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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 00-02-02Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>CONTENTS
1530:CYPPRESS:01[01] Cyprus Stock ExchangeNicosia, Feb 2 CNA) -- The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:CSE General Index 600.98 ( 3.29) Traded Value CYP 21,139,906 Sectural Indices Banks CYP 7,082,527 711.86 ( 4.31) Approved Investment Companies CYP 1,693,642 483.44 ( 1.25) Insurance Companies CYP 573,441 340.66 ( 4.10) Manufacturing Companies CYP 962.558 202.49 ( 2.64) Tourism Companies CYP 4,097,859 537.83 ( 2.39) Trading Companies CYP 1,862,651 256.11 ( 2.02) Other Companies CYP 3,736,455 686.82 ( 1.24)The third column presents the percentage variation of the indices as compared to the last meeting. CNA EC/20001545:CYPPRESS:02[02] German Foreign Minister - DenktashGeneva, Feb 2 (CNA) - Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash is scheduled to meet German Foreign Minister Joscka Fischer in Hamburg at a non - governmental building.Foreign diplomatic sources told CNA today the meeting is due to take place on Friday 11 February outside Berlin, adding "the details of the meeting are still being worked out". CNA MM/FZ/MA/20001650:CYPPRESS:03[03] Acting President - Irish MPsNicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - Chairman of the Irish Parliament (Oireachtas) Joint Committee on Tourism, Sport and Recreation Michael Ferris today expressed the hope that it will not be long before Cyprus joins the European Union (EU), something that would further increase trade and friendship between the two countries.Speaking after a meeting the six-member Committee delegation had with Acting President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades, the Irish official announced his country has decided to open an embassy on the island in view of the fact that Cyprus has an e mbassy in Ireland. CNA MK/MA/EC/20001845:CYPPRESS:04[04] Cyprus - Proximity talks - Sourcesby Maria MylesGeneva, Feb 2 - The parametres within which the UN-led proximity talks are conducted have not moved an inch since the beginning of the start of the first round of talks held in New York last December. This is the overall message conveyed by today's public statement of Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides, which also stresses his firm intention to discuss in all seriousness with a view to break the deadlock and achieve a settlement, if there is a res ponse from the Turkish Cypriot side, sources said here Wednesday. CNA MM/EC/20001945:CYPPRESS:05[05] Cyprus government - COE - Turkeyby Maria MylesGeneva, Feb 2 (CNA) -- The government of Cyprus has sent letters to the permanent representatives of the member-states of the Council of Europe (COE) pointing out the need for Turkey to comply with the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in a case of human rights violations of a Greek Cypriot woman relating to her property in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus. The letter, sent earlier this week, notes that irrespective of the fact that UN-led proximity talks are currently underway with a view to reach an overall settlement, Ankara must comply with the Court ruling in the Titina Loizidou case. CNA/MM/EC/2000 2010:CYPPRESS:06[06] Parliament - Budget 2000Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - A three-day debate on the state Budget for the year 2000 began in the House of Representatives today, with speeches by party leaders or representatives in the presence of Cabinet members.The first unified budget sets expenditure at 2.007,4 million Cyprus pounds and revenue at 1.088,4 million (one pound trades at nearly two US dollars). CNA MA/EC/20002010:CYPPRESS:07[07] Ukraine - New Cyprus ambassadorNicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma has assured of his country's support to efforts for a just settlement in Cyprus based on UN Security Council resolutions.Receiving yesterday the credentials of the new Cyprus ambassador to his country, Charalambos Ioannides, the Ukraine President also expressed satisfaction with the rate of development in trade and economic relations between the two countries. CNA MA/EC/2000CNA ENDSCyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |