Mustafa Akinci

Anastasiades to meet Akinci next month

The informal meeting between Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci is scheduled to take place on August 9 at 10.30 p.m., according to government spokesperson Prodromos Prodromou.
The UN has urged both sides to come to an agreement on the way forward in the hope that this time around negotiations will be fruitful.

Ignoring EU sanctions, Ankara sends fourth ship to Eastern Mediterranean

Blatantly defying EU warnings and sanctions decided on 16 July over its decision to pursue gas and oil drilling in Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone , Ankara has decided to send a fourth ship to the region.

Cyprus: No to Akinci's proposal for co-management of hydrocarbons deposits

Mobile phone link now working on both sides of split 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.
That means Turkish Cypriots living in the Turkish-occupied north and Greek Cypriots living in the internationally recognized south can use their mobile devices on either side for the first time.

Turkish provocations undermining peace drive, Anastasiades tells UN's Guterres

In a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has emphasized that Turkey's activities in the eastern Mediterranean are undermining any efforts at reviving UN-mediated peace talks to reunited the divided island.

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