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CONTENTS

[01] Belgian Senator blames Denktash for no progress in Cyprus

[02] Kyrenia Metropolitan protests changing of church into shop

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] Ministers depart for Dublin Informal Council

[06] UN chief says good offices on Cyprus still available

[07] Pyla is a fine example of co-existence, says Karamanlis

[08] Cyprus solution depends on political developments in Turkey, says Poos

[01] Belgian Senator blames Denktash for no progress in Cyprus

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Belgian Senator blames Denktash for no progress in Cyprus

by Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Jan 21 (CNA) -- Belgian Senate Foreign and Defence Committee Vice-Chairman Francois Roelant du Vivier has named Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash as the only responsible for the fact that there is no progress in efforts to reach a solution to the Cyprus problem.

Vivier stressed that the time is ripe for decisions to be taken, noting that there is now a political change in the Turkish Cypriot side.

Vivier presided yesterday over a meeting of the Committee, which discussed the Cyprus issue and Cyprus' EU accession course. Cyprus' Harmonisation Coordinator Takis Hadjidemetriou was the main speaker.

The Belgian senator said that it is important to reach a Cyprus settlement before May 1, 2004, when Cyprus will join the European Union. He expressed the view that if there is no settlement by then a long period will pass by until a settlement is reached.

[02] Kyrenia Metropolitan protests changing of church into shop

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Kyrenia Metropolitan protests changing of church into shop

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) -- The Metropolitan of the Turkish occupied Greek Orthodox Holy Diocese of Kyrenia Pavlos has expressed sacred exasperation and strongest protest for the fact that, according to a Greek Cypriot daily, the Church of Saint Charalambos in Trimithi village in the Kyrenia Diocese has been changed to a shop.

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
Nicosia, Jan 21(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                17            5           CLOUDY
Larnaca                18            7           CLOUDY
Limassol               19           10           FAIR
Paphos                 18            9           FAIR

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               82,65   ( 1,09)

Traded Value                  CYP  1.016.987

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    762.395   344,51   ( 1,99)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.286.92   (-1,41)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    721.077    98,91   ( 1,96)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     16.869    72,02   ( 0,21)
Insurance Companies           CYP      1.779    15,62   ( 0,58)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     21.386    57,14   ( 1,13)
Tourism Companies             CYP      2.599    57,87   (-2,18)
Trading Companies             CYP      1.516    20,69   (-0,19)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     35.002    68,82   ( 0,25)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP        704     3,27   (-0,91)
Financial Services Companies  CYP      9.052    10,91   ( 1,68)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP          0    11,79   (-0,17)
Hotels                        CYP      5.036    32,27   ( 0,35)
Other Companies               CYP    169.788    71,51   (-0,13)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] Ministers depart for Dublin Informal Council

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Ministers depart for Dublin Informal Council

Larnaca, Jan 21 (CNA) - Cypriot Ministers of the Interior, Andreas Christou, and Justice and Public Order, Doros Theodorou, departed today for Dublin, to participate in the EU Informal Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, to be held on January 22 and 23.

[06] UN chief says good offices on Cyprus still available

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UN chief says good offices on Cyprus still available

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

United Nations, Jan 21 (CNA) - The good offices of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for a Cyprus settlement are still available and the UN chief is now waiting for the parties to show the willingness and the will to move forward and settle their differences.

Speaking after a meeting with German Minister of Foreign Affairs Joschka Fischer, Annan said they discussed the Cyprus problem and ''the question of the reunification of the island''.

''I made it clear to my good friend the Foreign Minister that my good offices are still available, provided the parties show their willingness and the will to move forward and settle their differences'', he added.

Annan noted that ''we have made proposals to the parties last year, that proposal is still on the table, and I'm getting indications from all concerned that they may want to resume negotiations, but we haven't reached the stage where I would get involved yet''.

''I have heard from one of the parties and I am waiting to see what I hear from the others, and I will have the opportunity also of discussing this issue with (Turkish) Prime Minister (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan in the next few days'', he concluded.

The full text of the Secretary General's remarks is as follows:

[07] Pyla is a fine example of co-existence, says Karamanlis

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Pyla is a fine example of co-existence, says Karamanlis

Pyla, Jan 21 (CNA) Greek New Democracy opposition leader Costas Karamanlis said the mixed village of Pyla gives a fine example of co-existence of the two communities in a united and prosperous Cyprus.

[08] Cyprus solution depends on political developments in Turkey, says Poos

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Cyprus solution depends on political developments in Turkey, says Poos

by Nicos Bellos

Belgium, Jan 21 (CNA) A solution to the Cyprus problem depends not so much on the political situation in the island's occupied areas but on political developments in Turkey, Jacques Poos, rapporteur of the European Parliament for Cyprus told the Political Affairs Committee of the Belgian Senate on Wednesday, adding that the army continues to play an influential role in Ankara.

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