Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 03-05-10

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[01] Europa Nostra awards Cyprus with two medals of honour

[02] Turkish Cypriots drivers cross the divide in their vehicles

[01] Europa Nostra awards Cyprus with two medals of honour

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Europa Nostra awards Cyprus with two medals of honour By Nicos Bellos

Brussels, May 10 (CNA) Three people from Cyprus were awarded with two Europa Nostra Medals of Honour for the year 2002.

[02] Turkish Cypriots drivers cross the divide in their vehicles

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Turkish Cypriots drivers cross the divide in their vehicles

Nicosia, May 10 (CNA) Turkish Cypriots crossed to the government controlled areas of the Republic here Saturday for the first time with their vehicles since the 1974 Turkish invasion, as the new checkpoint at Agios Dometios, a western suburb of Nicosia, the world's last divided capital, opened this morning for vehicle crossing from both sides of the divide.

The Cyprus House of Representatives approved on Thursday a new legislation amending vehicle regulations so as to make possible the movement of Turkish Cypriot motorists in the government-controlled areas of the Republic.

Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief of Mission, Zbigniew Wlosowicz told CNA we are witnessing the opening of a new road to reconciliation on the island.

He said, this is a very impressive project, efficiently and beautifully executed by the sides. UNFICYP is happy to facilitate. We hope more good things will follow as a natural consequence of what has been happening on the island.

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