70 m. ago UN envoy Holguin talks with Christodoulides ahead of July UN meeting

Maria Angela Holguin, the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy for Cyprus, met with President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace on Saturday and is scheduled to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on May 26. “We agreed to work hard this month to achieve results based on the March agreement. We want to present concrete outcomes […]

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3 d. ago Holguin to meet Christodoulides on Saturday, Tatar on Monday

The UN chief’s personal envoy for Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin kicks off her meetings on the island with a 10.30am appointment with President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday. Holguin will be meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday at 10.30am. According to diplomatic sources, after her meetings with the leaders of the two communities, Holguin […]

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4 d. ago Tatar: Christodoulides’ intention is to make us sit on his lap

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday said that President Nikos Christodoulides wants to “make us sit on his lap”. “I look into the man’s eyes, and I see his intention. His intention is to make us sit on his lap. With every turn he makes, he does not see the Turkish Cypriots as worthy […]

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6 d. ago President congratulates Kontides on success at sailing championship

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday congratulated Pavlos Kontides after he claimed the silver medal at the World Sailing Championships in Qingdao. The medal came after Kontides chose to withdraw from the first race, due to a self-acknowledged mistake that could lead to confusion and possibly further penalty points. Despite that he finished second behind the […]

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2 w. ago Christodoulides hopes to keep promise for resumption of Cyprus talks

President Nikos Christodoulides repeated on Tuesday his disappointment with the outcome of Monday’s talks with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, but said he hoped to announce developments in the next few days. “I have promised the people of Cyprus that I will do everything possible to create the conditions for the resumption of talks” to […]

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2 w. ago Second meeting to take place between Christodoulides and Tatar

A second meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, is to take place on Monday, following from an informal meeting between the two leaders in Geneva, Switzerland in March 17-18. The meeting will be held at Ledra Palace, within the United Nations-controlled area of Nicosia, at 11am. The meeting comes […]

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2 w. ago Christodoulides praises ‘strong reaction’ of Turkish Cypriot opposition amid Erdogan visit

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday praised the “strong reaction from our Turkish Cypriot compatriots” in recent protests against both the north’s ruling coalition and against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, amid Erdogan’s visit to the north the same day. Asked about his thoughts on Erdogan’s visit to the north, he said, “what stands out from […]

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3 w. ago Christodoulides promises more money for Cyprus Scout Association

President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Saturday additional financial support for the Cyprus Scout Association. Energy Minister George Papanastasiou delivered a speech, on behalf of Christodoulides, during an event in honor of thee scouts’ patron Saint George, in Limassol, in which he said that the scouts movement in Cyprus goes back many years, to 1913, when […]

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