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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 01-05-09
CONTENTS
[01] Foreign Minister - EU Commissioner
[02] Commerce Minister - European Commission conference
[03] Cyprus - UN - Protest - Tziakourmas
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[01] Foreign Minister - EU Commissioner
Nicosia, May 9 (CNA) -- Cyprus is set to be as successful as Ireland has
been in economic terms, once the Republic joins the European Union, David
Byrne, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, has said.
The Commissioner, on a brief visit to the island for talks with the
government, also said he was pleased to see that Cyprus is making very good
progress in its harmonisation effort.
CNA MM/GP/2001
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[02] Commerce Minister - European Commission conference
Nicosia, Mar 9 (CNA) - Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Nicos
Rolandis leaves tomorrow for Slovenia to represent Cyprus at a ministerial
conference, organised by the European Commission for the for the European
Union candidate countries.
An official perss release issued here today says the conference will deal
with various issues, including international trade and the talks carried
out in the context of the World Trade Organisation. "The participants will
seek to strengthen the dialogue that began during previous ministerial
conferences for finding common views and strategies", the announcement
adds.
CNA/RG/GP/2001
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[03] Cyprus - UN - Protest - Tziakourmas
Nicosia, May 9 (CNA) - Cyprus' Permanent Representative to the UN,
Ambassador Sotos Zackheos, has protested to the United Nations upon
instructions of the Cyprus government regarding the so-called "ruling" by
the illegal court in the Turkish-occupied area of Cyprus on 26 April 2001,
"sentencing" Gereek Cypriot Panicos Tziakourmas to six months'
imprisonment.
In a letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Zackheos notes that "the
government of the Republic of Cyprus considers this so-called 'ruling' as
non-existent, illegal and contrary to every notion of legality".
CNA/RG/GP/2001
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