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New developments in the Cyprus problem, bilateral relations and energy issues were on the agenda of a meeting between Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and US Secretary of State John Kerry in New York on Sunday evening. The Cypriot President is in...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of reaching a lasting settlement in Cyprus as the new United Nations envoy on this issue prepares to meet with the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities tomorrow. During a...

Major-General Kristin Lund has been appointed to head the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), the first woman promoted to the position. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made the announcement May 12. Norwegian Kristin Lund is the first woman to be appointed as...

Although he almost single-handedly blocked talks trying to reunify Cyprus 40 years after it was divided by a Turkish invasion, Turkish-Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu now says he's confident renewed talks will lead to a deal this year. Eroglu, a hardliner...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed the “crucial” role of United Nations peacekeepers over the past 50 years in preventing a recurrence of fighting between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities in Cyprus, and hoped both sides will continue to...

The former Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change and close associate of George Papandreou, Tina Birbili, has been appointed the new executive secretary of the Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer in the United...

Prime Minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras, is departing late in the evening of August 5 to the US, where he is to meet with the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and other officials. While in the US, Samaras...

The UN mediator on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, seeking to end a four-decade diplomatic deadlock, said Greek and Turkish sides now had strong economic reasons to agree a reunification that could help ease debt problems and speed exploitation of disputed...

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The United Nations Security Council today extended the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 January 2013, and reiterated its call for the leadership of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities to accelerate the pace...