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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 00-02-07Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>CONTENTS
1440:CYPPRESS:01[01] Alvaro de Soto - DenktashBy Maria MylesGeneva, Feb 7 (CNA) - Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash expressed satisfaction with the results of the UN-sponsored proximity talks on Cyprus so far, after his meeting here today with the UN Secretary-General's special adviser for Cyprus Alvaro de Soto. Replying to questions, Denktash also said the outcome of the third round of talks will determine whether direct negotiations between himself and President Glafcos Clerides will be held. CNA/MM/MA/GP/2000 1500:CYPPRESS:02[02] Cyprus Stock ExchangeNicosia, Feb 7 CNA) -- The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:CSE General Index 636.64 ( 6.35) Traded Value CYP 29,287,052 Sectural Indices Banks CYP15,927,918 777.04 ( 8.18) Approved Investment Companies CYP 1,591,388 493.62 ( 4.11) Insurance Companies CYP 488,132 365.46 ( 5.03) Manufacturing Companies CYP 925,744 200.46 ( 3.43) Tourism Companies CYP 1,643,782 525.82 ( 1.73) Trading Companies CYP 1,981,637 259.05 ( 6.36) Other Companies CYP 4,842,692 702.12 ( 3.22)The third column presents the percentage variation of the indices as compared to the last meeting. CNA MCH/2000ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY1715:CYPPRESS:03[03] Barnet Conservatives - Shadow Foreign SecretaryNicosia, Feb 7 (CNA) - Liz Mammatt, Conservative Group Leader of the London Borough of Barnet, called on the new Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, MP Fancis Maude, to "take a positive stance" on the Cyprus problem, as opposed to the "false hopes raised when Labour was in opposition".In a letter to Maude, Mammatt notes that "a visit by you to Cyprus would raise the profile of the whole issue nationally and internationally", adding that the Group has been pressing Prime Minister, Tony Blair, "for nearly two years now to take up the cause of Cyprus more pro-actively". CNA/RG/MCH/2000 1820:CYPPRESS:04[04] SOCCER: Cyprus win eight-nation tournamentNicosia, Feb 7 (CNA) -- Cyprus won on the eight-nation football tournament organised here by the Cyprus Football Association.The Cyprus national team beat the Romania team with 3-2 in the final game played yesterday afternoon at GSP Stadium in Nicosia. CNA GP/20001945:CYPPRESS:05[05] House of Commons - Motion - EnclavedNicosia, Feb, 7 (CNA) -- British Labour MPs called on the House of Commons to express its highest respect and admiration for the enclaved residents of the Karpass peninsula in the occupied part of Cyprus.In a motion tabled on 3 February 2000 by Edward O'Hara, Tom Cox and Andrew Dismore, the three MPs state that the House "expresses the highest respect and admiration for those enclaved residents of the Karpasia peninsula who have suffered in order to remain in their homes during 25 years of occupation of northern Cyprus". CNA RM/EC/20002015:CYPPRESS:06[06] Kasoulides - Statements - Proximity talksBy Maria MylesGeneva Feb 7 (CNA) - Direct negotiations between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides will take place once proximity talks move ahead and there is common ground and when the UN decide to invite the two sides to direct negotiations, without ne cessarily announcing it ahead of time, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said here today. The minister did not rule out a face to face meeting between President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash during the third round of UN-sponsored talks later on in the year. Kasoulides explained that the objective of the first two rounds of talks was not to bridge the positions of the two sides but rather to give the UN a better insight into the views outlined by the sides. CNA MM/EC/2000CNA ENDSCyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |