The UN confirmed on Friday it has received a request from the Turkish Cypriot side for its peace keeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) to reach an agreement with the breakaway regime to remain active in ...

Since 1964 the UN has been operating a peacekeeping mission, UNFICYP, to prevent clashes between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities on the island, according to the official UNFICYP ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soldiers serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNFICYP) in ethnically-divided Cyprus stand during a parade marking ...

The United Nations security council is set to reaffirm its commitment to a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, according to a draft copy of the resolution which will see it extend the mandate of ...

The EU Commission is closely monitoring the situation of the ‘buffer zone migrants’ who continue to be stranded in the Green Line amid ongoing extreme weather warnings, it emerged on ... Claims and ...

The foreign ministry on Saturday said it “welcomes” the latest six-monthly reports penned by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus and the UN’s good ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Angry Turkish Cypriots punched and kicked a group of international peacekeepers who obstructed crews working on a road that would encroach on a U.N.-controlled buffer zone in ...

Major General Ingrid Gjerde, UNFICYP Force Commander, shares her thoughts on performance: As Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), what do you see at the core ...

The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) must carry out its activities in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) with the consent of Turkish Cypriots, the Turkish Cypriot foreign minister ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it is important to take "a critical look at the way forward" in addressing the Cyprus issue. "It is also important, at this stage and after the findings of ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Decades on from the ethnic division of Cyprus, tensions persist along the 180-kilometer buffer zone separating breakaway Turkish Cypriots from Greek Cypriots in the internationally ...