Cyprus

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias criticized those who are in a hurry to create impressions at the Conference on Cyprus held in Crans Montana, Switzerland. In statements at the end of the morning discussions, Kotzias said that some are in...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres met with Cyprus President and the Turkish Cypriot leader and said that there is now an understanding of what is needed for a possible settlement on Cyprus. In a U.N. backed conference that started on June...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that slow progress has been observed in the Conference of Cyprus that has been underway since the 28th of June in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana. Guterres chaired Friday’s Conference that is focusing on the...

The removal of Turkish troops from northern Cyprus is "a Greek Cypriots' dream," said Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday. Cavusoglu spoke on the sidelines of the second day of the U.N.-sponsored peace talks between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots...

Three years before he celebrates his centenary, Konstantinos Georgiadis achieved a life-long dream by earning himself a University degree in Sociology. Mr. Georgiadis from Kokkinotrimithia, a small town west of Nicosia, was awarded the degree on Monday at the graduation...

The second day of the Conference on Cyprus continues on Thursday with the issue of security and guarantees and the two sides are expected to give their answers to three questions posed by the UN Under Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman. According...

The Secretary-General of the U.N. Antonio Guterres urged all parties involved in the Cyprus talks to "seize the opportunity" for an agreement on the reunification of the island, in a statement released on Tuesday, ahead of the new Conference...

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Tugrul Turkes, responsible for Cyprus Affairs, said the Cyprus conference at Crans-Montana is held "forcibly" by the UN. "A meeting is again held at Crans-Montana -- forcibly. I have to use this expression 'forcibly,' by the...

The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras commented on the Cyprus issue, ahead of a second round talks for a solution to be held in Switzerland on June 28, and stressed that it was primarily a European issue: "Perhaps the most...

The draft document of Espen Barth Eide, UN Secretary General Special Adviser on Cyprus, and the coordination of Athens and Nicosia ahead of the Cyprus summit, which starts on June 28 in Crans Montana, Switzerland, dominated the meeting of...