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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 01-05-18
CONTENTS
[01] President Clerides - New French Ambassador
[02] Socialist leader - Letter - Judgment of ECHR
[03] Interior Minister - Elections
[04] Cyprus Airways - Budapest
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[01] President Clerides - New French Ambassador
Nicosia, May 18 (CNA) -- The search for a negotiated settlement of the
Cyprus problem remains the first priority of the Cyprus government, in the
attainment of which the prospect of accession into the European Union
constitutes a vital contributing factor, President Glafcos Clerides said
yesterday while receiving the credentials of the new Ambassador of France
to Cyprus Jacques Depaigne.
Presenting his credentials Depaigne said France unreservedly supports the
UN-led proximity talks aimed at finding a solution to the Cyprus question
and that his country "deems regrettable the interruption of the talks
hoping that this state of affairs is not definitive and wishing for their
speedy resumption".
CNA/RM/GP/2001
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[02] Socialist leader - Letter - Judgment of ECHR
Nicosia, May 18 (CNA) -- Cypriot socialist leader Vassos Lyssarides has
urged leaders of the member-parties of the European Socialist Party to make
clear to Turkey that all states, especially those aspiring to EU membership,
"should conform to the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights
(ECHR)."
Lyssarides, President of the Social Democrats Movement, sent a letter to
European socialist leaders concerning a recent decision of the ECHR, which
found Turkey guilty of mass violations of human rights in Cyprus, as a
result of its 1974 invasion and the occupation of 37 per cent of the
island's territory since then.
CNA MK/GP/2001
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[03] Interior Minister - Elections
Nicosia, May 18 (CNA) -- First results in the 27 May parliamentary
elections are expected to be announced early on Monday monring (28 May) but
the final outcome of this much-contested election campaign is expected at
either around noon or later in the afternoon of the same day, Interior
Minister Christodoulos Christodoulou has said.
"Some 10,000 public servants will work for the elections, that will cost
around two million pounds (about four m. US dollars)," he said, adding that
1250 polling stations will operate on Sunday, 27 May, for the 467.182
registered voters called to elect 56 deputies and two representatives for
each of the two religious groups (Maronites and Armenians).
CNA MM/GP/2001
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[04] Cyprus Airways - Budapest
Nicosia, May 18 (CNA) -- Cyprus Airways launches a new flight to Budapest
starting next week aimed to enhance tourist relations between the two
countries, Chairman of Cyprus Airways Haris Loizides said yesterday adding
that both Cyprus and Hungary share much in common such as the vision to
join the European Union.
Speaking at an event organised by the Cypriot national carrier and "The
Meridien Hotel" in Limassol, Loizides said that Cyprus and Hungary will be
among the first countries to accede to the EU, adding that the company's
decision to launch a new flight to Budapest helps Cypriots and Hungarians
to come together.
CNA/RM/GP/2001
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