Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-04-06

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CONTENTS

[01] Russian FM says interest in Cyprus will not diminish

[02] European Left Parties acknowledge right of Cypriots to decide

[03] Russia says it is up to Cyprus people to decide

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[06] Northern Irish artist's mural unveiled in old town of Nicosia

[07] Cyprus and Syria sign cooperation protocol on tourism

[08] UN says Cyprus solution plan void if not approved in referenda

[09] Cyprus President to address the nation Wednesday night

[10] Greek Deputy FM arrives to hear views of political leadership

[11] Overseas Cypriots agree on need for Cypriots to decide freely

[01] Russian FM says interest in Cyprus will not diminish

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Russian FM says interest in Cyprus will not diminish

Nicosia, Apr 6 (CNA) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the people of Cyprus will have the final word on their future in a forthcoming referendum but also stressed that interest in the question of Cyprus will not diminish, irrespective of the outcome of the referendum.

Lavrov was speaking at a joint press conference with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan who also pointed out that the people of Cyprus will decide and said nobody was imposing anything on them.

[02] European Left Parties acknowledge right of Cypriots to decide

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European Left Parties acknowledge right of Cypriots to decide

Nicosia, April 6 (CNA) European Left Parties have declared that it was up to the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots to decide if a UN plan responded to their expectations for a functional and viable solution to the Cyprus problem, leading to the accession of a reunited Cyprus to the European Union.

[03] Russia says it is up to Cyprus people to decide

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Russia says it is up to Cyprus people to decide

Nicosia, Apr 6 (CNA) -- Russian Ambassador to Cyprus Andrey Alexecvich Nesterenko said it was up to the people of the two communities in Cyprus to decide on the 24 April referenda on the UN plan for a Cyprus settlement.

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Apr 6 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               82,99   (-1,58)

Traded Value                  CYP    776.581

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    569.400   355,91   (-1,55)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.378,48   ( 1,45)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP     489.410  102,74   (-2,10)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP      68.366   73,31   (-0,50)
Insurance Companies           CYP         538   16,09   (-2,31)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP      33.629   55,56   (-0,70)
Tourism Companies             CYP       3.199   54,95   (-2,83)
Trading Companies             CYP      21.841   23,21   (-0,43)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      67.356   70,63   (-0,52)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP       5.082    2,88   (-1,37)
Financial Services Companies  CYP      14.015    9,70   (-1,52)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP           0   11,99   (-0,99)
Hotels                        CYP      15.805   32,98   (-1,93)
Other Companies               CYP      35.831   67,43   (-1,26)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 6 (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                 21             6           FAIR
Larnaca                 22             7           FAIR
Limassol                22            10           FAIR
Paphos                  19             9           FAIR

[06] Northern Irish artist's mural unveiled in old town of Nicosia

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Northern Irish artist's mural unveiled in old town of Nicosia

Nicosia, Apr 6 (CNA) - In the heart of the old town of Nicosia and just a few metres away from the ceasefire line, Northern Irish artist Farhad Nargol O'Neill and a team of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot students have created the first work of urban art in Cyprus, which Minister of Communications and Works Kikis Kazamias unveiled today.

The black on yellow mural is titled ''Constructing the past'' and presents the history of Nicosia enclosed in its eleven gates with the remnants of the conquerors that passed over the centuries.

[07] Cyprus and Syria sign cooperation protocol on tourism

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Cyprus and Syria sign cooperation protocol on tourism

Nicosia, Apr 6 (CNA)--Cyprus and Syria signed today a protocol providing for the enhancement of the two countries' relations on the tourist sector.

The protocol was signed here by Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Yiorgos Lillikas on behalf of the Cyprus Republic and by Syrian Minister of Tourism Saad Agha Alkaala, on behalf of Syria.

In their statements after signing the protocol, both Lillikas and Alkaala praised the prospects of enhancing the two countries' cooperation in the tourist sector.

[08] UN says Cyprus solution plan void if not approved in referenda

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UN says Cyprus solution plan void if not approved in referenda

Larnaca, Apr 6 (CNA) - A Cyprus settlement plan proposed by the UN would be null and void if it is not approved at referenda to be held on April 24 on the two sides of the island, the UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Alvaro de Soto said today.

Speaking at Larnaca Airport on arrival in Cyprus in view of the referenda, de Soto appealed to the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot people to read and calmly assess the plan, noting that it was improved during talks in Burgenstock, Switzerland, for both sides.

The Peruvian diplomat said he briefed the UN Security Council on developments and stopped off in Dublin where he met Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, who holds the rotating Presidency of the European Union.

''I know that I come back to the island at a very delicate moment. On each side, there is a great deal of internal deliberation going on in advance of the referenda on 24 April. This is as it should be. As the Secretary-General said in Burgenstock, the decision is now up to the people, and rightly so. We have no intention of interfering in that democratic decision,'' de Soto said.

[09] Cyprus President to address the nation Wednesday night

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Cyprus President to address the nation Wednesday night

Nicosia, Apr 6 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos will address the people of Cyprus Wednesday night, at 2100 local time (1800 GMT).

The President said last week after UN-led talks in Burgenstock, Switzerland, that he would make his decisions public before the people with clarity and honesty.

[10] Greek Deputy FM arrives to hear views of political leadership

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Greek Deputy FM arrives to hear views of political leadership

Nicosia, Apr 6 (CNA) -- Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Valinakis said he was certain that the people of Cyprus would take their decision after careful consideration and in a responsible manner, without tension, with regard to a referendum on a UN plan for a comprehensive settlement.

[11] Overseas Cypriots agree on need for Cypriots to decide freely

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Overseas Cypriots agree on need for Cypriots to decide freely

Nicosia, Apr 6 (CNA) -- Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot overseas organizations have said that the time had come for Cypriots to decide on their future freely in this month's referenda on a UN proposal for a comprehensive settlement.

A joint communique, issued after a visit of representatives of about seven Cypriot organizations abroad to the European Parliament, called on the UN Secretary General and the European Union to continue supporting the efforts of Cypriots in arriving at a solution.

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