Reuters (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot President Demetris Christofias pledged to continue reunification talks on Tuesday, dismissing criticism from a former coalition partner of tactical blunders in negotiations with estranged Turkish Cypriots.
Euractive (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The socialist EDEK party decided by majority vote to leave the three-party administration, formally placing it in opposition for another three years until presidential elections in 2013 and ending a two-year partnership fraught with problems over a difficult peace process. "We cannot endorse damaging strategies [...] Leaving this government is the politically responsible and morally right thing...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 03/02/2010
Cypriot President Demetris Christofias was released from hospital on Tuesday night, a few hours after feeling unwell. A hospital spokesman said Christofias, aged 64, is quite well and there is no reason for concern. He went to the hospital in the afternoon on his physician's advice, after feeling indisposed. The hospital spokesman said tests conducted were negative and there was no reason for him to...
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010
During a visit by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat say the divided island’s problem has remained unresolved for too long.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 31/01/2010
From Northern Ireland to Nicosia, we talk about a 'process' but the divides remain as deep as ever The theory is that time plays great healer of wounds, that Catholics and Protestants can sit in harmony at Stormont , that Palestinians, Israelis, Indians and Pakistanis can one day find peace together. But don't hold your breath. Just spend a few days following the UN secretary general around Nicosia...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 28/01/2010
The leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities decided on Wednesday night to extend by one day their intensified talks aimed at reaching a solution to the decades-old Cyprus problem. Cyprus President Demetris Christofias, a Greek Cypriot, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat announced at the end of a three-day intensive round of negotiations that they will meet again on Friday to make...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 24/01/2010
Warning comes as reunification talks, feared to be on brink of failure, are due to restart Cyprus could become another Czechoslovakia, splitting in to two separate states unless Britain and its international partners move to prevent the collapse of crucial reunification talks, officials in Turkish northern Cyprus have warned. With the negotiations, which began in 2008, resuming tomorrow, fears are...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 21/01/2010
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has written to five permanent members of the UN Security Council and the heads of EU member-states, briefing them on the latest developments in negotiations with Turkish Cypriot side. In his letter made public by the Press and Information Office Wednesday, Christofias said the Greek Cypriot side rejects the proposals recently put forward by Turkish Cypriot community...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/01/2010
The Turkish Cypriot political leadership's recent proposals on solving the Cyprus issue was unacceptable, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said Monday. "We want a solution that will end occupation and division in Cyprus, because the Cyprus issue is primarily a problem of occupation by Turkey," Papandreou said after meeting with visiting Cypriot President Demetris Christofias, who is...
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 18/01/2010
Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet-Ali Talat have begun a series of three-day negotiation sessions.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 16/01/2010
Greek Cypriot parties on Friday gave the go ahead to the island's President Demetris Christofias to continue discussions with the Turkish Cypriot community on solving the Cyprus problem, despite poor results in an accelerated round of negotiations earlier this week. Cyprus' National Council, a consultative body to the President made up of parliamentary party leaders and past presidents of the state,...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 14/01/2010
The leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities of Cyprus concluded three days of intensive negotiations on Wednesday night, without being nearer to solving the long standing Cyprus problem. Asked whether the goal of narrowing differences in his talks with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat had been achieved, Cyprus President and Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias replied "not...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 13/01/2010
Rival Cypriot leaders ended a first round of intensive talks on Wednesday in an accelerated UN-led drive to try to reunify the island in 2010, but with few signs a breakthrough was imminent. "I can't say we have some concrete results but we weren't talking to just pass the time," President Demetris Christofias said after three days of talks. "But I'm very, very careful about saying...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 13/01/2010
The top UN envoy in Cyprus expressed on Tuesday his satisfaction with the intensified talks by Greek and Turkish Cypriot community leaders aimed at bridging differences in negotiations aimed at a solution to the Cyprus issue. "We are happy with the way the two leaders are conducting the negotiations," said Alexander Downer, the United Nations Secretary-General's advisor on Cyprus. He was...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/01/2010
Cypriot President Demetris Christofias strongly condemns the murder of a prominent media publisher on Monday.
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