Farmagusta, Cyprus News

The return of the fenced - off section of the Turkish occupied town of Famagusta can become a game changer in the Cyprus issue, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides has said.

The 29th Annual Cyprus and Hellenic Leadership Conference opened Tuesday in Washington in the presence of Greek-American and Cypriot-American leaders from across the US and Hellenes from around the world.

A seven-year-old girl has drowned in a hotel pool in Protaras. She was taken to Famagusta hospital after being found at around 4.30pm Saturday but doctors could not revive her.

Cyprus on Thursday asked United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the islandA's reunification talks to resume in the fall to allow Nicosia time to deal with its pressing economic problems.