GREEK and Turkish Cypriot mediators yesterday agreed on the titles for six working groups and seven technical committees that will lay the groundwork for a resumption of Cyprus talks, possibly in three months time.
It took just a couple of days for Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou and Turkish Cypriot negotiator Ozdil Nami to agree to the titles.
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Following the publication of your article regarding the unexpected participation of our national side in the forthcoming tournament in Europe, which will require self-funding, may I offer the following comment.
UNFICYP completed its mine sweep in the Ledra Street buffer zone area yesterday afternoon, clearing the way for both sides to go in today to start clean-up work ahead of the expected opening of the crossing point.
THE TURKISH army will withdraw from Cyprus if a solution to the Cyprus problem is found, the head of the Turkish armed forces indicated yesterday.
“We came to Cyprus to make peace, and will remain here keeping the peace until a fair and lasting settlement is found,” Chief of Staff Yasar Buyukanit said during a one-day visit to Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat yesterday.
UN SECRETARY-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Canadian Elizabeth Spehar as his new Special Representative in Cyprus on an interim basis.
WATER cuts will kick in from tomorrow, with consumers supplied water three times a week for around 12 hours, the Nicosia Water Board decided yesterday.
The only establishments that will be entitled to constant water supply will be state hospitals.
AN IRANIAN failed asylum seeker is entering his 20th day of a hunger strike at Larnaca police station today.
The 43-year-old was arrested on March 7 after his visa expired. He has refused to let food pass through his mouth since, surviving only on water and tea with sugar.
THE 17 illegal immigrants arrested on Tuesday trying to cross over from the north told police during questioning that they had been shot at by Turkish troops, according to media reports yesterday.
PROFESSOR Antonis Constantinides was yesterday appointed head of the Cyprus University of Technology’s (TEPAK) temporary administrative committee.
Constantinides has replaced Andreas Demetriou who was last month appointed as Education Minister.
COMMERCIAL truck drivers working at a quarry in Parekklissia village outside Limassol yesterday closed the exit to the village from the Limassol-Nicosia motorway, in protest at the placement of humps on the road to prevent vehicles from speeding when passing through the village.
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