NEW CYPRUS talks edged closer yesterday after the two leaders pledged immediately to lay the technical groundwork for a resumption of talks in little over three months.
President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat also agreed on the symbolic opening of the Ledra Street crossing point within the fortnight.
INTERNATIONAL mediators said yesterday the political will they were seeking from both sides in Cyprus had been evident at yesterday’s meeting, but warned it must be sustained.
Predictable congratulatory statements were issued by Britain, the US and the EU welcoming the outcome of the meeting between President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat.
THERE was delight mixed with frustration yesterday as a small crowd gathered at the end of Ledra Street last night to mark the official approval for the opening of the new crossing.
WOMEN from both communities of Cyprus gathered at the entrance to the UN protected area in Nicosia yesterday to declare their strong will for a solution and reunification of the country.
Roughly 40 women, members of an ad hoc committee of women for a solution, organised the gathering yesterday calling the two leaders to work for a solution to the Cyprus problem.
THE 45-year-old Paphos district man who shot dead two villagers on Thursday, apparently told police he’d killed his victims because he had been the butt of village teasing.
A 43-YEAR-old man and his 24-year-old son were arrested after police found six cannabis plants at their Limassol home, police said yesterday.
THE EUROPEAN Police Academy (CEPOL) yesterday wrapped up its seminar in Cyprus on how to combat child abuse.
The 15 participating counties exchanged views and practices in a bid to draw up a common strategy on how to prevent and deal with child abuse.
A GRACE period for clinics to meet the legal requirement for the minimum number of nursing staff looks set to be extended for another two years, after almost two thirds of clinics failed to live up to standard.
PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias was yesterday at the State Fair in Nicosia to open two exhibitions aimed at presenting products and methods that can contribute to saving energy and water.
DESPITE recent assurances from the Mayor of Yermasoyia to the Cyprus Mail that the ‘Galatex issue’ has been more or less addressed as nightclubs are not presently operating, the Chairman of Galatex Tourist Enterprises George Galatariotis insists the problem will return to the fore in the summer.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
