Property prices in North Cyprus are already nudging upwards alongside the revived reunification talks between the left-winger Demetris Christofias and his ideological fellow and apparent friend, the Turkish Cypriot Mehmet Ali Talat Yesterday the UN’s Envoy to Cyprus – the Australian Alexander Downer – returned to Cyprus after meetings in both Athens and Ankara, to help move negotiations along

With talks under way every week, optimists would be right to see a potentially secure solution to the Cyprus problem Indeed, Cypriot leaders Mehmet Ali Talat and Dimitris Christofias have been described by many sources as staunch allies and close friends, and both have stated separately their intentions to make reunification the centre of what they achieve whilst in office; in fact, it was one of the main points in both of their election campaigns