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Deadline looms for a solution on Cyprus

The UN envoy for Cyprus Alvaro de Soto warned yesterday in Athens that talks aimed at reuniting the island will not continue beyond 1 May, when the island joins the EU.

Despite this looming deadline, three weeks of talks in Nicosia between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders have not led to an agreement and both sides blame each other for the lack of progress in the negotiations.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan set a tight timetable for the talks - Greek and Turkish nego...

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Kofi Annan is likely to finalise the text of the peace plan (Photo: European Commission)

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