Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-08-02

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CONTENTS

[01] US seeks Cyprus solution on Annan plan basis

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[04] Cyprus and Britain agree on issues concerning EU economic development

[05] Cyprus government : French Premier's statement ''particularly positive''

[06] Famagusta march to declare desire for peace, says Mayor

[07] Spokesman: Cyprus Government welcomes meetings under UN auspices

[08] Sarmast to announce second Atlantis expedition

[09] Recognition of Cyprus not a prerequisite for Turkey, says Commission

[01] US seeks Cyprus solution on Annan plan basis

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US seeks Cyprus solution on Annan plan basis

New York, Aug 2 (CNA) - The United States seek a solution to the Cyprus problem on the basis of the settlement plan proposed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, US State Department Acting Spokesman Tom Casey has said.

He added that Annan has spoken with the parties, asked them to come up with some ideas and suggestions on how to proceed forward, noting that this was where ''our focus is on Cyprus.''

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Aug 2 (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                       422.068,95

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       85,19     0,16    381.306,72
FTSE/CySE 20                           411,89     0,62    318.190,87
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.233,73     0,56    327.102,51
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                  962,18    -1,51      7.719,66
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX      953,28    -0,32     30.932,24
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.223,57     0,50    334.822,17
BANKS INDEX                          1.267,85     0,62    273.130,94
HOTELS INDEX                         1.028,07     1,16      2.845,59
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX               941,53     0,51     28.667,31
FTSE Med (01/08/2005)                8.076,16    -0,51

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices
as compared to the last meeting.

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Aug 2 (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                 38          22          FINE
Larnaca                 32          24          FINE
Limassol                33          22          FINE
Paphos                  30          23          FAIR
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[04] Cyprus and Britain agree on issues concerning EU economic development

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Cyprus and Britain agree on issues concerning EU economic development

Nicosia, Aug 2 (CNA) -- Cyprus and Britain agree in many issues concerning the economic development of the European Union, Cypriot Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Christos Taliadoros and British High Commissioner to Cyprus Peter Millet stated today.

During their meeting they discussed employment and social matters concerning both countries as well as the European Union as a whole.

[05] Cyprus government : French Premier's statement ''particularly positive''

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Cyprus government: French Premier's statement ''particularly positive''

Nicosia, Aug 2 (CNA) Cypriot Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides described as ''particularly positive'' a statement by French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin that it doesn't seem conceivable that a negotiation process of whatever kind can start with a country that does not recognise all EU members.

Commenting on the statement referring to Turkey's bid to start accession talks, Chrysostomides said ''we have always stated that it is inconceivable for a country that wants to accede into the EU not to recognise a full EU member state.''

[06] Famagusta march to declare desire for peace, says Mayor

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Famagusta march to declare desire for peace, says Mayor

Nicosia, Aug 2 (CNA) Greek Cypriot refugees from the Turkish occupied town of Famagusta will march towards the Dherynia checkpoint on Saturday in the eastern part of the island, sending a message of peace and friendship to their Turkish Cypriot compatriots.

Mayor of the Turkish occupied town Famagusta Yiannakis Skordis told a press conference today that during Saturdays march, the people of Famagusta will declare their demand for a return of their homeland and a revival of the occupied towns and villages of Cyprus.

He said Saturdays march will be entitled Solution Reunification Peace and will take place at 2000 local time and will include a march to the Dherynia checkpoint and an event at the Famagusta Cultural centre.

[07] Spokesman: Cyprus Government welcomes meetings under UN auspices

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Spokesman: Cyprus Government welcomes meetings under UN auspices

Nicosia, Aug 2 (CNA) Every meeting, which has a social nature, is useful but under no circumstances it can substitute any meeting within the framework of the UN procedure to promote efforts to solve the Cyprus problem, said here Tuesday Cyprus Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides.

The Spokesman was invited to comment on a report in the Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris which said that House President Demetris Christofias intends to invite President of the Republic Tassos Papadopoulos, Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, so called prime minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer and other politicians to his country residence at Kellaki village, Limassol district. Chrysostomides said he had no information on such issue.

[08] Sarmast to announce second Atlantis expedition

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Sarmast to announce second Atlantis expedition

Nicosia, Aug 2 (CNA) The Hollywood production company TMC will undertake the documentary of the second expedition by Robert Sarmast, head of the Cyprus/Atlantis Expedition Project, who believes that Cyprus holds the key to the lost Atlantis.

Sarmast told CNA today that on Thursday he will hold a press conference where he will talk extensively on the production, where the structures on the seafloor will be broadcast live from his boat to a global audience.

He will also present the results of last years expedition by showing the sonar scans of manmade structures one mile below water and also announce the support of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation.

[09] Recognition of Cyprus not a prerequisite for Turkey, says Commission

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Recognition of Cyprus not a prerequisite for Turkey, says Commission

Nicosia, Aug 2 (CNA) The recognition of the Republic of Cyprus by Turkey should be settled in the framework of the United Nations, said today the European Commission and is not a prerequisite for Turkey to begin accession negotiations with the EU, as France had asserted on Tuesday.

In another development, Greece said that the non-recognition of the Republic of Cyprus, an EU member state, by Turkey, is a European absurdity.

Commission Spokesman Amadeu Altafaj said that with the signing of the protocol by Turkey whereby it extended its customs union agreement with the EU to all new EU member states including Cyprus, Ankara recognises that the EU is made up of 25 member states.

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