Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-01-15

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus peace talks to begin tomorrow

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[04] Greek and Turkish Cypriot Youth stress need for a solution

[05] Kasoulides: We go to talks with an open mind

[01] Cyprus peace talks to begin tomorrow

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Cyprus peace talks to begin tomorrow

Nicosia, Jan 15 (CNA) -- Face-to-face talks between the leaders of the two communities on the island, President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, aimed to reach a comprehensive settlement of the protracted Cyprus problem, begin tomorrow morning, near the defunct Nicosia airport situated in the UN-controlled buffer zone.

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jan 15 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              131,52  (-1,08)

Traded Value                  CYP  2.496.832

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP  1.197.196   527,54  (-1,27)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    453.211   144,63  (-1,36)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP    149.215   126,68  (-0,57)
Insurance Companies           CYP     68.599    51,46  (-0,23)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     56.803    55,71  (-1,87)
Tourism Companies             CYP    150.128    99,04  (-2,93)
Trading Companies             CYP    109.782    33,41  (-0,95)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     25.576    55,73  ( 0,00)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     26.600     8,90  (-1,44)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    576.369    29,48  (-0,71)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP          0    25,47  (-0,08)
Hotels                        CYP    218.958    81,07  (-0,34)
Other Companies               CYP    511.241   145,54  (-0,81)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jan 15 (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                  15           5         FAIR
Larnaca                  16           8         FAIR
Limassol                 16           8         FAIR
Paphos                   17           7         FAIR

[04] Greek and Turkish Cypriot Youth stress need for a solution

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Greek and Turkish Cypriot Youth stress need for a solution

Nicosia, Jan 15 (CNA) -- Representatives of Turkish Cypriot youth organisations decided not to attend a joint press conference here today with their Greek Cypriot counterparts to protest a decision by the occupation regime in Turkish occupied Cyprus to prevent journalists from covering the event.

The joint press conference was called off but George Loucaides, speaking on behalf of five Greek Cypriot youth organisations, said "hope for a solution in Cyprus must be kept alive among Greek and Turkish Cypriots."

He said Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash seems to be doing all he can to put a halt to the aspirations of the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots for a solution.

The joint press conference was to have taken place at the Ledra Palace hotel, in the UN controlled buffer zone.

Denktash's decision comes on the eve of the start of direct peace talks with President Glafcos Clerides to negotiate a comprehensive settlement.

In a joint declaration, youth organisations from both communities underlined "the urgent need to reach a peaceful, just, democratic and viable solution to the Cyprus problem".

The declaration notes that the Cypriot Youth Organisations consider the status quo on the island "dangerous and unacceptable for the future of the youth in Cyprus" and consider that the current division of the island violates fundamental human rights of the people of Cyprus in both communities.

Acknowledging that Cyprus is the common land of all Cypriots, the youth organisations express their support to "a solution that will be based on the consolidation of the security feeling in both communities and the safeguarding of the human rights and the freedom of all citizens without any discrimination on the basis of national origin."

They also point out that the solution to the Cyprus problem should be based on the acquis communautaire and international law.

A solution can only be achieved in a peaceful way by means of substantive talks under the auspices of the UN, on the basis of UN resolutions and high level agreements which provide for a bizonal, bicommunal federation, the declaration said.

The Cypriot Youth Organisations underline their opposition to any act that leads to the escalation of the aggravated situation and to a possible military conflict, including changes to the agreed cease-fire line and they appeal to all interested parties to agree on measures for the gradual decrease of all the troops and armaments, having as a final goal demilitarisation as part of an overall settlement.

On Cyprus' accession course to the European Union the Youth Organisations note that the accession must act as a catalyst for the solution of the Cyprus problem, adding that membership to the EU would promise a prosperous and secure future for all citizens of the island.

CNA/EL/RM/MM/2002 ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY

[05] Kasoulides: We go to talks with an open mind

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Foreign Minister - Direct talks

Nicosia, Jan 15 (CNA) -- As the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides prepare for tomorrow's start of direct talks, under UN auspices, hardly anybody on either side of the divide is willing to make any predictions as to the outcome of this effort.

This latest attempt to find a negotiated settlement of the protracted Cyprus question is set to be a long and arduous task, involving Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides, Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, their respective advisers and UN Secretary General's Special Adviser for Cyprus Alvaro de Soto, who arrived here from New York with a view to facilitate the negotiations and intervene as necessary.

The Greek Cypriot side appears somewhat restraint in its expectations, in spite of what political observers call "the prevailing good climate" following the recent social encounters between Clerides and Denktash.

Public statements from Ankara and Denktash over the past few weeks seem to leave little room for hope that the Turkish side has had a change of heart with regard to its long standing position for two separate states on the island, something the Greek Cypriot side has repeatedly said it rejects.

"We are neither optimistic nor pessimistic. If Denktash has the green light from Ankara, and Ankara is a lot of things including the military, then Denktash can get a settlement. If he hasn't got it, his move is only tactical and this will show at the negotiating table," Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said here today in statements to the press.

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