Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-06-15

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus included in US trafficking in persons report

[02] Cyprus President supports reinforcing Turkish Cypriots

[03] Cyprus becomes member of Stability Pact for SE Europe

[04] Central Bank Governor to attend ECB Council meeting

[05] Islamic Conference Foreign Ministers continue deliberations

[06] (K) Council of Europe works for ending Turkish Cypriots' isolation

[07] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[08] Highway Management System installed in Cyprus

[09] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[10] Cypriot MEPs pledge to work together for Cyprus

[11] Draft resolution on Cyprus approved by OIC political committee

[12] Spokesman: No recognition of T/C regime through OIC draft resolution

[13] Cypriot President to attend European Council, visit Spain and Portugal

[01] Cyprus included in US trafficking in persons report

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Cyprus included in US trafficking in persons report

by Demetris Apokis

Washington, Jun 15 (CNA) -- Cyprus is included in the US State Department Fourth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report but is making significant efforts to comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

[02] Cyprus President supports reinforcing Turkish Cypriots

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Cyprus President supports reinforcing Turkish Cypriots

Limassol, Jun 15 (CNA) -- The government of Cyprus supports the strengthening of the Turkish Cypriots provided that the European and International Law will be respected, President Tassos Papadopoulos has stressed.

The Cypriot President made this statement when invited to comment on efforts by Turkey during the meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Foreign Ministers being held in Turkey to upgrade the Turkish Cypriots status and lift the so-called economic embargo on the areas of Cyprus under Turkish occupation since 1974.

[03] Cyprus becomes member of Stability Pact for SE Europe

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Cyprus becomes member of Stability Pact for SE Europe

Nicosia, Jun 15 (CNA) -- Cyprus was unanimously accepted as a new partner of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe and the International Organisation of Migration, together with Lithuania, Malta, Latvia and Estonia.

[04] Central Bank Governor to attend ECB Council meeting

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Central Bank Governor to attend ECB Council meeting

[05] Islamic Conference Foreign Ministers continue deliberations

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Islamic Conference Foreign Ministers continue deliberations

by Maria Myles

Istanbul, Jun 15 (CNA) -- Foreign Ministers of the member-states of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) continue their deliberations here today, second day of their annual meeting, under the chair of Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, whose country hosts the three-day ministerial session.

[06] (K) Council of Europe works for ending Turkish Cypriots' isolation

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Council of Europe works for ending Turkish Cypriots' isolation

by Maria Myles

Istanbul, Jun 15 (CNA) -- The Council of Europe is working to end the isolation of the Turkish Cypriot community, Council Secretary General Walter Schwimmer said here today.

[07] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jun 15 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               76,71   ( 0,29)

Traded Value                  CYP    376.565

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    249.169   339,99   ( 0,59)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.402,89   (-0,62)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP     176.492   98,91   ( 0,37)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP      18.467   71,63   ( 0,24)
Insurance Companies           CYP       1.069   12,42   (-1,66)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP      36.645   49,84   (-0,12)
Tourism Companies             CYP       6.455   45,71   (-3,42)
Trading Companies             CYP       6.657   21,37   ( 1,38)
Building and Cement Companies CYP       5.340   63,03   (-0,46)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP      12.765    2,26   (-2,16)
Financial Services Companies  CYP       7.909    7,53   (-0,53)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP      11.208   11,08   (-1,69)
Hotels                        CYP      30.960   26,12   (-0,61)
Other Companies               CYP      49.053   63,88   ( 1,49)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[08] Highway Management System installed in Cyprus

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Highway Management System installed in Cyprus

Nicosia, Jun 15 (CNA) -- Head of the European Commission representation to Cyprus, Andrian Van der Meer has said Cyprus has one of the highest per capita rates of motor vehicles but also of accidents, and this is one of the reasons why a modern Highway Management System would be beneficial for the island.

Speaking during the presentation of the System, installed by the Public Works Department of the Communications and Works Ministry, Van der Meer said that according to figures just released by the Statistical Service, the number of vehicles sold in Cyprus has more than doubled during the last four years.

He added that ''in the first five months of this year alone, total vehicles registrations have increased by 17,7% compared to last year, whilst the number of private saloons has increased by 26,7% owing, at least partly, to the considerable reduction in prices which the accession of Cyprus to the EU has, indirectly, brought about.''

Public Works Department Executive Engineer and Director of the project Michalis Labrinos said the project was totally funded by the 4th Cyprus - EU Funding Protocol and was conducted by Expert Houses HB Verkehrsconsult GmbH of Germany and Eratosthenis AE of Greece in cooperation with Victor Efthimiades and Neophytos Zavrides from Cyprus.

[09] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jun 15 (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 38 22 FINE Larnaca 30 21 FINE Limassol 30 21 FINE Paphos 27 21 FINE

[10] Cypriot MEPs pledge to work together for Cyprus

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Cypriot MEPs pledge to work together for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jun 15 (CNA) -- Cyprus' six newly-elected EuroMPs stressed today their goal to support all together in the European Parliament Cyprus' cause for a settlement of its political problem.

The six Cypriot members of the European Parliament gave a press conference organized by the European Parliament Information Office. Head of the Office Antony Comfort said the elections ''were very well run here'' and congratulated the Ministry of Interior for organizing the elections so successfully. ''We thought it was excellent,'' he added.

[11] Draft resolution on Cyprus approved by OIC political committee

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Draft resolution on Cyprus approved by OIC political committee

by Maria Myles

Istanbul, 15 Jun -- A draft resolution on the situation in Cyprus has been approved by the political committee of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) member states, holding its meeting here at ministerial level, a Turkish foreign ministry spokesman has confirmed to CNA.

[12] Spokesman: No recognition of T/C regime through OIC draft resolution

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Spokesman: No recognition of T/C regime through OIC draft resolution

Nicosia, Jun 15 (CNA) -- The draft resolution referring to the Turkish Cypriots, which the 31st meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Conference has before it, upgrades the Turkish Cypriots but does not consist a direct or indirect recognition of the regime in Cyprus' Turkish occupied areas, Cyprus Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has said.

[13] Cypriot President to attend European Council, visit Spain and Portugal

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Cypriot President to attend European Council, visit Spain and Portugal

Nicosia, Jun 15 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos leaves tomorrow for Brussels to attend the European Council and will return to Cyprus June 18 - 19, Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said today.

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