Cyprus

The UN remains committed to supporting a process on the existing parameters for a solution of the Cyprus issue, UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor for Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide said on Monday, after being received by the President of...

Responding to interviews given by United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide regarding the events in Crans Montana and the failure of the Cyprus talks, Greece's foreign minister on Sunday issued an announcement strongly criticising Eide for...

The Turkish Cypriot side and Ankara are studying various scenarios for the future of Varosha and the closed city of Famagusta, a Kathimerini newspaper report says. Turkish and Turkish Cypriot plans provide for the opening of Varosha under Turkish Cypriot leadership. Along...

What prevented the solution, in the Crans Montana talks on Cyprus, was not what could have been the final outcome but the inability to get to that final outcome, UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide...

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...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday spoke about the "plights" and "suffering" of the Turkish Cypriot people on the 43rd anniversary of Turkey's invasion to Cyprus. Erdogan sent a message of congratulations to Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on...

The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades urged everyone on Thursday to reflect on the causes that led to Turkey’s invasion, on July 20, 1974. He said that the international community is beginning to realize that the fundamental...

On the 43rd anniversary of the Turkish invasion in Cyprus, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım warned that Nicosia’s moves to explore for energy around the eastern Mediterranean were “untimely and dangerous.” Yıldırım, attending Turkish Cypriot celebrations of the 1974 invasion...

It was early in the morning of July 20, 1974 when 40,000 Turkish troops invaded Cyprus from sea and air, catching the Cypriot armed forces in their sleep, almost unable to resist. The code name of the attack was...

"We will continue the effort. We only have one plan. Plan "A." We have no plan "B" or "C" as Turkey had," Ioannis Kasoulides, Cyprus Foreign Minister said. Speaking to the Independent Balkan News Agency about the failure of the...