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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 01-03-30
CONTENTS
[01] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
[02] President - Head of European Liberal Democrats
[03] Cyprus Foreign Minister - US Ambassador
[04] National Health Scheme - Strike
[05] President - Chairman of EPP-ED
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[01] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
Nicosia, Mar 30 (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 24 10 CLOUDY
Larnaca 21 12 CLOUDY
Limassol 22 12 CLOUDY
Paphos 21 9 CLOUDY
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[02] President - Head of European Liberal Democrats
Nicosia, Mar 30 (CNA) -- The president of the European Liberal Democrats
Pat Cox has called on all key players involved in the Cyprus question to
seize the important opportunity offered to them and work towards a solution
in Cyprus that would allow a united Cyprus to join the European Union.
He also sent "a clear, unequivocal and undivided" message that no force can
hold Cyprus hostage once the Republic concludes its membership
negotiations.
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[03] Cyprus Foreign Minister - US Ambassador
Nicosia, Mar 30 (CNA) -- The Cyprus question, bilateral issues and the
Republic's European Union membership prospects will be the focus of a
meeting between Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides and US Secretary
of State Colin Powell on 9 April in Washington, during which the intentions
of both sides will be explored.
Describing this meeting as "very important", Kasoulides noted it is taking
place in the early days of the Bush administration and said it is proof of
US firm interest in efforts to find a solution of the protracted Cyprus
issue.
US Ambassador in Nicosia Donald Bandler, who met Kasouides today in Nicosia,
said the US sees Cyprus not only as a problem but also as a country with
which it wishes to enhance its ties and reiterated Washington's strong
support for the UN-led proximity talks.
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[04] National Health Scheme - Strike
Nicosia, Mar 30 (CNA) -- Civil Servants trade union PASIDI and bank
employees' union ETIK announced here today they intend to go on a 48-hour
strike on Wednesday and Thursday to press on with their demand to have a
government- proposed national health scheme bill withdrawn from a debate at
the House on Thursday.
The strike may be averted if an initiative by a House contact committee to
put forward some ideas to parliamentary parties finds fertile ground.
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[05] President - Chairman of EPP-ED
Nicosia, Mar 30 (CNA) -- Hans-Gert Poettering, chairman of the European
Peoples' Party and European Democrats, has welcomed the progress Cyprus is
making in its accession negotiations with the European Union.
He warned Turkey against any attempts to curtail the EU's freedom of
decision and called on Ankara to be helpful in efforts to find a settlement
of the Cyprus question.
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CNA ENDS
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