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Politics

Turkish foreign minister to visit occupied north before UN meeting

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is expected in the occupied north on Friday for his first visit since Tufan...
Opinion

Segregation is no foundation for a normal state

Giorgos Colocassides, the well-known lawyer and politician, wrote to me after a recent column of mine on the rotating...
Politics

Leaders keep lid on talks as Holguin heads back to Cyprus

UN envoy María Ángela Holguín is expected in Cyprus on Thursday. Her return follows an agreement between President Nikos...
Politics

Christodoulides presses crossings, Famagusta plans in ‘constructive’ Erhurman talks

President Nikos Christodoulides described his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday as “a very good and...
Politics

Nicosia disputes Holguin’s equal blame as Famagusta seeks meeting

UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin has blamed both President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman for a...
Politics

Christodoulides meets UN’s Diagne ahead of Holguin visit

President Nikos Christodoulides met the head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Khassim Diagne, at the Presidential...
Politics

Christodoulides and Erhurman to meet again on Tuesday

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will meet again under UN auspices on Tuesday, October 27. After...
Opinion

Balanced? Oh no, we can’t have that!

Nikos Christodoulides’s proposal on Famagusta and its port is built on ideas put forward in 2006 by Finland, which...
Opinion

Tufan’s half-truths and wisecracks

The occupation side wants its demands met up front before it decides whether to join negotiations. That is the...
Politics

Erhurman confirms he rejected Varosha and Famagusta port proposal

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has confirmed for the first time that he rejected a proposal from President Nikos...
Politics

Christodoulides awaits Erhurman reply on new crossing point proposal

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday he was waiting for Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman to respond to a...
Politics

Christodoulides, Erhurman agree two initiatives and to meet next week

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman agreed on Tuesday to proceed with initiatives on the environment...
Opinion

The great rotating presidency wind-up

In September 2017, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres included findings such as these in his report: “By the end of...
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