The UN Security Council unanimously adopted on Thursday the resolution for the renewal of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Resolution 2587 renews UNFICYP’s mandate for six more months until the 31st of January 2022.The Mini…
Day: July 29, 2021
Extremely high temperatures to continue on Friday, says Meteorological Department
Extremely high temperatures will continue to affect the island on Friday, according to the Cyprus Meteorological Service which issued a yellow warning on Thursday.The warning comes into effect from 2100 local time Thursday until 1700 Friday.Tonight the…
Defence Ministers of Cyprus and Slovakia sign MoU in Nicosia [VIDEO]
Ministers of Defence of Cyprus and Slovakia held a meeting on Thursday in Nicosia during which they discussedbilateral relations in the field of defence and security, the continuing tension in the Eastern Mediterranean region as well as the recent deve…
The goal of denouncing Turkish actions in Varosha at UN and EU has been achieved, Dendias says
The goal of denouncing Turkish actions in Varosha has been achieved both at the UN framework and at the level of the European Union, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in a statement after briefing, on Thursday, the representatives of Greek parl…
Nicosia welcomes unanimous renewal of UNFICYP mandate
In view of the final text of Resolution 2587, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the unanimous renewal of the mandate of the Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus until 31 January 2022, on the basis of Resolution 186 (1964), through the adoption today by …
Security Council to adopt Thursday a resolution for the renewal of the mandate of UNFICYP (full text)
The UN Security Council is expected to adopt Thursday at 10 a.m. (local time) a resolution that will renew the mandate of UNFICYP for another six months, until January 31, 2022.The final text, which was tacitly accepted and will be adopted by the plena…