 2017. The President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades stated on Thursday that the meetings will be held on January...

The United States continues to fully support the Cypriot-led process facilitated by the UN Secretary-General’s Good Offices Mission, a State Department Spokesperson has said. However, when asked to comment on press reports that Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs,...

In Brussels on Wednesday a meeting took place between Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras where the two leaders discussed their strategy for the Cyprus reunification talks which are scheduled to restart next month in Switzerland. Both...

UN Special Advisor on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, said Wednesday negotiators meeting for the second time this week are making good progress in their discussions. In a post on his Twitter account, Eide said "Nicosia: 2nd #Cyprus Negotiators' meeting this...