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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 99-12-22
CONTENTS
[01] Cyprus Stock Exchange
[02] UNFICYP - Major-General Rana - Assumes command
[03] Foreign Minister - Cyprus - EU - Turkey
[04] Trade unions - Strike - COLA
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[01] Cyprus Stock Exchange
Nicosia, Dec 22 (CNA) -- The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share Index
closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:
CSE General Index 725.73 ( 1.30)
Traded Value CYP 20,672,744
Sectural Indices
Banks CYP 6,817,289 788.54 ( 1.15)
Approved Investment
Companies CYP 2,453,590 731.22 ( 0.84)
Insurance Companies CYP 560,483 414.29 ( 1.34)
Manufacturing Companies CYP 1,330,521 283.67 ( 3.84)
Tourism Companies CYP 1,712,569 855.41 ( -0.12)
Trading Companies CYP 1,587,953 343.02 ( 1.06)
Other Companies CYP 4,137,347 840.51 ( 2.10)
The third column presents the percentage variation of the indices as
compared to the last meeting.
CNA EC/1999
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[02] UNFICYP - Major-General Rana - Assumes command
Nicosia, Dec 22 (CNA) --Major-General Victory Rana of Nepal today assumed
command of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP),
succeeding Major-General Evergisto Arturo de Vergara of Argentina.
Major General Rana enlisted as a cadet in the Nepalese Army in 1966.
Born in 1945, he is a graduate of the US Army War College and the German
Command and General Staff College as well as the Indian Army Senior Command
course.
CNA EC/MA/1999
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[03] Foreign Minister - Cyprus - EU - Turkey
Nicosia, Dec 22 (CNA) -- Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides today
said the European Union Helsinki summit has created a new political climate
which the Turkish side cannot ignore, even though it is early to say
whether it has affected its policy, especially towards Cyprus.
Kasoulides also said an invitation to Turkish Cypriots to participate
in Cyprus' accession negotiations still stands and underlined that the
process of the proximity peace talks that got underway is the only way to
settle the protracted Cyprus problem.
CNA MCH/MA/EC/1999
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[04] Trade unions - Strike - COLA
Nicosia, Dec 22 (CNA) -- Members of three trade unions staged a two-hour
work stoppage today claiming the government is promoting a partial
abolition of the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).
The leftist Pancyprian Federation of Labour (PEO), the Democratic
Labour Federation of Cyprus (DEOK) which is affiliated to the island's
socialist party EDEK and the Pancyprian Organisation of Independent Unions
(POAS) warned that if the government decides to proceed with plans to
restructure COLA, it will be solely responsible for the consequences.
CNA GG/EC/1999
CNA ENDS
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