Forthcoming elections in Turkey and tensions in the wider region have complicated the matter further...
The two Cypriot leaders are set to meet Monday evening in the buffer zone, with the two men being nowhere near a common agenda and the UN hoping at best for more meetings to follow....
Expectations aren’t high about Monday’s social gathering which doesn’t signal a formal resumption of peace talks...
President hopes the Turkish Cypriot side will demonstrate the necessary political will in order to re-engage in negotiations for a Cyprus solution...
The dinner date is not expected to lead to the resumption of talks but it may help in dispelling the climate of distrust ...
It was not clear what type of helicopter was involved in the incident...
It will be the first time Anastasiades and Akinci have met since the collapse of peace talks in Switzerland...
Any state body using a nerve agent so blatantly is clearly disregarding the traditional rules of international order...
