Mustafa Akinci

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci are working hard to reach a comprehensive settlement on the Cyprus problem, Cabinet Secretary Theodosis Tsiolas said on Monday. He added, however, that the Greek-Cypriot side will not rush to conclude any...

UN Secretary General's Special Advisor for Cyprus Espen Barth Eide will hold meetings in Ankara to discuss the ongoing negotiations for the achievement of a solution of the Cyprus problem. UNFICYP spokesperson Aleem Siddique told the Cyprus News Agency that...

Now there is a moment of opportunity, a window of opportunity that has to be used not only to get to any deal but get to a good deal, and this opportunity may be the best one we have,...

The European Union has solved a long dispute over a special cheese from Cyprus by deciding to recognize it by both its Greek and Turkish name. The famous halloumi cheese -- or hellim for Turkish-Cypriots -- is now officially a protected designation...

The newly formed Technical Committee on Culture, aiming to promote and facilitate cultural events, which will bring the two communities closer together, has announced its first event, “Our Music Under the Moonlight”, a concert by the bi-communal music group...

It was the dawn of July 20, 1974, when sirens wailed in Cyprus as 43,000 heavily armed Turkish troops invaded the island from the northern coast of Kyrenia. Using the military coup that was instigated by the Greek junta as...

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades revealed on Thursday that the talks over Cyprus' long-standing conflict between the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities have at last taken a positive trajectory. "A degree of progress is being achieved. If we continue at this rate, I believe that we...

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci have given further guidance to the two negotiators in the Cyprus talks, as they are set to enter into a substantive negotiation in June 29. In statements to...

There is a positive move in the air between Mustafa Akinci and Nicos Anastasiades but one has to wait and see what happens next. What is for certain however, under the present climate, Cyprus is to become a two...

The messages sent in the play we just watched are very strong, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said, in statements with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, with whom he watched a theatrical play at Rialto Theater in Limassol. The play "Cyprus: Saddened...