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. The Socialist EDEK party quit Cyprus's left-wing coalition government on Monday, accusing Christofias of making unacceptable concessions in peace talks with Mehmet Ali Talat, the Turkish Cypriot leader. The talks ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said Friday he saw progress toward reaching a peace deal with Greek Cypriots at talks last month, even if details of any achievements remain vague. But he said the negotiations could come to a standstill if he loses a presidential election on the Turkish side of divided Cyprus in April to a ...

Cyprus police have formally pressed murder charges against a TV host, her brother and a third man in the suspected contract killing of the island's most powerful publisher. Prosecutors on Friday charged Elena Skordelli, her brother Anastasios Krasopoullis and Andreas Grigoriou with premeditated murder and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greece's deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday he was not optimistic about current talks on reuniting Cyprus, describing the latest Turkish Cypriot proposals as "a step back." The minister, Dimitris Droutsas, was speaking as Greek and Turkish Cypriots are making a push under U.N. mediation to end the long division of the island, split by ...