Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-06-20

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CONTENTS

[01] Mild tremors hit Cyprus

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

[03] Cyprus and Egypt agree on cultural exchanges

[04] Clerides: We can still reach a settlement

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] Cyprus condemns suicide attack in Jerusalem

[08] Ramsar Convention official notes the importance of Akrotiri salt lake

[01] Mild tremors hit Cyprus

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Mild tremors hit Cyprus

Nicosia, Jun 20 (CNA)-- A series of mild earthquakes shocked early today the southern coastal town of Limassol with no damage reported.

Geologist Sotiris Kramvis of the Cyprus Geological Survey Department told CNA that the tremors started at 0551 local time (0254 GMT) measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale, while the highest was recorded at 0556 (0256 GMT) measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale, followed by a smaller tremor at 0654 (0354 GMT) measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale.

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jun 20 (CNA) -- The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

Friday and Saturday 21/06/2002 to 22/06/2002

Fine weather is expected. Northterly to northeasterly winds will prevail, moderate to fresh breeze on Friday becoming gentle to moderate on Saturday. Sea will be generally moderate.

Temperatures will range from 22 to 34 inland, 20 to 32 over the coast and from 16 to 26 over Troodos mountains.

Outlook for Sunday and Monday 23/06/2002 to 24/06/2002

Same weather conditions for Sunday and Monday, with an increase in temperatures.

[03] Cyprus and Egypt agree on cultural exchanges

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Cyprus and Egypt agree on cultural exchanges

Nicosia, Jun 20 (CNA) -- Cyprus Education and Culture Minister Ouranios Ioannides has said that the cooperation programme signed here yesterday between Egypt and Cyprus includes artists' exchanges, week film festivals in both countries and translation of poetry into Greek and Arabic.

[04] Clerides: We can still reach a settlement

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Clerides: We can still reach a settlement

Nicosia, Jun 20 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides has expressed the belief that the ongoing UN-led peace talks on Cyprus "could produce, even on the eleventh, a negotiated settlement that will lead to a permanent and viable solution of the Cyprus problem based on a bizonal, bicommunal federation and with respect to human rights both of the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots."

Receiving here today the credentials of the new Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Cyprus Manuel Morales Lama, President Clerides said that the Greek Cypriot side expects from the Turkish side to show the necessary will, negotiate sincerely, constructively and with a vision for the future and abandon its intransigent positions and demands, so as to achieve a permanent settlement of the Cyprus problem. He noted that the solution should comply with UN resolutions and be in line with the international law and the EU acquis communautaire.

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jun 20 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               96,28  (-1,00)

Traded Value                  CYP  1.054.516

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    497.706   408,11  (-0,63)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    174.026   114,73  (-0,41)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     41.327    86,72  (-0,20)
Insurance Companies           CYP      4.924    29,66  ( 0,47)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP    239.710    63,27  (-1,68)
Tourism Companies             CYP     11.704    82,21  ( 0,90)
Trading Companies             CYP    148.909    21,43  (-0,65)
Building and Cement Companies CYP    174.941    51,52  (-1,25)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     16.158     3,83  (-1,54)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     40.039    14,32  (-3,05)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        647    17,10  ( 1,85)
Hotels                        CYP     49.880    52,82  (-2,17)
Other Companies               CYP     92.755    94,34  (-1,51)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jun 20 (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                  30          22          FINE
Larnaca                  30          22          FINE
Limassol                 32          23          FINE
Paphos                   30          19          FINE

[07] Cyprus condemns suicide attack in Jerusalem

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Cyprus condemns suicide attack in Jerusalem

Nicosia, Jun 20 (CNA) -- The Cyprus government has expressed grave concern for the deteriorating situation in the Middle East.

A Foreign Ministry press release says the Cyprus government strongly condemns the suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem which killed 19 Israeli civilians and injured around 40.

[08] Ramsar Convention official notes the importance of Akrotiri salt lake

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Ramsar Convention official notes the importance of Akrotiri salt lake

Limassol, Jun 20 (CNA) -- Regional Coordinator for Europe of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Tobias Salathe, said here today that the environmentally sensitive area within the Akrotiri British Bases, on Cyprus' southern coast, is of great importance not only for Cyprus but for eastern Mediterranean and Europe.

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