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Christodoulides heads to Antalya for COP31 after EU push

President Nikos Christodoulides leaves for Antalya in Turkey on Tuesday afternoon to attend the leaders’ summit of the UN...
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Attacks on war zone water systems more than triple, UNICEF says

Attacks on water and sanitation systems in conflict zones more than tripled between 2021 and 2025, putting children at...
Politics

Turkey’s Sinirlioglu trails rivals in UN secretary-general straw poll

Turkey’s candidate for UN secretary-general, Feridun Sinirlioglu, received three encourage votes and eight discourage votes, with four members expressing...
Politics

Crossings deal could pave way for UN push on Cyprus talks

The two sides in Cyprus appear close to agreeing a package of four new crossing points and demining ahead...
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...
Politics

Turkey enters UN chief race, Cyprus objects

This news piece was first published on policypress.cy By Bilun Gunes Turkey has nominated the OSCE’s secretary-general, Feridun Sinirlioğlu, to lead the...
Politics

Holguin begins possibly final Cyprus visit amid low expectations

UN envoy María Ángela Holguín is making what may be her last visit to Cyprus before her contract ends...
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...
Local

UN says Deneia buffer zone structure is a water tank

The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has told Deneia’s community council that a cross-shaped concrete structure built on...
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...
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The Turkey-Libya memorandum does not yield legal commitments for third countries, Nicosia says in letter to Guterres

The Republic of Cyprus expressed serious concern on the motives behind the Libyan move and the interests it its...
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...
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