"EU unblocks aid package to Turkish Cypriots
24 Feb 2006 20:19:07 GMT
Source: Reuters
BRUSSELS, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The European Union has agreed to unblock aid worth 139 million euros ($165.3 million) to the Turkish Cypriot community of northern Cyprus, ending a dispute running since 2004, an EU official said on Friday.
The Greek Cypriot government, which represents the whole of the divided island at the EU, had blocked the allocation of the aid because some EU members insisted the breakaway Turkish Cypriot part of the island should also be opened to trade."
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