39 h. ago Expanded Cyprus problem meeting to assess progress since Geneva

Next week’s expanded informal meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is expected to set the tone for further negotiations and assess the progress made since the Geneva meeting in March, sources told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Thursday. As part of preparations for the July 16–17 meeting, United Nations […]

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50 h. ago Our View: All the culprits of the LNG fiasco should be exposed

The Vassiliko gas terminal fiasco is not over by any stretch of the imagination. It is set to play and play as deputies were informed on Tuesday. A representative of the project manager that took over the LNG venture in May disappointed everyone at the House energy committee meeting when he informed them that he […]

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4 d. ago UN envoy Holguin set for meetings with Christodoulides and Tatar

The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin is set to meet with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday art of the preparations for the informal expanded meeting in New York from July 16 to 17. The first meeting on Holguin’s schedule for the day is with Tatar, […]

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7 d. ago UK foreign secretary reaffirms support for Cyprus settlement

The United Kingdom remains firmly committed to a UN-led settlement of the Cyprus issue, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said ahead of a brief visit to the island on Friday. He confirmed to the Cyprus News Agency, the UK will take part in the upcoming informal 5+1 meeting in New York, emphasising Britain’s role as […]

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7 d. ago Further positive steps possible if two sides remain committed

Concrete steps taken in Geneva at the informal broader meeting are reassuring, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said late on Thursday after a number of specific initiatives were agreed with the potential to build trust between the two sides. If the two sides remain committed “further positive steps are possible,” he added. “This, together […]

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8 d. ago National Council convenes ahead of July meeting, UN says dialogue to continue

The National Council is convening on Thursday ahead of the expanded conference on the Cyprus problem, to be held in New York on July 16 and 17, under UN auspices. During the meeting under President Nikos Christodoulides, the political parties will be informed on the latest development in the Cyprus problem. On Wednesday, the UN […]

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9 d. ago Cyprus leaders to address peace talks in informal meeting with UN chief

Cyprus leaders to address peace talks in informal meeting with UN chief  Neos Kosmos

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9 d. ago UN chief to hold informal meeting on Cyprus later this month

UN chief to hold informal meeting on Cyprus later this month  Anadolu Ajansı

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3 w. ago Enlarged Cyprus meeting to go ahead ‘despite Turkish side’s negative stance’

Next month’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to take place in New York, is to go ahead “despite the negative stance of the Turkish side”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Addressing Dipa’s party conference, he described the forthcoming conference as “an initiative which was created and developed thanks to our […]

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4 w. ago Paphos hotels exceed 90 per cent occupancy during Kataklysmos

President of the Paphos hotel association (Pasyxe) Evripides Loizides on Thursday expressed satisfaction with hotel occupancy rates in Paphos during the long weekend of Kataklysmos, saying that they exceeded 90 per cent. In a statement to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Loizides described the month of June as “problematic” because, as he put it, the […]

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