Nicosia, Apr 5: For the first time in 45 years, the inhabitants of the divided city of Nicosia in the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, walked freely the full length of Ledra Street, the stre
Athens/Nicosia - Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias was scheduled to return from an oversees trip earlier than expected on Friday after a checkpoint ceremoniously opened a day earlier was force
Nicosia - A high-ranking UN official is set to embark on a new attempt to overcome the division of Cyprus, local Cypriot press reports said Sunday.
The reports said that Lynn Pascoe, Assistant to the UN Secretary General, will hold three-day initial soundings to determine whether negotiations on a reunification of the island can go ahead in June, as planned.
He is expected to meet separately with the two top Cypriot leaders, newly-elected President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat
The UN-initiative to overcome the division o comes a few days after a first meeting by the leaders of the Mediterranean island.