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Community leaders to meet in Geneva. Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, is to host Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders in Geneva on Wednesday...

The leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriots will continue their talks on a political settlement in the autumn, but time may be running out. The direct negotiations began...

The political leadership of the European Parliament will discuss on 10 June a controversial proposal that would enable the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus to trade directly...

Derviş Eroğlu to replace Mehmet Ali Talat, casting doubt on reunification talks. Turkish voters on the divided island of Cyprus have voted for Derviş Eroğlu of the...

Turkey must achieve a breakthrough in talks with the Greek Cypriots if it wants to make progress in its EU membership negotiations. Turkey's prospects for membership of the...

Turkey faces challenges on many fronts in its efforts to reform. Relations between Turkey and its main allies in the EU and the United States have been tense in recent...

The people of northern Cyprus go to the polls this weekend, and the future of reunification talks hangs in the balance. On Sunday (18 April), voters in the Turkish north of...

EU leaders must ignore calls to penalise Turkey. At their summit later this week, EU leaders may be incited by Cyprus to punish Turkey for not opening its harbours and...

A look at the European experience of forced displacement since 1945. The massive 'ethnic unmixing' in Europe at the end of the Second World War left a few pockets of ethnic...

A look at the issues obstructing Turkey's path to the EU and asks if membership is worth the effort. Of all the would-be members of the EU, Turkey faces the most arduous...

Turkish Cypriot leader says the EU must step up pressure on Greek Cypriots. Talks on a peace settlement for Cyprus will fail unless the European Union convinces the Greek...

UK told to enforce Greek Cypriot court decision; property ruling to apply across the EU. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that UK courts should enforce rulings...

Turkish Cypriot leader warns of complications to reunification talks after his party loses parliamentary elections. Mehmet Ali Talat, leader of the Turkish Cypriot...

Turkish Cypriots will vote on Sunday (19 April) in an early parliamentary election that could lead to the defeat of the ruling centre-left Turkish Republican Party (CTP) and...

Obstacles remain, but with goodwill and flexibility on both sides, the path to a settlement this year can be cleared. Hopes of reaching a comprehensive settlement in Cyprus...

Agreement only achieved on power-sharing chapter; talks will now focus on property restitution. The division of Cyprus into a Greek and a Turkish part has become a textbook...

Leader of Turkish Cypriots says talks are ‘stuck'; mechanisms for decision-making are a sticking-point. The European Union should put pressure on the Greek Cypriot...

European Voice readers select Bulgaria's European commissioner for her role as consumer champion; ECB's president wins award as ‘most valued European'. Meglena Kuneva...

Latest meeting on possible reunification will focus on veto powers. Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, the leaders of the Greek and Turkish communities on Cyprus,...