In today’s episode, the leaders of the two sides should promote more contact and cooperation as well as the opening of more crossing points, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday in his two separate reports covering developments on the island over the past six months. In other news, a Turkish Cypriot with American citizenship has been awarded €345,000 in compensation for loss of use of his properties in Limassol and also had ownership of the property returned to him. And proper reforms are needed to ensure justice is properly served in Cyprus, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said on Tuesday, ahead of the publication of the European Commission’s Rule of Law report later this month.

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