Nami takes over as negotiator
Ergun Olgun has formally handed over the duty of Turkish Cypriot negotiator to Ozdil Nami. At the handover ceremony, Nami thanked Olgun for his services. Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı also...
View ArticleTurkish water pipeline lies on Greek Cypriot land
Turkey’s undersea water pipeline project which connects the mainland with North Cyprus, is using illegally expropriated land belonging to Greek Cypriot refugees, Greek Cypriot Minister of Foreign...
View ArticleAkinci meets Turkish President Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci who is in Turkey for his first official trip abroad after being elected as the 4th President of the TRNC. The...
View ArticleAkinci and Erdogan make press statements – updated
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at a joint press conference following their meeting today. President Erdogan referring to the Cyprus negotiations said that results cannot only be achieved by the...
View ArticleNegotiating team show new road map to UN
Former Turkish Cypriot negotiator Ergun Olgun, issued a written statement yesterday after handing over his position to the new negotiator Ozdil Nami. In his statement, he emphasised that a new window...
View ArticleAnkara backs CBMs for Cyprus talks
It has been reported that following President Ankinci’s meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu in Ankara yesterday, there has been unanimous...
View ArticleAnti-nuclear group meets on Friday
The Common Front Against Nuclear in the Mediterranean is holding a public meeting on Friday, 9 May at the H4C in Nicosia. The keynote speaker Rebecca Harms, Co-President of Green Group in European...
View ArticleEide consults former leaders about Cyprus talks
UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide has said that he has been asking former leaders to share their experience of the Cyprus talks. “I am trying to understand which is the right way to proceed, now that...
View ArticleAkinci’s independence makes him credible
Mustafa Akinci was always an outsider and in the end he was vindicated. What makes him different from the other candidates is his distance from all the centres of power starting with Ankara, so writes...
View ArticleKTFF agrees to standardise its charter with FIFA’s
The Turkish Cypriot Football Association (KTFF) today approved of standardising its charter with that of the world football governing body FIFA. Reports said 40 out of 42 clubs took part in the KTFF’s...
View ArticlePreconditions for the opening of Varosha
The Turkish government is reported to have set up preconditions prior to the opening of the fenced off town of Varosha/Maras. According to Turkish daily ‘Milliyet’, these conditions were discussed...
View ArticleTripartite gas exploration deal invalid says Turkish FM
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that an agreement reached between South Cyprus, Greece and Egypt over natural gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean Sea is “invalid”. His...
View ArticleTurkey’s new naval vessel contract causes alarm
“Turkey has taken a major step in altering the naval balance in the eastern Mediterranean by contracting the construction of a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship that can function as an aircraft...
View ArticleTurkey urged to abort plans to build nuclear power plant
Turkey is being urged to abandon its plans to construct a nuclear power plant at Akkuyu in Mersin district. The bi-communal Common Front against Nuclear in the Mediterranean met in the buffer zone in...
View ArticleCypriot presidents meet for dinner tonight
President Nicos Anastasiades and President Mustafa Akinci will meet for dinner this evening. Following which, a date for the resumption of the Cyprus negotiations is expected to be announced. The...
View ArticleSettlement will rid Cyprus of external influences
A federal solution has to safeguard an independent and viable Cyprus, where decision making will not be influenced by external factors, Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis has said. He said...
View ArticleHardliners reject bi-zonal bi-communal solution
Minority Greek Cypriot party EDEK party stated on Sunday that it rejects a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation as a solution to the Cyprus problem. In a press release, demonstrating a hard-line stance,...
View ArticleNami resigns as Foreign Minister
Ozdil Nami who was recently appointed as the negotiator in the Cyprus talks by President Akinci, has announced that he will be resigning from his position as Foreign Minister. Nami, on his Twitter...
View ArticleTroops out will improve relations with Turkey: Kasoulides
Cyprus and Turkey could have friendly relations if the latter withdrew its army from the island, Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has said. Speaking prior to Monday’s dinner meeting...
View ArticleNegotiations to resume on Friday 15th May
After a seven-month suspension of the Cyprus negotiation, talks with resume on Friday 15th May, UNSG Special Envoy Espen Barth Eide has announced. President Mustafa Akinci and President Nicos...
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