Thursday, September 04, 2008

Hope, at last, for Cyprus

"Hope, at last, for Cyprus
With leaders on both sides striving for unity, it's the best chance yet for a deal to end the island's division

Cyprus, that small, beautiful, troubled island beloved of British holidaymakers, is again making news. It may, for a change, be good news. The days of division and distrust could finally be coming to an end.

The first United Nations sponsored talks for more than four years have just started in a ramshackle building situated in the no man's land between the Turkish north and the Greek south."

More:Mary Honeyball: Hope, at last, for Cyprus | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk