Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 03-03-22

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From: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>

CONTENTS

[01] UK and EU remain committed to efforts for a Cyprus settlement

[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[03] Peaceful demonstration outside US radio station

[04] ''Eurocypria'' acquires new aircraft

[01] UK and EU remain committed to efforts for a Cyprus settlement

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UK and EU remain committed to efforts for a Cyprus settlement

Nicosia, Mar 22 (CNA) --- The UK and the EU remain committed to efforts to achieve a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus question, British Minister of State Denis MacShane stressed in a written reply to questions at the House of Commons.

Answering a question by British MP Tom Cox, McShane expressed regret that there was no comprehensive settlement in Cyprus in time for a reunited island to sign the Treaty of Accession with the EU on April 16, 2003 , adding that as decided by the 2002 Copenhagen European Council the island will accede with the acquis communautaire suspended in the Turkish occupied northern part.

[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 22 (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                16            5         FAIR
Larnaca                17            5         RAIN
Limassol               19            9         FINE
Paphos                 17            8         FAIR

[03] Peaceful demonstration outside US radio station

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Peaceful demonstration outside US radio station

Nicosia, Mar 22 (CNA) Protests against the war in Iraq continued in Cyprus with a peaceful demonstration outside the American Radio Station in the capital.

The demonstration was organised by the Alliance Stop the War, with the backing of the Ecologists Environmentalists Movement, the Social Forum and Palestinians living in Cyprus. The demonstrators marched from the Lefkotheo Sports Centre to the radio station, which they described as spy centre.

[04] ''Eurocypria'' acquires new aircraft

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Eurocypria acquires new aircraft

Larnaca, Mar 22 (CNA) Cyprus Airways Chairman, Haris Loizides said the national airline will have a difficult time in the first half of this year because of the Iraqi crisis but it will recover significantly in the second half.

Loizides was speaking Friday during a ceremony to mark the addition of a Boeing 737-800W aircraft to the Eurocypria fleet at the Cyprus Airways hangar at Larnaca International Airport.

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