Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 03-10-14

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus signs agreement on European Economic Area

[02] Dutch MPs visit Cyprus

[03] President: Cyprus question relates to change in Ankara's policies

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] Cyprus briefed on Powell, Gul forthcoming visits to Athens

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] EU demarches to Turkey on Loizidou case

[08] Irish official holds contacts in Cyprus

[09] EP Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy Committee to visit Cyprus

[10] UN expert arrives in Cyprus for demining procedure

[11] T/Cs protest against Denktash's election tricks

[12] Cyprus President arrives to Luxembourg for an official visit

[13] Cyprus protests threats against T/C journalists to UN

[01] Cyprus signs agreement on European Economic Area

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Cyprus signs agreement on European Economic Area

by Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Oct 14 (CNA) -- Cyprus Foreign Minister Giorgos Iakovou has signed the agreement for Cyprus' entry into the European Economic Area, as an acceding country that will join the European Union in May next year.

[02] Dutch MPs visit Cyprus

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Dutch MPs visit Cyprus

[03] President: Cyprus question relates to change in Ankara's policies

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President: Cyprus question relates to change in Ankara's policies

Larnaca, Oct 14 (CNA) -- The Cyprus issue concerns a shift on the part of Turkey from its intransigent positions and not the withdrawal of some 5.000 Turkish occupation troops, President Tassos Papadopoulos stressed here today.

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               87,78   (-0,18)

Traded Value                  CYP    500.240

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    286.630   350,55   (-0,59)
FTSE Med 100                                 5.558,63   ( 0,79)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    215.976   100,12   (-0,12)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     10.531    75,16   (-0,27)
Insurance Companies           CYP      7.542    16,70   (-0,95)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     35.002    59,59   (-0,96)
Tourism Companies             CYP        981    77,83   (-0,63)
Trading Companies             CYP     15.083    22,04   (-0,54)
Building and Cement Companies CYP    121.569    75,29   ( 0,66)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     14.810     3,70   (-0,54)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     17.063    12,82   ( 0,39)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP          4    12,41   ( 5,44)
Hotels                        CYP     14.785    42,94   ( 0,23)
Other Companies               CYP     34.181    80,93   (-0,55)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] Cyprus briefed on Powell, Gul forthcoming visits to Athens

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Cyprus briefed on Powell, Gul forthcoming visits to Athens

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) -- The Cyprus government is in close contact with the Greek Foreign Ministry with regard to next week's visits there by US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, Spokesman Kypros Chysostomides said here today.

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 14 (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                29          16         FINE
Limassol               28          16         FINE
Paphos                 26          16         FINE
---------------------------------------------------------------

CNA/GP/2003
ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY

[07] EU demarches to Turkey on Loizidou case

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EU demarches to Turkey on Loizidou case

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) -- Cyprus Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has said it would be very difficult to predict the outcome of the latest efforts to convince Turkey to comply with a European Court of Human Rights ruling, relating to human rights violations in Cyprus.

[08] Irish official holds contacts in Cyprus

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Irish official holds contacts in Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) -- Irish Deputy Director of Political Affairs John Paul Kavanagh discussed here yesterday with Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos all issues regarding the EU that Ireland will deal with while holding the six-month EU Presidency, January 2004 - June 2004.

[09] EP Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy Committee to visit Cyprus

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EP Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy Committee to visit Cyprus

[10] UN expert arrives in Cyprus for demining procedure

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UN expert arrives in Cyprus for demining procedure

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) -- A UN expert has arrived in Cyprus with a view to contribute to the procedure for the destruction of mines by the Cyprus government, Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides announced here today.

''Our position is that irrelevant of what the occupying power (Turkey) says demining will begin unilaterally by our side,'' the Spokesman said, noting that the whole process will begin with the destruction of mines that are in the National Guard's store houses.

[11] T/Cs protest against Denktash's election tricks

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T/Cs protest against Denktash's election tricks

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) -- More than 10.000 people rallied today in the Turkish-occupied northern part of the divided capital, Nicosia, protesting against Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash's policy to include thousands of settlers in the so-called voting lists and expressing their support to a Cyprus settlement based on the Annan plan, so that a reunited Cyprus can join the EU by May 1, 2004.

The rally accompanied by a general strike in the occupied Nicosia was organised by Turkish Cypriot political parties and trade unions forming the platform ''This country is ours''.

[12] Cyprus President arrives to Luxembourg for an official visit

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Cyprus President arrives to Luxembourg for an official visit

by Emilia Christofi

Luxembourg, Oct 14 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos arrived here today for an official two-day visit.

Luxembourg's Chief of protocol Marc Courte and Luxembourg's Ambassador to Cyprus welcomed him at the airport where a red carpet was laid and the President inspected a guard of honour.

Cyprus Foreign Minister Georgios Iacovou and Cyprus' Ambassadress to Belgium, also accredited in Luxembourg, Popi Avraam were also present at the airport.

Tonight Avraam will host a dinner for President Papadopoulos.

[13] Cyprus protests threats against T/C journalists to UN

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Cyprus protests threats against T/C journalists to UN

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) -- Cyprus Permanent Representative to the United Nations Andreas Mavroyiannis protested in a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan ''the latest provocative attempts to suppress free speech and expression in the occupied part of Cyprus and silence those voices within the Turkish Cypriot community in favour of a solution of the Cyprus problem and peaceful coexistence of the two communities in a reunited Cyprus.''

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