Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-07-16

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CONTENTS

[01] UN Secretary General sends Clerides condolences

[02] New National Guard Commander assumes office

[03] Clerides and Denktash look into working programme

[04] Kasoulides: Cyprus a bridge between the EU and Middle East

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] Cyprus and Moldavia sign aviation agreement

[08] Turkish party leader expresses condolences to President Clerides

[09] Vassiliou flies to Romania for working visit

[10] Arafat says Cyprus can help Middle East peace process

[01] UN Secretary General sends Clerides condolences

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UN Secretary General sends Clerides condolences

Nicosia, Jul 16 (CNA) -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has extended his deepest condolences to Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides, to the people of Cyprus and to the relatives of the National Guard Commander, Lieutenant General Evangelos Florakis and the other four army officers who lost their lives last week in a helicopter crash near Pafos.

In his message of condolences to Clerides, Annan said: "It was with deep sadness that I learned of the helicopter accident in which Lieutenant General Evangelos Florakis Commander of the National Guard, Brigadier General Stylianos Demenegas, Commander of the Air Force and three other officers lost their lives."

[02] New National Guard Commander assumes office

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New National Guard Commander assumes office

Nicosia, Jul 16 (CNA) -- Newly appointed National Guard Commander, Lieutenant General Athanasios Nikolodemos assumed office here today.

[03] Clerides and Denktash look into working programme

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Clerides and Denktash look into working programme

Nicosia, Jul 16 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash met here today within the context of the fifth round of UN-led direct talks on the Cyprus problem, that commenced today, and decided on the working programme of their next meetings.

[04] Kasoulides: Cyprus a bridge between the EU and Middle East

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Kasoulides: Cyprus a bridge between the EU and Middle East

by Nikos Markides

Jerusalem, Jul 16 (CNA) -- Cyprus has the potential of becoming an economic, political and cultural bridge between the European Union (EU) and the countries of the Middle East and north Africa, Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has said.

Speaking during a dinner offered here last night by the Israel Council of Foreign Affairs, in the presence of Jerusalem Greek Orthodox Patriarch Irinaios, the Foreign Minister talked about Cyprus' strong feelings "that it has an obligation to contribute not only to the efforts to halt the escalating spiral of violence in its immediate vicinity, but also to play its role in the efforts to achieve a comprehensive peace that would make the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East an area of peace and stability."

Introducing the Minister, Council member Bein Yohanan make a short reference to the history of Cyprus and its accession course to the EU.

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jul 16 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               90,96  ( 0,24)

Traded Value                  CYP    400.917

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    270.738   389,65  ( 0,77)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    205.714   109,06  ( 0,35)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP      5.915    81,93  (-0,27)
Insurance Companies           CYP      1.486    26,32  (-1,64)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     17.731    59,84  ( 0,71)
Tourism Companies             CYP     32.326    86,08  ( 4,00)
Trading Companies             CYP     20.468    19,52  ( 0,15)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      5.272    52,43  ( 0,46)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP      5.588     3,13  ( 0,00)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     12.257    13,72  (-0,65)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        234    15,22  (-1,81)
Hotels                        CYP     19.997    50,32  (-0,32)
Other Companies               CYP     53.910    84,02  ( 0,06)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jul 16 (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                  40          27          FINE
Larnaca                  33          25          FINE
Limassol                 36          24          FINE
Paphos                   33          23          FINE

[07] Cyprus and Moldavia sign aviation agreement

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Cyprus and Moldavia sign aviation agreement

Nicosia, Jul 16 (CNA) -- Cyprus and Moldavia signed yesterday an aviation agreement to enhance cooperation between the two countries in air transports.

[08] Turkish party leader expresses condolences to President Clerides

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Turkish party leaders expresses condolences to President Clerides

Nicosia, Jul 16 (CNA) - President of the Turkish Liberal Democratic Party Basim Tibuk, in a written message to Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides, expresses condolences for the death of National Guard Commander Lieutenant General Evangelos Florakis and Air Force Commander Brigadier Stylianos Demenagas.

[09] Vassiliou flies to Romania for working visit

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Vassiliou flies to Romania for working visit

Nicosia, Jul 16 (CNA) - Cyprus' Chief Negotiator with the European Union George Vassiliou flies to Bucharest, Romania, tomorrow for a two-day working visit.

[10] Arafat says Cyprus can help Middle East peace process

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Arafat says Cyprus can help Middle East peace process

by Nicos Markides Ramallah, Jul 16 (CNA) -- In all circumstances, Cyprus can help so that all the initiatives for a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question proceed to a final, just and lasting solution of the problem, President of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat said today, after meeting at his office in Ramallah with Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides.

Arafat thanked Kasoulides for his visit under the current circumstances, saying that the relation between the Palestinians and the Cyprus government "is an historical and very close relation."

Fifty nine per cent of Israelis support peace with the Palestinians and are in favour of a Palestinian state, Arafat said, adding that "all the Cyprus governments made very strong and continuous efforts to achieve permanent peace in the Holy Land".

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