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CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY, 96-05-21Cyprus News Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: Panayiotis Zaphiris <pzaphiri@glue.umd.edu>CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY, 96-05-21CONTENTS
[01] SPORT: APOEL WIN CYPRUS LEAGUE UNDEFEATEDNICOSIA, MAY 20 (CNA) -- NICOSIA FOOTBALL CLUB APOEL HAVE WON THE CYPRUS LEAGUE UNDEFEATED. THIS WAS APOEL'S 16TH CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.APOEL HAVE ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE FINAL MATCH OF THE CYPRUS CUP. THEY WILL PLAY AGAINST AEK OF LARNACA ON MAY 29, AT TSIRION STADIUM, IN LIMASSOL. THREE TEAMS, NAMELY AEL OF LIMASSOL, EYAGORAS OF PAPHOS AND OMONIA OF ARADIPPOU, HAVE RELEGATED TO THE SECOND DIVISION. THEY WILL BE REPLACED BY APOP OF PAPHOS, APEP OF PITSILIA AND ANAGENNISIS OF DHERYNIA. THE THREE CLUBS WON THE FIRST THREE PLACES IN THE SECOND DIVISION. IN 26 MATCHES IN THE 1995/96 SEASON, APOEL WON 19 GAMES. SEVEN OTHER MATCHES ENDED IN A DRAW. THE NICOSIA CLUB COLLECTED 64 POINTS, NINE POINTS MORE THAN THE RUNNER-UP CLUB, ANORTHOSIS, A REFUGEE CLUB FROM THE TURKISH-OCCUPIED TOWN OF FAMAGUSTA. ANORTHOSIS WON THE CYPRUS LEAGUE LAST YEAR. THE FINAL TABLE OF THE CYPRUS LEAGUE IS AS FOLLOWS: APOEL 64 ANORTHOSIS 55 OMONIA 53 AEK 53 APOLLON 40 ETHNIKOS 37 ENOSIS 33 SALAMINA 33 ARIS 31 ALKI 31 OLYMPIAKOS 30 AEL 24 EYAGORAS 13 ARADIPPOU 2 CNA GP/1996ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY[02] LANDMARK MEETING BETWEEN CLERIDES-CLINTONNICOSIA, MAY 20 (CNA) -- FOREIGN MINISTER ALECOS MICHAELIDES DESCRIBED NEXT MONTH'S WASHINGTON MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT GLAFCOS CLERIDES AND U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AS ''A LANDMARK'' WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME DEVELOPMENTS.COMMENTING ON CONTINUING CONTACTS BETWEEN FOREIGN OFFICIALS WITH THE GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOT SIDES IN A BID TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD, THE MINISTER SAID ''I BELIEVE THE CRUCIAL LANDMARK IN THESE EFFORTS IS THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH HIS U.S. COUNTERPART WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS.'' THE MEETING, SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 18, MIGHT ALSO INDICATE WHETHER AN INITIATIVE ON CYPRUS WOULD BE LAUNCHED OR NOT, HE SAID SPEAKING TO THE PRESS ON THE SIDELINES OF A ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THE SOCIETY OF INFORMATION. .... CNA MM/GP/1996ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY[03] CYPRUS-EU ENGAGED, HEADING FOR WEDLOCK, SAYS EU AMBASSADORNICOSIA, MAY 20 (CNA) -- CYPRUS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION COULD BE DESCRIBED AS ''AN ENGAGED COUPLE TO BE MARRIED'', THE HEAD OF DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN NICOSIA GILLES ANOUIL TOLD A ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.ADDRESSING THE MEETING OF DISTINGUISHED ACADEMICS TODAY, ANOUIL SAID ''WE CAN SAY IN A WAY THAT CYPRUS IS ENGAGED WITH THE EU AND WE HOPE THE WEDDING WILL TAKE PLACE SOON.'' TALKING ABOUT EU-CYPRUS LINKS, ANOUIL PRAISED CYPRUS' WEALTH IN EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE AND DESCRIBED CYPRIOTS AS WELL FITTED FOR PARTICIPATION IN EU PROJECTS. ''CYPRUS' INVOLVEMENT IN EU PROGRAMMES IS IMPRESSIVE,'' HE TOLD ABOUT 80 DELEGATES FROM CYPRUS AND ABROAD ATTENDING THE ONE-DAY MEETING, ORGANISED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS AND THE EU DELEGATION HERE. HE SAID CYPRUS ALREADY PARTICIPATES IN EU PROGRAMMES, SUCH AS MED-CAMPUS, MED-MEDIA AND IS ALSO INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL AND TOURISM PROGRAMMES. FOREIGN MINISTER ALECOS MICHAELIDES, WHO OPENED THE SEMINAR, LIKENED TODAY'S RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT TO THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION OF THE PREVIOUS CENTURY AND POINTED OUT ''THIS OPENS NEW WIDE PROSPECTS IN HUMAN INTELLECT CHANGING THE MANNER OF COOPERATION AND COHABITATION.'' ''OUR EFFORT TO JOIN IN MUST BE PART OF A GENERAL COOPERATION FRAMEWORK WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN A BID TO LESSEN THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS WHICH CYPRUS' SMALL SIZE MIGHT HAVE,'' MICHAELIDES SAID. THE MINISTER SAID CYPRUS WILL BE REPRESENTED AT A MEETING IN ROME AT THE END OF THE MONTH ON BUILDING THE SOCIETY OF INFORMATION IN THIRD COUNTIES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN. ''OUR OBJECTIVE WILL BE TO BENEFIT FROM THE POSSIBILITIES OFFERED THROUGH COOPERATION IN EUROPE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXTENT OF OUR EXPERTISE AND KNOW-HOW,'' HE ADDED. HE ALSO SAID CYPRUS HAS REQUESTED TALKS WITH THE EU TO IDENTIFY WAYS EUROPEAN NETWORKS IN SEA TRANSPORT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAN BE EXTENDED TO CYPRUS. CNA MM/GP/1996ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY[04] RUSSIAN DUMA ASKS FOR END IN MISSING PERSONS DRAMANICOSIA, MAY 20 (CNA) -- THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA'S STATE DUMA (PARLIAMENT) JOINED HIS VOICE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY AGAINST TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER RAUF DENKTASH, WHO RECENTLY ADMITTED PUBLICLY THAT TURKISH PARALIMILITARIES HAD MASSACRED GREEK CYPRIOTS MISSING SINCE THE 1974 TURKISH INVASION.DUMA'S POSITION WAS EXPRESSED BY ITS PRESIDENT GENNADY SELESNEV IN A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CYPRUS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALEXIS GALANOS, ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ISSUED HERE MONDAY. SELESNEV SAYS IN HIS LETTER THAT HIMSELF AND HIS COUNTRY SHARE THE ANGUISH OF THE PEOPLE OF CYPRUS FOR THE FATE OF THE MISSING PERSONS, INCLUDING NON COMBATANTS, AS A RESULT OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE TURKISH INVASION TROOPS IN 1974. .... CNA KPK/GP/1996ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCYCyprus News Agency Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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