Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 01-05-15

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus Airways - Privatisation tender - Bid - Olympic Airways

[02] AKEL Party leader - Interview

[03] Democratic Rally - Interview - Parliamentary elections

[04] Cyprus - Libya - Ágreements

[05] Spokesman - Turkey - European court decision

[06] Greek Cypriot - Abduction - Occupied areas

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[01] Cyprus Airways - Privatisation tender - Bid - Olympic Airways

A press release issued by the Cypriot carrier said the "CA board of directors decided the company should submit a proposal to participate in Olympic Airways' privatisation as part of a consortium".

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by Myria Antoniadou

Nicosia, May 15 (CNA) - General Secretary of left-wing AKEL Party Dimitris Christofias believes that the UN Security Council should assess the Cyprus peace effort and put the blame for the impasse where it belongs, exerting pressure on the Turkish side to return to negotiations based on the international organisation's resolutions.

In an interview with CNA in view of the upcoming parliamentary elections, Christofias said that the Greek Cypriot side should clarify what it wants for Cyprus and take up an international campaign. On relations between Greece and Turkey he believes that Ankara is not responding positively to efforts by Athens to improve relations.

CNA MA/GP/2001

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[03] Democratic Rally - Interview - Parliamentary elections

In an interview with CNA, in view of the 27 May 2001 elections, Anastasiades said the island's path towards the European Union (EU) is at a crossroads, but this does not mean that there will not be any obstacles in the future. At the same time, he welcomed Turkey's European aspirations, noting that it will be a significant element in solving the Cyprus problem.

CNA ECA/GP/2001

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Nicosia, May 15 (CNA) -- Cyprus and Libya signed here today three bilateral agreements providing for the extradition of offenders, transfer of sentenced persons and cooperation in combating the illicit use and trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and organised crime.

Cyprus Minister of Justice and Public Order Nicos Koshis and Secretary of the General People's Committee for Justice and General Security of the Great Socialist Peoples' Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Abdulrahman M. Alabbar, who signed the agreements underlined the need for the two countries to coordinate efforts for combating crime.

CNA MK/GP/2001

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Nicosia, May 15 (CNA) -- The government considers that Cyprus and Turkey have "an excellent opportunity" to overcome their differences and seek a solution of the Cyprus question, in the light of a European Court of Human Rights judgment that considers Ankara guilty of human rights abuses in Cyprus.

Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou expressed the conviction that Ankara would see the ruling as a means to enter a new era that would lead the country into new neighbourly ties with its neighbours, including Cyprus.

CNA MA/MM/GP/2001

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Nicosia, May 15 (CNA) - Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou assured Tuesday that efforts are underway to secure the release of a 74-year-old Greek Cypriot retiree, who was abducted Sunday by Turkish occupation troops.

Papapetrou said the government has asked the United Nations Peace-Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to help in efforts to free Costas Dalitis from Nicosia. The Union of Cyprus Journalists is also carrying out similar representations. CNA/MA/ECA/GP/2001

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