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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 01-02-02
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[01] Cyprus Parliament - Bell helicopters
[02] Spokesman - Plutonium
[03] Illegal immigrants - British Bases
[04] Cyprus - Doctors - India
[05] Petroleum installations - Moving - Agreement
[06] Spokesman - Cyprus problem
[07] Tourist Guides World Convention - Press conference
[08] Cyprus Stock Exchange
[09] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
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[01] Cyprus Parliament - Bell helicopters
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) -- The Cyprus House of Representatives last night did
not approve a 22-million-pound allocation for the purchase of four US-made
Bell 412 helicopters for the National Guard, after a nearly four-hour-long
heated discussion that ended in a tie vote.
Of the MPs present, 26 deputies from right-wing DISI, the United Democrats,
the Social Democrats and one DIKO MP voted in favour of the purchase, while
an equal number from left-wing AKEL, DIKO and two Social Democrats MPs,
including the party president, voted against.
CNA MA/GP/2001
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[02]
Spokesman - Plutonium
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou stressed
today that plutonium "had never been found on the island", adding that
Cyprus had purchased special radioactive substances detectors.
Commenting on press reports that claim Cyprus is involved in plutonium
smuggling, Papapetrou noted that Cyprus is a member of the international
nuclear material exports and trafficking control team and that such
allegations often appear and, despite the fact that they are unfounded,
investigations are carried out, without anything ever being found.
CNA/MA/RG/GP/2001
ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY
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[03]
Illegal immigrants - British Bases
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) -- A British court, operating in one of the two
military bases Britain, Dhekelia, has on the island, ordered 15 persons to
be remanded in custody for seven days for illegal entry into the Bases.
A press release, issued after the court proceedings, said "fifteen persons
suspected of being illegal immigrants have been remanded in custody for
seven days on a charge of illegally entering the Sovereign Base Areas."
CNA MM/GP/2001
ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY
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[04]
Cyprus - Doctors - India
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - The multimember team of Cypriot doctors, who were to
fly to India on February 5 to assist the victims of the recent devastating
earthquake that hit the country, has called off its trip, after the Indian
government announced it did not need the services of foreign doctors.
Doctor Eleni Theocharous, President of the Cyprus "Doctors of the World"
team, told CNA that the Indian government, through its High Commission in
Nicosia, had notified the Cyprus Foreign Ministry that it would not be
accepting foreign doctors, as its needs had been covered by local medical
staff from other parts of the quake-stricken country.
CNA/RG/GP/2001
ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY
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[05]
Petroleum installations - Moving - Agreement
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - The Cyprus government and the Larnaca municipal
authorities signed an agreement today to move the petroleum installations
from the southeastern coastal town of Larnaca to the new energy zone in
Vassiliko, on the Mediterranean island's southern coast.
Speaking at the ceremony, Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides said the
decision to move the installations was taken in order to expand the Larnaca
tourist area and to create strategic petroleum stores, with stocks to last
90 days.
CNA/NMA/RG/GP/2001
ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY
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[06]
Spokesman - Cyprus problem
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou said today
that there was "unofficial information" that the United Nations were
drafting a complete set of ideas on the Cyprus problem, but noted that
there was nothing official yet, nor any details.
Asked where the set of ideas would be submitted, as Turkish Cypriot leader
Rauf Denktash is refusing to attend a new round of talks on the Cyprus
problem, the Government Spokesman said that the process of the talks and
the basis of a solution have been set out in UN Resolution 1250, which
provides for talks without any preconditions, all issues on the table,
talks until an agreement is reached and in full consideration of UN
resolutions.
CNA/MA/RG/GP/2001
ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY
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[07]
Tourist Guides World Convention - Press conference
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - Illegal guiding is the most serious problem, tourist
guides worldwide face today, President of the Cyprus Tourist Guides
Association Popi Hadjidemetriou told a press conference here today, at the
end of the 9th World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations Convention,
organised in Cyprus from January 29 until February 2, under the title "The
21st Century: Guiding for Peace".
Hadjidemetriou noted that the problem of illegal guiding as well as other
problems tourist guides face were discussed during the Convention, where 85
participants from 18 countries had also the opportunity to hear speeches
and lectures and attend workshops aimed at promoting the level of
professional tourist guides.
CNA MK/GP/2000
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[08] Cyprus Stock Exchange
Nicosia, Feb 2 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share Index
closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:
CSE General Index 220,32 (-0,49)
Traded Value CYP 10.221.911
FTCE/CYSE 20 CYP 5.917.545 926,67 (-0,94)
Sectural Indices
Banks CYP 2.158.206 229,16 (-1,10)
Approved Investment
Companies CYP 554.336 215,76 (-0,90)
Insurance Companies CYP 77.806 95,09 ( 2,51)
Manufacturing Companies CYP 415.331 84,34 (-0,51)
Tourism Companies CYP 349.996 149,75 ( 0,48)
Trading Companies CYP 431.943 56,02 ( 0,29)
Offshore Companies CYP 0 105,00 ( 0,00)
Building and Cement Companies CYP 269.325 68,67 ( 1,45)
Énformation Technology
Companies CYP 1.864.968 64,17 (-0,19)
Financial Services Companies CYP 1.621.216 43,92 ( 0,14)
Fish Culture Companies CYP 16.476 83,02 (-1,34)
Hotels CYP 922.849 97,09 (-0,15)
Other Companies CYP 1.023.579 264,61 (-0,41)
The third column presents the percentage variation of the indices as
compared to the last meeting.
CNA/RG/2001
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[09] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
Nicosia, Feb 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 17 7 CLOUDY
Larnaca 19 9 CLOUDY
Limassol 19 11 FAIR
Paphos 18 11 FAIR
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CNA/RG/2001
CNA ENDS
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