Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-05-04

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CONTENTS

[01] Czech President to pay official visit to Cyprus

[02] Cyprus becomes full JAA member

[03] Eurocontrol - EMAC initialise agreement

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[06] EU priorities on Cyprus set out by spokesman for commissioner Verheugen

[07] Czech President to pay state visit to Cyprus

[08] Cypriot President condemns bomb attack against politician

[09] Irish Minister says EU committed to assuring Turkish Cypriots

[01] Czech President to pay official visit to Cyprus

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Czech President to pay official visit to Cyprus

Nicosia, May 4 (CNA) -- Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus arrives in Cyprus on Wednesday for an official visit.

Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said the Czech President will be welcomed at Larnaca Airport by Acting Foreign Minister, Interior Minister Andreas Christou.

[02] Cyprus becomes full JAA member

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Cyprus becomes full JAA member

Nicosia, May 4 (CNA) -- Cyprus has become full member of the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA).

JAA is an associated body of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) representing the civil aviation regulatory authorities of a number of European States who have agreed to cooperate in developing and implementing common safety regulatory standards and procedures.

[03] Eurocontrol - EMAC initialise agreement

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Eurocontrol - EMAC initialise agreement

Nicosia, May 4 (CNA) -- A cooperation agreement between Eurocontrol and member states of the European Middle East Traffic Management Coordination (EMAC) was initialised after talks in Brussels last month.

An official statement said here Tuesday that the negotiations were held between Eurocontrol and delegations from Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria which are members of the regional cooperation Europe Middle East on Air Traffic Management issues with the aim to form an agreement.

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, May 4 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               83,78   ( 0,11)

Traded Value                  CYP    809.472

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    651.991   371,21   ( 0,66)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.558,72   (-0,10)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP     597.295  107,47   ( 0,14)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP      34.517   72,80   (-1,71)
Insurance Companies           CYP       5.364   16,27   ( 0,25)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP       6.430   53,84   (-0,48)
Tourism Companies             CYP         682   53,41   (-0,17)
Trading Companies             CYP      39.278   23,50   ( 0,64)
Building and Cement Companies CYP       3.317   66,60   ( 0,96)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP         758    2,84   ( 1,07)
Financial Services Companies  CYP      28.946    9,10   ( 0,22)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP           0   12,23   ( 5,61)
Hotels                        CYP      11.110   31,35   ( 0,16)
Other Companies               CYP      73.056   66,78   (-0,22)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, May 4 (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)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Nicosia                 27            12           FINE
Larnaca                 25            13           FAIR
Limassol                25            15           FINE
Paphos                  23            14           FAIR

[06] EU priorities on Cyprus set out by spokesman for commissioner Verheugen

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EU priorities on Cyprus set out by spokesman for commissioner Verheugen

by Nicos Bellos

Brussels, May 4 (CNA) - The EU Commission now has two priorities regarding Cyprus, to lift the isolation of Turkish Cypriots and to keep alive prospects for a settlement and for reunification of the island, said Jean-Christophe Filori, spokesman for enlargement commissioner Guenther Verheugen.

Speaking to correspondents in Brussels today, Filori said implementation of the two priorities would be based on the decisions on Cyprus taken in Luxembourg last week by the EU/s General Affairs Council.

With regard to a statement made by Verheugen after the referendums in Cyprus last month, that he had been ''cheated'' into believing that the government of Cyprus was committed to resolving the problem before accession, Filori recalled that the settlement of the Cyprus issue had been disconnected from the accession of the island to the Union by decision of the EU summit in Helsinki in December 1999.

At that summit, said Filori, then president of Cyprus Glafcos Clerides ''had given verbal assurances that the Republic of Cyprus would not be the side to obstruct a settlement before accession.''

[07] Czech President to pay state visit to Cyprus

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Czech President to pay state visit to Cyprus

Nicosia, May 4 (CNA) - President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus arrives in Cyprus tomorrow for a state visit, accompanied by a multi-member delegation.

[08] Cypriot President condemns bomb attack against politician

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Cypriot President condemns bomb attack against politician

Nicosia, May 4 (CNA) - Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos, Ministers of the cabinet and political parties have deplored the bomb attack against the residence of Democratic Rally President Nicos Anastasiades.

[09] Irish Minister says EU committed to assuring Turkish Cypriots

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Irish Minister says EU committed to assuring Turkish Cypriots

Nicosia, May 4 (CNA) - Irish Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche said today that the EU remains strongly committed to providing tangible assurance to the Turkish Cypriot community that its future will still be in a united Cyprus within the EU.

Addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Roche, whose country currently holds the EU rotating presidency, said ''it is no secret that the clear preference of the EU was for the accession of a united Cyprus on 1 May,'' noting that ''we greatly regret that following the outcome of the referenda in Cyprus on 24 April, it was not possible to achieve this objective.''

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