28/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has welcomed the pledge by the Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and the leader of the Turkish Cypriots, Mehmet Ali Talat, to enter talks on 3 September 2008 the reunification of Cyprus (see Europe 9711). Barroso encouraged both sides to work in a 'positive and flexible spirit' because 'a unified and integrated Cyprus would benefit not only Cypriots themselves, but the whole of the European...