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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus protests fresh violations of air space by Turkey

[02] Cyprus-Greece cooperate in economic development in the Balkans

[03] June remains target date for agreement on core issues

[04] President Clerides meets T/C leader

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[06] Cyprus' High Commissioner to New Zealand presents credentials

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[08] Cyprus to host FAO Regional Conference

[09] European Greens support Cyprus' reunification

[10] Gambia supports a just solution to the Cyprus problem

[11] JPC says accession treaty does not depend on Cyprus talks

[12] Cyprus and Libya to hold talks on social insurance issues

[13] 27th Cyprus International Fair opens

[01] Cyprus protests fresh violations of air space by Turkey

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Cyprus protests fresh violations of air space by Turkey

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

United Nations, May 24 (CNA) -- Cyprus has protested strongly to the UN the violations of its air space by Turkish military jets over the past couple of months, saying this practice should stop.

[02] Cyprus-Greece cooperate in economic development in the Balkans

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Cyprus-Greece cooperate in economic development in the Balkans

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) -- Cyprus and Greece are coordinating their efforts to meet international obligations to help financially and economically developing countries in the Balkan region.

[03] June remains target date for agreement on core issues

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June remains target date for agreement on core issues

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) -- Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has said that June must remain the target date for a Cyprus settlement and the achievement of an agreement on the core issues that make up the Cyprus question (governance, security, territory and properties).

[04] President Clerides meets T/C leader

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President Clerides meets T/C leader

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               98,97  ( 1,85)

Traded Value                  CYP  4.053.628

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    597.487   414,33  ( 1,39)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    343.836   117,11  ( 1,62)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     67.433    85,85  ( 1,69)
Insurance Companies           CYP      5.370    31,67  ( 1,67)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     60.489    57,29  ( 1,87)
Tourism Companies             CYP     37.650    79,78  ( 6,09)
Trading Companies             CYP     42.750    22,35  ( 0,99)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      4.406    53,20  ( 0,06)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     24.825     4,71  ( 4,67)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    277.040    15,66  ( 2,55)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        182    16,75  ( 0,36)
Hotels                        CYP    445.089    58,99  ( 1,55)
Other Companies               CYP  2.492.570   100,53  ( 2,39)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[06] Cyprus' High Commissioner to New Zealand presents credentials

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Cyprus' High Commissioner to New Zealand presents credentials

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) - Cyprus' High Commissioner to Australia Sotos Liasides has presented his credentials to New Zealand's Governor General, Dame Silvia Cartwright, as Cyprus' High Commissioner to the country, based in Canberra.

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) - Today's weather and temperatures for Cyprus,
according to the Meteorological Service at Larnaca International
Airport are:

Temperatures (degrees Celcius)
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Station               Maximum     Minimum       Weather
(At 1200 UTC)
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Nicosia                  29          15          FINE
Larnaca                  27          14          FINE
Limassol                 26          16          FINE
Paphos                   25          17          FINE

[08] Cyprus to host FAO Regional Conference

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Cyprus to host FAO Regional Conference

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) -- Cyprus will play host for the first time to a FAO biennial Regional Conference, during which participants will evaluate the work of the organisation in the region over the past two years and will determine priorities for the next two years.

[09] European Greens support Cyprus' reunification

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European Greens support Cyprus' reunification

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) -- The 3rd European Greens Congress, that took place in Berlin from May 17 to 19, unanimously adopted a resolution underlining the need for a reunited Cyprus and for the island's accession to the EU to proceed irrelevantly of a solution to the Cyprus question.

The resolution also deplores Turkish intransigence and sending Turkish settlers to the occupied part of Cyprus, divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third.

[10] Gambia supports a just solution to the Cyprus problem

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Gambia supports a just solution to the Cyprus problem

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) -- President of Gambia Alhaji Yahya AJJ Jammeh has expressed hope that a just solution to the Cyprus problem would be found soon, in compliance with relevant UN resolutions and international law norms.

[11] JPC says accession treaty does not depend on Cyprus talks

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JPC says accession treaty does not depend on Cyprus talks

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) -- The European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament have underlined, during the meeting of the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) in Nicosia, that the EU accession treaty for Cyprus does not depend on the outcome of Cyprus talks, Mechtild Rothe, Co-Chairwoman of the Committee has said.

"For the EU, it is crystal clear that the solution of the Cyprus problem is not a precondition for the accession", Rothe told reporters during a press conference today after the conclusion of the three-day deliberations of the JPC.

[12] Cyprus and Libya to hold talks on social insurance issues

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Cyprus and Libya to hold talks on social insurance issues

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) -- Libya's Secretary for Health and Social Security Mustafa abu Shaala arrives here Monday, accompanied by a three-member delegation, for an official visit, at the invitation of Cyprus' Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Andreas Moushouttas.

[13] 27th Cyprus International Fair opens

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27th Cyprus International Fair opens

Nicosia, May 24 (CNA) -- In its effort to establish Cyprus' role as a respectable business centre, the Cyprus government will intensify its efforts for reconstruction in the interest of the economic sectors where the country has comparative advantages, which include tourism, international business activities, banking and consulting services, President Glafcos Clerides said here today.

Opening the 27th Cyprus International Fair, Clerides expressed the need for radical changes in Cyprus' economic structure, noting that "in the context of promoting these structural changes, the government is intensifying its effort to inform foreign investors with a view to attracting foreign capital into technologically advanced and innovative fields."

In his address at the ceremony, Cyprus Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Nicos Rolandis said that according to international statistics, Cyprus has a much higher rate of development than the average in the European Union and internationally.

A total of 332 exhibitors participate in this year's International Fair, which hosts the official state participations of Egypt, France, Greece, the US, Japan, Iran, Italy, Korea, South Africa, Russia, Syria, and the Czech Republic.

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