Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-03-15

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[02] Cyprus Foreign Minister refutes Ismail Cem

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[04] So-called T/C nationality given lavishly to Turks

[05] Cyprus EU negotiator: good ties with other candidates very important

[06] World famous personalities arrive for birthday party

[07] Bush-Putin send condolences for death of former President

[08] President: Cyprus endorses Lisbon strategy, applies measures

[09] Chinese official hopes for Cyprus settlement through peace talks

[10] Chinese official: We back UN peace effort for Cyprus

[01] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              117.68  ( 0,97)

Traded Value                  CYP  1.123.369

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    491.728   490,38  ( 0,29)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP     88.747   134,98  ( 0,36)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP    230.224   104,73  ( 0,95)
Insurance Companies           CYP      7.364    39,77  ( 1,22)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     35.629    59,31  ( 2,03)
Tourism Companies             CYP     99.151    83,10  ( 3,32)
Trading Companies             CYP     51.972    28,41  ( 0,07)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     13.043    54,95  ( 2,60)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     26.091     7,44  (-1,46)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    152.403    23,93  ( 2,57)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP          0    20,27  (-2,83)
Hotels                        CYP    165.256    72,61  ( 0,65)
Other Companies               CYP    182.591   120,26  ( 0,85)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[02] Cyprus Foreign Minister refutes Ismail Cem

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Cyprus Foreign Minister refutes Ismail Cem

by Riana Magidou

Barcelona, Mar 15 (CNA) -- Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides today refuted a claim by his Turkish counterpart Ismail Cem that since the 1980s, global ideological trends are towards fragmentation of societies.

In an article in the "International Herald Tribune" Cem also claimed that societies have been encouraged to split along ethnic lines and added that it would be hard for Cyprus to deviate from this overall trend. He also said in Cyprus "there are two different nations, cultures, religions, languages and states."

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- Today's weather and temperatures for Cyprus,
according to the Meteorological Service at Larnaca International
Airport are:

Temperatures (degrees Celcius)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Station               Maximum     Minimum       Weather
(At 1200 UTC)
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Nicosia                  22          10         FAIR
Larnaca                  20          11         FINE
Limassol                 22          11         FINE
Paphos                   20           9         FINE

[04] So-called T/C nationality given lavishly to Turks

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So-called T/C nationality given lavisly to Turks

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- The Turkish occupation regime have been granting the so-called Turkish Cypriot citizenship to Turkish nationals with an aim to influnce a future referendum in case of a solution to the Cyprus problem.

[05] Cyprus EU negotiator: good ties with other candidates very important

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Cyprus EU negotiator: good ties with other candidates very important

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- It is very important for Cyprus to develop and maintain good relations with other European Union candidate countries to help efforts to formulate a common policy with the EU, Cyprus' chief negotiator with Brussels George Vasiliou said here today.

[06] World famous personalities arrive for birthday party

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World famous personalities arrive for birthday party

Paphos, Mar 15 (CNA) -- Actors, singers and other world renown personalities arrived here for a weekend 50th birthday celebration for a common friend, said to be a very wealthy British person.

[07] Bush-Putin send condolences for death of former President

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Bush-Putin send condolences for death of former President

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- US President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders have expressed deep and sincere condolences on the death of former President Spyros Kyprianou, who died of cancer on Tuesday, aged 69.

"Former President Kyprianou's record of service to his country is indeed impressive, in particular his search for a Cyprus settlement," Bush said in his message to President Glafcos Clerides.

[08] President: Cyprus endorses Lisbon strategy, applies measures

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President: Cyprus endorses Lisbon strategy, applies measures

by Riana Magidou

Barcelona, Mar 15 (CNA) -- Cyprus will work closely with the European Union with a view to implementing fully the goals set out in the Lisbon process, which aims at transforming the EU into the most competitive and dynamic economy, President Glafcos Clerides said here today at a meeting of EU leaders and heads of state of candidate countries.

He also said Cyprus fully acknowledges the importance of the current economic challenges and is promoting the required structural reform and measures to convert these challenges into opportunities for sustainable growth, within the Lisbon strategy.

[09] Chinese official hopes for Cyprus settlement through peace talks

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Chinese official hopes for Cyprus solution through peace talks

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- A high ranking official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) believes that a Cyprus settlement should be based on UN relevant resolutions and should be reached by the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities through peaceful negotiations.

[10] Chinese official: We back UN peace effort for Cyprus

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Chinese official: We back UN peace effort for Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- A senior official of the Chinese Communist Party has given his full backing to the UN Cyprus peace effort and called on everybody to support attempts to find a just and reasonable solution.

Ma Wenpu, deputy director of the International Relations department of the Central Committee of the CCP, reiterated Beijing 's firm position for respect of the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Cyprus and the implementation of UN resolutions.

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