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151. UNFICYP makes case for more women peacekeepers

A female lieutenant with UNFICYP says local concerns are consistently heard and addressed with more women peacekeepers on the ground...

152. Anastasiades: We accept political equality

In this context and following a call from the Secretary General for an agreed basis for the resumption of negotiations, there is an understanding by the leaders of the two communities that the relevant “Terms of Reference” should comprise the following elements: ...

153. Trump files bimonthly report on Cyprus

US President Donald Trump has submitted to the Members of the Congress his Bi-monthly Congressional Report on progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering February through March 2019...

154. Cavusoglu enters Varosha

Disregarding Security Council resolutions for the 45-year-old fenced off part of Famagusta, Varosha, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu became the highest-ranking Turkish government official to enter Famagusta since the town was captured on the 14th of August 1974...

155. UN caution against hunting in the buffer zone

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus says hunting in the buffer zone is a security risk and strictly prohibited....

156. Varosha in the spotlight

The government closely follows developments and the Turkish Cypriot side’s actions with regard to the closed off area of Turkish occupied Famagusta, known as Varosha, a government source has told CNA, noting that representations have been made where they ought to be made. ...

157. UNFICYP mandate renewal sends message of urgency for resumption of Cyprus talks, US diplomat says

US Mission’s to the UN Political Coordinator Rodney Hunter has said that his country believes UNFICYP’s new mandate sends a message that the two leaders, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci "must work with a sense of urgency" to resume reunification talks. He also expressed disappointment with the lack of progress since the Conference on Cyprus in 2017 but expressed the belief that a settlement "remains achievable." ...

158. UNFICYP mandate extended for another six months

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has recommended that the Security Council extends UNFICYP’s mandate until January 31, 2020 in recognition of its continued contribution to the maintenance of peace and stability. ...

159. President intends to meet Spehar ahead of the UNSC consultations on UNFICYP

Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, intends to have a meeting and discuss with the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Elizabeth Spehar, prior to her departure for New York, where she will brief the UN Security Council on July 19, ahead of the adoption of the resolution for the renewal of UNFICYP’s mandate on July 30, CNA has learned....

160. Palmer: Ankara has been repeatedly advised to change course

161. Garber: US deeply concerned by Turkey's intention to drill off Cyprus

162. US Deputy Assistant Secretary Palmer holds meetings in Nicosia

163. It takes two to tango US official says

164. KOGAS investment in Cyprus a 'new horizon' for economic ties

165. President Anastasiades: Political cost preferable to letting go of Finance Minister

166. Cyprus treads carefully in Moscow visit

167. US: ''Perpetual peacekeeping missions unacceptable''

168. Spehar to brief UN Security Council on renewal of UNFICYP

169. UNFICYP report: Both sides demonstrated incomplete cooperation with the mission

170. Unofficial report says UNFICYP stays

171. UNFICYP report to be handed to Security Council members

172. UNFICYP welcomes new force commander

173. Government expects UNFICYP mandate to be renewed

174. Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and China discuss UNFICYP and Cyprus problem

175. Anastasiades: Ready to resume a 'creative' dialogue

176. Remains of Turkish Cypriot killed in 1974 handed over to his family

177. Farmers cry foul in the buffer zone

Media reports in the south say a number of Greek Cypriot farmers have been provoked by Turkish military presence in the buffer zone in Denia, while details remain unclear over the incidents...

178. Cheryl Pearce of Australia appointed new UNFICYP Commander

179. Christodoulides meets US National Security Advisor John Bolton

180. Foreign Minister in USA for meetings with Pompeo, Bolton, Haley