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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 01-02-02
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[01] Turkish Cypriot teachers - Occupation regime - Revolt
[02] Ambassador of Cuba - Interview
[03] President - Defence Minister - Bell helicopters
[04] Interior Minister - Syria - Visit
[05] Tourism Minister - Press conference
[06] Algerian Foreign Minister - Arrival
[07] Greek Euro MPs - Arrival - Statement
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[01] Turkish Cypriot teachers - Occupation regime - Revolt
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) -- A revolt by the Turkish Cypriot Teachers' Union
(KTOS) against Ankara's stance towards the Turkish Cypriots reflects the
general climate prevailing among Turkish Cypriots, not only against Turkey
but also towards the illegal regime in the Turkish occupied north, Cyprus
government sources told the Cyprus News Agency today.
Invited to assess a KTOS announcement published in Turkish Cypriot
newspapers earlier this week and the opening of an "investigation" against
its members, the same sources expressed concern and warned that the illegal
regime in the areas of Cyprus occupied by Turkey since 1974 did not
hesitate in the past to use fascist methods, going as far as killing its
opponents.
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[02] by Maria Koniotou
Ambassador of Cuba - Interview Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - Cyprus and Cuba are
working towards the signing of a cooperation agreement for the protection
of investments in both countries, in a bid to enhance their financial
cooperation which is now at a low level, newly appointed Cuban Ambassador
German Blanco Pujol said in an interview with CNA.
Pujol noted that "relations between Cyprus and Cuba are long and very
strong" and described as "very good" the results of a recent official visit
to Cyprus by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque.
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[03] President - Defence Minister - Bell helicopters
Larnaca, Feb 2 (CNA) - A House of Representatives decision not to approve
the purchase of four Bell helicopters has an adverse effect on the
country's defences, President Glafcos Clerides said here today, stressing
however that the Republic's participation in the European deployment force
would not be affected by this decision.
Defence Minister Socratis Hasikos said the decision dealt a blow to the
National Guard, the Republic's armed forces, and announced the start of the
procedure for new tenders.
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[04] Interior Minister - Syria - Visit
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - Interior Minister Christodoulos Christodoulou will
be in Syria next week to discuss with his Syrian counterpart problems in
dealing with illegal immigrants.
"I will be in Syria on February 10, heading a delegation, for talks with
the Syrian Interior Minister to exchange some views in order to upgrade our
cooperation and improve the measures we take to tackle this very serious
problem," Christodoulou said.
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[05] Tourism Minister - Press conference
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - Tourism is the real power behind the Cypriot economy
accounting for over twenty per cent of the country's gross domestic product,
Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Nicos Rolandis said here today.
"Statistics show an increasing trend in the tourist industry, far bigger
than the 2 to 3 percent rise internationally. Last year we had a 10,3
percent increase in tourism and a 16,8 percent increase in revenue," he
told a press conference.
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[06] Algerian Foreign Minister - Arrival
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem
arrived in Cyprus tonight tomorrow for an official visit, during which he
will have formal talks with his Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides.
Tomorrow morning, he is to meet House of Representatives President Spyros
Kyprianou and have talks at the Foreign Ministry, after which the Algerian
official and Kasoulides will give a press conference.
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[07] Greek Euro MPs - Arrival - Statement
Larnaca, Feb 2 (CNA) - An eight-member delegation of Greek Euro MPs, of the
Socialist PASOK party, arrived here today, expressing the conviction that
their Cypriot counterparts would be participating in the 2004 parliamentary
elections for a new European Parliament.
Welcoming warmly the Greek deputies, Yiannakis Omirou, Vice President of
the Social Democrats Movement, said there would be an exchange of views on
recent developments in the Cyprus problem and the Republic's accession
course, and that the two parties would coordinate efforts to promote
Cyprus' bid to join the European Union (EU).
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CNA ENDS
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