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An official of the company had licence to carry arms
The web on the ‘spy van’ in Larnaca is weird and tangled. Did the authorities cooperate in the past with the company and its officials and if yes, why? Police were carrying out patrols as part of anti-terrorist measures.
- May… Guterres help – To Berlin with an open agenda. Today the meeting between (FM Nikos) Christodoulides and (US Secretary of State Mike) Pompeo in Washington.
To Berlin without any conditions
The trilateral meeting will have an open agenda, while Turkey is sending negative messages. Nicosia believes a positive result is possible.
- They found as an excuse the burning of a ‘flag’
Electronic auctions as of today
Cyprus enters today the era of e-auctions since the platform is expected to be uploaded online today and the procedure of registering properties will start. Banks and credit-management companies have already set up the first list. In the meantime, the Estia scheme got stuck to 290 applications as opposed to the 15,000 the finance ministry has initially said.
He is taking decisions
Antonio Guterres is going to the trilateral aiming for the final clearing up of the situation. He will either announce an agreement on the Terms of Reference and an informal five-party meeting or he will announce the final end to the procedure, call Lute back and brief the Security Council on how, who and how much are to blame for the new shipwreck.
- Meeting of Christodoulides with Mike Pompeo in Washington
- Measures on the cards for the ‘black hole’ of the Green Line
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Leaders will go to Berlin with an open agenda
Alithia, Haravgi, Phileleftheros, Politis
Negotiations Process, Regional/International Relations
OVERVIEW
The dailies report that the trilateral meeting in Berlin next week between the two leaders and the UN Secretary-General will have an open agenda.
No statements were made by the two leaders following their separate meetings with Un special envoy Jane Holl Lute the papers report.
Phileleftheros, citing sources, reports that the meeting was focused on a review of what took place so far and on procedural matters ahead of the trilateral.
The dailies report that Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said after the meeting of Anastasiades with the Lute that the president had a good discussion with the UN envoy ahead of the Berlin trilateral.
He refrained from elaborating arguing it would not be useful right to say anything else ahead of the meeting in Berlin.
Citing information given by a source to the Cyprus News Agency, the informal meeting in Berlin will have an open agenda and the two leaders will have the opportunity to discuss with Guterres about the next steps.
According to the same source, Anastasiades conveyed to Lute the position of the GC side that there is ground for an agreement on the Terms of Reference and therefore this is something attainable.
He also told Lute that the GC side wants an informal five-party meeting involving the two sides and the three guarantor powers to take place just after the trilateral, the source said, according to the dailies.
Alithia, citing information, reports that Lute, during brief meetings with the two leaders without the presence of their associates, probed the possibility of them making any concessions on crucial issues and how they feel about possible alternative solutions she presented to them.
Citing diplomatic sources, the daily also reported that Guterres will this time ask the two sides’ final positions so that he can set his next steps which will be either an announcement on an agreement on the ToR and a five-party meeting or the end of the current process, call Lute back and brief the Security Council on who’s to blame on the new shipwreck.
Reaction in north to ELAM members’ actions
Alithia, Haravgi, Phileleftheros, Politis
Human Rights
OVERVIEW
The dailies report that the burning by far-right ELAM followers of a ‘flag’ stirred reactions in the north and that TC leader Mustafa Akinci, politicians in the north but also the Turkish foreign ministry called for explanations over the incident.
Phileleftheros reports that the occupied areas and Turkey found an excuse just a week prior to the trilateral to use an insignificant incident and raise tensions.
The daily reported that ELAM, on the other hand, tried to take credit for this act arguing that the occupation authorities made another honorary reference to them by calling for measures against members of the party “for burning that rag” as ELAM said, during the rally against the establishment of the pseudo-state.
Haravgi too reports that the Turkish foreign ministry is trying to take advantage of the burning of the ‘flag’.