THE United Nations has drafted in top flight foreign experts to tackle the thorniest issue of the Annan plan in the event of a solution: property and compensation.

Sir, Mr Spiros Anastasiades of Nicosia (‘Just too much shouting on TV’, letters, February 27) is absolutely right to voice his concern regarding, violence, shouting and aggressive gesturing on television.

PHILELEFTHEROS “Snail’s pace concerns the UN” Mediators are concerned that negotiations are moving slowly. A diplomatic source revealed to the paper that the negotiations are moving at snail’s pace which is cause for concern given the time frame to reach a referendum before May 1. Papadopoulos said changes must be made in the Annan plan for them to agree to a referendum.

POTATO farmers are to take to the streets in response to the government’s failure to meet their demands, Panagrotikos Union secretary Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis said yesterday. Farmers and union representatives met in Xylofagou on Wednesday night, and unanimously agreed to gather their 500 tractors at Ormidhia in preparation for their protest that will start on Monday.

A GREEK Cypriot woman who escaped from Syria by boat with her two children after her Syrian husband kept them prisoner for months said yesterday she just wanted to put it all behind her. “What’s done is done,” said Eftychia Christodoulou. “I would like to protect my children,” she added, not wishing to comment any further on her ordeal.

A Greek Cypriot woman who escaped from Syria by boat with her two children after her Syrian husband kept them prisoner for months, said yesterday she just wanted to put it all behind her. “What’s done is done,” said Eftychia Christodoulou. “I would like to protect my children,” she said.

THE House yesterday unanimously approved anti-corruption legislation concerning the acquisition of property with unlawful means by public officials and declaration of their assets.

THE American Embassy yesterday presented the new visa security system, which requires all applicants to be fingerprinted before travelling to the United States. Known as Biometric Visas, the system seeks to enhance the security of visitors and American citizens and detect terrorists and criminals during the visa application process.

TURKISH Cypriot papers reported yesterday that the UN and the US were working on a fourth version of the Annan plan, taking into account a set of ‘give-and-take’ proposals made by mediators.