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211. Cyprus among Juncker’s big regrets

The failure to reunify Cyprus while in office has been one of Jean Claude Juncker’s big regrets, the European Commission President told the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper in an interview...

212. Lute still thrashing out terms

A new meeting has been for Thursday between President Nicos Anastasiades and UN envoy Jane Lute, aimed at reaching an agreement on the terms of reference for the resumption of Cyprus peace talks...

213. 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." ...

214. Lacroix-Anastasiades discuss UNFICYP’s mandate

Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday that President Anastasiades had the opportunity to raise the matter of Turkey’s provocations within Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as well as his efforts for the resumption of reunification talks during a meeting with Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations. ...

215. Mobile phones now work across divided Cyprus

The United Nations has lauded the news that mobile phone coverage has been extended to both sides of the divide on the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. ...

216. 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. ...

217. Playing with fire

The emerging crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean over Turkey’s drilling activities in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) raise the prospect of an open Greco-Turkish conflict to a level higher than anytime since the Imia crisis...

218. Demetris Christofias gets final farewell

The people of Cyprus bid on Tuesday farewell to former president Demetris Christofias, with a state funeral taking place in the afternoon at the Holy Church of God’s Wisdom...

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

220. Cast and crew call '74'

SILVER THESPIAN PRODUCTIONS and INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION STUDIOS from abroad are seeking CAST and CREW for Paul Lambis’ full-length feature war epic “74” to be shot on location in Cyprus...

221. Trump’s bimonthly report on Cyprus sent to Congress

222. Toxic environment

The elections will be over in a few days and base politics will take their place, along with voter abstention after all ballots are counted. But one thing that cannot be measured is the damage to the rapprochement effort caused by this drawn-out argument...

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

224. Political Will

225. Football diplomacy in divided Cyprus

226. Pantelides - Sözen‏: Swiss governance model instead of bizonal federation

227. The balancing act after the Tsipras - Erdogan meeting

228. Unofficial report says UNFICYP stays

229. Greek President: Cyprus cannot have any other solution but a federation

230. EU Commission earmarks €34.5 million for Turkish Cypriots

231. Turkish fighter jets fly over Nicosia

Nicosia skies were pierced by the thunder of two Turkish fighter jets at noon Thursday, marking celebrations in the north while drawing condemnation in the south...

232. Interview with Isfandyar Zaman Khan, lead specialist for finance and innovation at the World Bank

233. Christodoulides optimistic about resumption of Cyprus talks

234. Cyprus issue: not about virgin birth

I get the feeling that, after so many years of dialogue with the other side, we never actually had a conversation with ourselves...

235. Cypriot Ambassador presents credentials at the White House

Cypriot Ambassador Marios Lysiotis presented his letters of credence to US President Donald Trump...

236. UK parties declare support for Cyprus reunification

The main British political parties, as well as a pro-Cypriot group of MPs, have reiterated their support for the reunification of the island in recent statements addressed to the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK...

237. Kasoulides bestowed Legion of Honour

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian praised Ioannis Kasoulides during a special ceremony in Nicosia, where France awarded the Legion of Honour to the Cypriot former foreign minister...

238. Stephen Lillie: There is only plan A for Cyprus

There is a clear plan A for Cyprus, that of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation solution, and there is no plan B, UK High Commissioner in Nicosia, Stephen Lillie, has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), stressing that “for plan A to succeed the negotiations need to be well prepared, and the public opinion needs to be well prepared” as well....

239. New push in the UK for direct flights in the north

The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce is lending its support to a new petition in the UK, sponsored by a British conservative MP, who is pushing for direct flights to the north one year after the Pegasus restrictions...

240. Turkish aid to north comes to 430 million

The Turkish Cypriot economy is expected to get a boost from Turkish aid in 2018, with approximately €430 million being spent in different areas of the self-declared state in the north...