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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 00-03-25
CONTENTS
[01] EU Enlargement Commissioner - Denktash - Departure
[02] Cyprus - Time change
[03] Cyprus - Celebrations - Greek Independence Day
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[01] EU Enlargement Commissioner - Denktash - Departure
Nicosia, Mar 25 (CNA) - Efforts by the European Union Commissioner
responsible for enlargement Gunter Verheugen to convince the Turkish
Cypriot leader of the benefits from Turkish Cypriot participation in
Cyprus' accession course do not appear to have brought any results.
According to reports in the Turkish Cypriot press today, Rauf Denktash
ruled out the possibility of his community participating in the official
Cyprus team negotiating accession since the end of 1998, but said contacts
between the Turkish Cypriot side and the EU will continue.
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[02] Cyprus - Time change
Nicosia, Mar 25 (CNA) - Summer time begins in Cyprus as from tomorrow and
until October 29. At 03:00 local time (01:00 GMT) watches have to be taken
one hour forward.
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[03] Cyprus - Celebrations - Greek Independence Day
Nicosia, Mar 25 (CNA) - Education and Culture Minister Ouranios Ioannides
today stressed that the Turkish occupation troops will be forced to leave
Cyprus as the land they occupy does not belong to them, at a church service
held in the capital Nicosia to celebrate Greek Independence Day.
In congratulatory messages to the Greek leaders, President Glafcos Clerides
and House of Representatives President Spyros Kyprianou thank them for
their solidarity in the effort to reach a settlement in Cyprus, divided
since Turkish troops occupied 37 percent of its territory in 1974.
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