Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-12-20

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CONTENTS

[01] CNA - Christmas

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[03] US: Cyprus agreement can be achieved by February 28

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[05] CoE SG to visit Cyprus in January

[06] President to reply to SG by Monday

[07] Cypriot officials discuss package of measures

[08] UN technical committees to begin work in earnest

[09] Russian Communist Party maintains its support to Cyprus

[10] G/C & T/C leaders urge Turkey, Denktash to change attitude on Cyprus

[01] CNA - Christmas

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CNA - Christmas

Nicosia, Dec 20 (CNA) -- The Cyprus News Agency extends to its subscribers, associates and friends its warmest wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy new year 2003.

Instead of sending Xmas cards, CNA has made a donation to the pancyprian association for children with cancer and other related life-threatening diseases ''Make a Wish.''

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Dec 20 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               99,63   ( 0,93)

Traded Value                  CYP  1.660.555

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    777.757   390,94   ( 0,99)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    568.649   113,59   ( 1,04)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     83.781    85,33   ( 1,46)
Insurance Companies           CYP      3.126    23,03   ( 0,57)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     35.652    66,44   ( 1,93)
Tourism Companies             CYP     28.817   110,77   ( 0,68)
Trading Companies             CYP     15.793    19,88   ( 0,00)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     44.068    78,11   ( 2,63)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     21.040     3,46   ( 0,00)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     89.699    20,49   ( 1,69)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        164    14,63   ( 0,27)
Hotels                        CYP     42.769    49,35   (-0,58)
Other Companies               CYP    295.842    90,60   (-0,20)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[03] US: Cyprus agreement can be achieved by February 28

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US: Cyprus agreement can be achieved by February 28

Nicosia, Dec 20 (CNA) -- US believes an agreement for a Cyprus settlement can be achieved between now and February 28, 2003, US Ambassador in Nicosia Michael Klosson said in a written statement issued here today, after his meeting with Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides.

Klosson stressed ''the reasons for both sides to seek a comprehensive settlement remain as valid after Copenhagen as they were before'' and that ''both sides must work with the utmost urgency on the three areas requiring immediate attention identified by the Secretary General in his recent communication to the parties.''

''The US strongly supports United Nations efforts to achieve a solution and welcomes the December 18 statement by the president of the Security Council calling for intensifying the negotiations,'' Klosson said.

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Dec 20 (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                   8           6          SHOWERS
Larnaca                  12           9          SHOWERS
Limassol                 17          11          SHOWERS
Paphos                   14          11          SHOWERS

[05] CoE SG to visit Cyprus in January

Schwimmer will be received by President of the Republic Glafcos Clerides and will also hold meetings with President of the House of Representatives, Demetris Christofias, and Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides, a CoE statement said.

[06] President to reply to SG by Monday

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President to reply to SG by Monday

Nicosia, Dec 20 (CNA) -- President Glafcos Clerides will reply in writing to a letter by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on his good offices mission with regard to Cyprus by Monday, at the latest, Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou said here today.

The spokesman also said Annan's letter, sent to the Turkish Cypriot leader and the governments of Greece and Turkey as well, has asked the two sides to intensify in a specific manner their efforts to find a settlement by 28 February.

''The Secretary General refers to a visit by his special adviser Alvaro de Soto to Ankara and Athens in early January before he returns to the island around the 8 January to begin intensive efforts for a settlement in the first two months of the year,'' Papapetrou said.

The spokesman said he would not make any further comment on the content of the letter until after the President sends his reply to Annan.

He did however say that in his letter Annan defines the points which he believes should be the object of negotiations between the two sides.

[07] Cypriot officials discuss package of measures

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Cypriot officials discuss package of measures

Nicosia, Dec 20 (CNA) Cypriot officials have completed negotiations in Brussels with European Commission officials regarding a package of measures the government intends to announce for the economic development of the Turkish Cypriots.

[08] UN technical committees to begin work in earnest

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UN technical committees to begin work in earnest

Nicosia, Dec 20 (CNA) -- Two ad hoc bilateral technical committees, set up by the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot sides, will begin intensive work as of January 7 with a view at completing their task by the end of February, in parallel with negotiations on the political front for a comprehensive settlement.

The two committees will deal with legislation that will govern the common state of Cyprus and with international treaties that will be in place, if and when there is a settlement. They will be meeting twice a day.

Representatives of the two sides met today, under UN auspices, and charted the way ahead for the work they need to do. The committees will reconvene on 7 January.

Attorney General Alecos Markides, who heads the Greek Cypriot delegations to the two committees, has welcomed the positive approach of the Turkish Cypriot side at today's meeting to the task ahead.

[09] Russian Communist Party maintains its support to Cyprus

Speaking after meeting left wing AKEL General Secretary, Demetris Christofias, Koptsuv who is visiting Cyprus, heading a delegation, at AKELs invitation said we have always remained supporters of the positions expressed by Cyprus and AKEL regarding the Cyprus problem.

We have full understanding of the issue and the problemsand we believe that such position allows for a peaceful solution to the problem, guarantees security issues for both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots and can be the foundation for progress in Cyprus, he added.

He said his party and the majority of the people of Russia share this position.

[10] G/C & T/C leaders urge Turkey, Denktash to change attitude on Cyprus

Leaders from both sides, speaking after a meeting in the UN-controlled buffer zone in Nicosia, organised by the Slovak Embassy, said a solution, which should be based on the revised plan of the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, can only be achieved if Turkey and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash change their stance on Cyprus.

Greek Cypriot political party leaders said the desire of the Turkish Cypriots for Cyprus to enter the European Union united is clear.

A joint communique, issued at the end of the meeting and read by the Slovak Ambassador, Jan Varso, said they ''exchanged views about the conclusions of the Copenhagen Summit of the European Council on the Cyprus issue, with regard to the achievement of the solution of the Cyprus problem until 28th February 2003''.

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