Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-10-12

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus President: Cyprus does not wish to prove an obstacle to Turkey's EU bid

[02] Cyprus President meets Finnish Premier

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[04] Cyprus government wants to see free movement

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[06] Cyprus FM: some issues need to be settled before Dec. EU summit

[07] Cuban parliamentary delegation visits Cyprus

[08] Finnish deputies to visit Cyprus

[09] Cyprus Industrial Statistics 2003 released

[10] Finnish Prime Minister says Cyprus reunification possible

[01] Cyprus President: Cyprus does not wish to prove an obstacle to Turkey's EU bid

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Cyprus President: Cyprus does not wish to prove an obstacle to Turkey's EU bid

by Costas Stavrinos

Helsinki, Oct 12 (CNA) -- Cyprus is in principle positively predisposed towards the accession of a European Turkey to the European Union and does not wish to prove an obstacle to this process, Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos said addressing last night a banquet by the President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen.

Papadopoulos said ''the occupation of Cyprus and its concomitant phenomena cannot, however, be relegated to the status of a non-issue in the relations between Turkey and the European Union. Furthermore a European Union candidate country aspiring for a date for accession negotiations cannot, in good faith, refuse to extend to a Member State treatment equal to that accorded to the rest of the European Partners,'' he said.

''Approaches which disregard the legal and political obligations of Turkey vis-a-vis the Republic of Cyprus as a Member State of the European Union, disincentivize any future effort for a solution that will bring about the political and economic re-unification of Cyprus, Papadopoulos added.

In her speech Halonen said that with the beginning of Turkey's accession negotiations, the EU will promote Turkey's progress and ''we will have a positive impact on efforts for a Cyprus settlement.''

[02] Cyprus President meets Finnish Premier

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Cyprus President meets Finnish Premier

by Costas Stavrinos

Helsinki, Oct 12 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos on the second day of his official visit to Finland will hold a meeting here today with Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.

The meeting will take place at the Premier's Residence, where talks will be held by the delegations of Cyprus and Finland.

Cyprus Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism George Lillikas will meet with his Finnish counterpart Mauri Pekkarinen and Finnish business people.

In the afternoon President Papadopoulos will receive Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja at his hotel and later on he will attend a reception in his honour given by Cypriot Ambassador to Helsinki Loria Markides at the City Hall.

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Oct 12 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

INDICES BASE VALUES: FTSEMed=5000, OTHERS=1000

TRADED VALUE                       315.031,68

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       71,30    -0,54    284.149,53
FTSE/CySE 20                           320,49     0,47    191.628,66
MAIN MARKET INDEX                      956,96     0,37    207.840,77
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                  988,45    -0,23     14.508,17
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX    1.007,33    -0,40     13.587,53
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX        958,19     0,35    222.348,94
BANKS INDEX                            953,79     0,51    158.278,54
HOTELS INDEX                           848,30    -4,00      2.746,52
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX               906,87    -0,11     51.674,84
FTSE Med (11/10/2004)                6.048,64    -1,09

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices

[04] Cyprus government wants to see free movement

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Cyprus Government wants to see free movement

Nicosia, Oct 12 (CNA) -- Cyprus Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has said that opening more crossing points along the demarcation line, dividing the country, is part of government policy to help ensure free movement throughout the island.

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 12 (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                 32            20          FINE
Larnaca                 32            20          FINE
Limassol                32            18          FINE
Paphos                  28            20          FINE

[06] Cyprus FM: some issues need to be settled before Dec. EU summit

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Cyprus FM: some issues need to be settled before Dec. EU summit

Nicosia, Oct 12 (CNA) -- Cyprus Minister of Foreign Affairs George Iacovou has said that certain issues will have to be resolved before the European Union decides on whether to begin accession negotiations with Turkey.

The Minister also said that other matters, whose implementation can wait, will have to be agreed upon before December 17, when EU leaders will decide about Turkey's membership talks.

[07] Cuban parliamentary delegation visits Cyprus

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Cuban parliamentary delegation visits Cyprus

[08] Finnish deputies to visit Cyprus

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Finnish deputies to visit Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 12 (CNA) -- The chairman of the Grand Committee of Eduskunta (Finnish parliament) and Committee members arrive in Cyprus on Wednesday on a two-day visit.

[09] Cyprus Industrial Statistics 2003 released

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Cyprus Industrial Statistics 2003 released

Nicosia, Oct 12 (CNA) - Cypriot mining, quarrying and manufacturing in 2003 recorded an increase in comparison with the previous year.

[10] Finnish Prime Minister says Cyprus reunification possible

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Finnish Prime Minister says Cyprus reunification possible

by Costas Stavrinos

Helsinki, Oct 12 (CNA) -- Prime Minister of Finland Matti Vanhanen has said that Cyprus can be reunited in the future, in spite of the rejection last April by the Greek Cypriot community of a UN solution plan in a referendum.

Speaking after talks here with Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, who concluded a two-day official visit, he also said that Finland would help, if it could, in some way towards this goal.

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