No progress on mobile phone links

NO breakthrough was recorded during the meeting of negotiators Andreas Mavroyiannis and Ozdil Nami on the mobile phone interoperability across the island, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Friday.

The linking of mobile telephony in the south and north of the island is part of the confidence-building measures (CBMs) agreed between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders in May. Currently, Greek Cypriot phones do not work in the north – and vice versa – while calls have to go through Turkey.

Citing sources, the CNA reported that discussion on the issue will continue between the two negotiators and the co-chairs of the technical committee for entrepreneurship, economy and trade and is not expected to be discussed at the meeting of the two leaders on Monday.

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.