RESIDENTS of Akamas area communities yesterday threatened to block the EU delegation in Nicosia, accusing the European Commission of preventing them from developing their properties in the area.
THE UN has given its Cyprus special envoy Alvaro de Soto a chartered private plane to ease travelling difficulties between Cyprus and Turkey and save time during the intensive talks he is conducting between Athens, Ankara and Nicosia.
EIGHT new appeals have been filed against Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) demanding compensation for property seized after Turkey invaded in 1974.
LEADERS of minority religions are fighting to keep a marriage regulation bill from becoming law, protesting that it discriminates against their members by denying official recognition to their marriage ceremonies.
THE family of a 21-year-old man suffering from leukaemia yesterday issued an urgent plea for people to donate blood samples in order to find a compatible bone marrow donor.
AS MANY as one in five people could be suffering from some sort of psychological disturbance, a leading psychiatrist said yesterday. Although usually mild, some of those will suffer acute disturbances, which have been attributed to genetic, biological and social factors.
THE GOVERNMENT has made plans to erect a desalination plant in Paralimni in the Famagusta district as soon as there is a solution to the Cyprus problem, Agriculture Minister Costas Themistocleous said yesterday.
POLICE last night said they had arrested three suspects and seized around 2,000 Ecstasy tablets during an afternoon raid in a house in Nicosia.
THE next steps in the Cyprus negotiations should become clear by the weekend, informed sources said yesterday, with time running out for the signing of an initial agreement by the December 12 EU summit deadline.
Both leaders are expected to hand in their comments on the UN plan by tomorrow.
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