in-cyprus9 Aug 2026

The homework Guterres left Cyprus: Three readings of what comes next

When the United Nations announced the Secretary-General’s visit to Cyprus, everyone involved waited anxiously to see what António Guterres would bring with him.

By the time he left the island, however, his announcements from the old Nicosia airport were already being interpreted in different ways. That divergence is also evident in the competing readings of the “homework” Guterres left the two sides in Nicosia....

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