UN SPECIAL envoy Alexander Downer is expected to give the two leaders a pep talk when he joins them in their next meeting on Friday.
Although the language is couched diplomatically, the bottom line is that the UN is unhappy with the pace of the talks and with the counterproductive statements both leaders are making through the media.
THE THREE members of The Elders arrive in Cyprus today to give a boost to the flagging Cyprus talks and to encourage the leaders by lending their weighty support to the process.
PARLIAMENT is expected to pass a law tomorrow setting out the operational regulations for the establishment of the Cyprus Medical School.
According to the Chairman of the House Education Committee, Nicos Tornaritis of DISY, the establishment of the Medical School has been deemed a necessity by the government and University of Cyprus.
DISY Deputy Stella Kyriakidou yesterday called for a national strategic policy for adults with special needs.
Speaking after the House Human Rights Committee, which discussed the problems faced at the Margarita Liasides Institute in Paphos, Kyriakidou said the state had an obligation to ensure adults with special needs were well cared for.
FOUR MOT testing centres in Cyprus have had their licences confiscated after fraudulently issuing MOT certificates.
Following an investigation by the Road Transport Department, the owners of the testing centres were found guilty of issuing certificates of roadworthiness to cars that had never been inspected.
HERMES is inviting volunteers to participate in trials this month for the new airport of Paphos, prior to its official opening in November.
Organisers are hoping feedback from participants will help to improve the level of service offered to passengers from November.
A SERIES of significant questions were raised in Parliament yesterday when the Auditor-general presented her annual report on a number of semi-government organisations.
WHILE Cyprus is plagued by a grave water shortage problem, rainwater is being lost due to the absence of proper water management infrastructure.
THE FAMILY of a Cypriot World War II veteran said yesterday they would be happy to meet the son of a fellow British soldier who has been seeking information on his father’s war exploits.
Following an appeal in the Sunday Mail nearly two weeks ago by British policeman Robert Molloy, the family of Theofilos Piperides, the man he has been looking for, stepped forward to help.
THE owner of an IT shop in central Nicosia has marked the completion of lengthy road works in his street while also displaying a sense of humor.
To celebrate the opening of the road, the owner put up a poster in the shop window displaying three orangutans , with the caption ‘Thank you for finishing, it was only four months overdue, take care’.
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