UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, to maintain their discussions and enhance efforts towards a comprehensive solution under their Joint Declaration.

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades addressed the graduating class of the Cyprus University of Technology yesterday, and declared the importance of focusing on the island's future.

Cyprus' Committee on Missing Persons is currently determining who will facilitate its new genetic laboratory, to identify the island's missing citizens.