Argentinian appointed as new UNFICYP Commander

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has appointed Major General Rafael Jose Barni of Argentina as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). An UNFICYP press release said that

Papadopoulos to meet Kofi Annan in Paris

Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan are due to meet on February 28 in Paris in order to discuss the Cyprus problem. This will be the first

Bird flu doubts about northern Cyprus

Confirmed in Bulgaria, Slovenia Doubts have been raised about whether there really was an outbreak of bird flu (avian influenza) in occupied northern Cyprus in January or whether there was a mix-up