Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-01-25

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CONTENTS

[01] Annan - Powell discuss Cyprus talks

[02] Cyprus ready to destroy weapons under UN custody since 1972

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] Cyprus satisfied with PACE resolution

[06] Government to destroy arms under UN custody since early 1970s

[07] Clerides and Denktash hold fourth meeting on Cyprus' future

[01] Annan - Powell discuss Cyprus talks

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Annan - Powell discuss Cyprus talks

New York, Jan 25 (CNA) -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and US Secretary of State Colin Powell have discussed the Cyprus peace talks at a recent meeting in Tokyo.

"They discussed the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, the

[02] Cyprus ready to destroy weapons under UN custody since 1972

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Cyprus ready to destroy weapons under UN custody since 1972

Nicosia, Jan 25 (CNA) -- The Cyprus government has put forward to the UN peace-keeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) a proposal to have destroyed weapons which have been under UN custody since 1972, following an agreement between the Republic and UNFICYP.

The government proposed the start of a dialogue on ways these small arms can be destroyed. Initial reaction from UNFICYP has been positive.

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jan 25 (CNA) - Today's weather and temperatures for Cyprus,
according to the Meteorological Service at Larnaca International
Airport are:

Temperatures (degrees Celcius)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Station               Maximum     Minimum       Weather
(At 1200 UTC)
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Nicosia                  16           4         CLOUDY
Larnaca                  16           6         CLOUDY
Limassol                 17          11         CLOUDY
Paphos                   18          11         CLOUDY

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jan 25 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All ShareIndex closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              124,98  (-1,37)

Traded Value                  CYP  1.705.921

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    992.422   506,08  (-1,55)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    409.640   139,49  (-1,38)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     75.595   118,80  (-1,77)
Insurance Companies           CYP     24.868    47,00  (-1,01)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     78.578    55,11  (-0,07)
Tourism Companies             CYP    178.161    90,54  (-1,85)
Trading Companies             CYP     79.416    30,39  (-1,84)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     21.176    55,02  (-1,24)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     14.802     8,35  ( 0,24)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    198.584    27,89  (-1,83)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        289    24,95  (-2,58)
Hotels                        CYP    217.799    76,18  (-0,96)
Other Companies               CYP    320.603   133,93  (-1,60)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] Cyprus satisfied with PACE resolution

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Cyprus satisfied with PACE resolution

Nicosia, Jan 25 (CNA) - The Cyprus government considers the recent resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to be "positive" on the whole, which does not necessarily mean that it is happy with each line of its text.

[06] Government to destroy arms under UN custody since early 1970s

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Government to destroy arms under UN custody since early 1970s

Nicosia, Jan 25 (CNA) -- The government has taken a decision to destroy arms and ammunition which have been under UN custody since the early 1970s, Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou said here today.

[07] Clerides and Denktash hold fourth meeting on Cyprus' future

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Clerides and Denktash hold fourth meeting on Cyprus' future

Nicosia, Jan 25 (CNA) - Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash met this afternoon in Nicosia, to continue talks, under UN aegis, on solving the Cyprus problem.

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