Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-10-07

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus Defence Minister on Iraq

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[05] President Clerides to visit Athens

[06] Defence Minister says no country selling weapons to puppet regime

[07] Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba visits Cyprus

[08] Commission says Cyprus fulfils EU accession criteria

[09] Britain says creation of committees on Cyprus encouraging

[10] Spokesman says committees will not recognise occupation regime

[11] President Clerides addresses World Veterans Federation meeting

[12] Indian Premier arrives for two-day official visit

[13] Countdown for Cyprus' accession begins, says van der Meer

[14] Denktash's operation goes well

[15] Eckhard briefs correspondents on New York talks

[01] Cyprus Defence Minister on Iraq

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Cyprus Defence Minister on Iraq

Nicosia, Oct 7 (CNA) -- Cyprus hopes an armed intervention in Iraq will be avoided but if this is not possible, then Cyprus should not be involved, even through the British Bases on the island, Defence Minister Socrates Hasikos said today.

The Cypriot minister noted the government is closely monitoring the mobility in the British Bases lately but it is not worried.

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 7 (CNA) -- The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

Tuesday and Wednesday: 8/10/2002 to 9/10/2002 ---------------------- Mainly fine becoming locally partly cloudy with risk of isolated shower during early afternoon. The wind will be light variable during night and morning and moderate southwest to west wind during afternoon. The temperature will range between (19-30)C inland and south coast, between (18-27)C west coast and between (11-18)C over the mountains.

Outlook for Thursday and Friday: 10/10/2002 to 11/10/2002

The weather will be mainly fine with increase in temperature.

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Oct 7 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               80,98   (-2,60)

Traded Value                  CYP    621.128

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    440.386   308,40   (-3,66)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    334.644    84,61   (-4,24)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     25.611    76,84   (-0,83)
Insurance Companies           CYP        538    19,74   ( 2,02)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     31.709    61,97   (-2,30)
Tourism Companies             CYP     10.305    97,92   (-4,15)
Trading Companies             CYP     14.977    18,63   (-0,69)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     18.791    58,34   (-2,51)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     17.438     3,20   (-5,04)
Financial Services Companies  CYP      8.294    14,06   ( 1,08)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP          6    14,96   (-1,25)
Hotels                        CYP     29.098    45,48   (-1,96)
Other Companies               CYP     95.016    80,41   (-0,70)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 7 (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)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Nicosia                  29          20          CLOUDY
Larnaca                  27          21          CLOUDY
Limassol                 28          21          CLOUDY
Paphos                   27          19          FAIR

[05] President Clerides to visit Athens

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President Clerides to visit Athens

Nicosia, Oct 7 (CNA) - President of the Republic Glafcos Clerides leaves for Athens on October 17 to meet Prime Minister Costas Simitis the day after.

Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou announced the President's trip after the Council of Ministers meeting today.

[06] Defence Minister says no country selling weapons to puppet regime

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Defence Minister says no country selling weapons to puppet regime

Nicosia, Oct 7 (CNA) - There is no country supplying the Turkish occupation regime with weaponry systems because it is not recognised, Minister of Defence Socrates Hasikos said here today, adding that it is a different issue weapons are reaching the occupied areas through Turkey.

[07] Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba visits Cyprus

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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba visits Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 7 (CNA) - Cuba's visiting Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angel Dalmau Fernandez, reaffirmed his country's support to a solution of the Cyprus problem based on UN resolutions and decisions of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Speaking through an interpreter, Fernandez, who met President of the House of Representatives Demetris Christofias, also referred to the American economic embargo against Cuba, and expressed his conviction that in the near future the Americans will put an end to it and Cuba will remain a socialist government.

[08] Commission says Cyprus fulfils EU accession criteria

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Commission says Cyprus fulfils EU accession criteria

by Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Oct 7 (CNA) - The European Commission will announce on Wednesday in a clear manner that Cyprus fulfils both the economic and political criteria for accession to the European Union, while the final decision will be taken in December at the Copenhagen European Council based on the conclusions of the 1999 Helsinki summit.

The most important development in relation to Cyprus is the fact that the document, which was submitted by the Commissioner responsible for enlargement Gunter Verheugen, under no circumstances relates the Cyprus problem with the island's accession to the EU, neither does it imply anything in that direction.

[09] Britain says creation of committees on Cyprus encouraging

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Britain says creation of committees on Cyprus encouraging

by Kyriacos Tsioupras

London, Oct 7 (CNA) - The British government believes that the creation of the two ad hoc committees to deal with technical matters of the Cyprus issue as well as arrangements for a new meeting of President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash with the UN Secretary General in November is an encouraging development.

[10] Spokesman says committees will not recognise occupation regime

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Spokesman says committees will not recognise occupation regime

Nicosia, Oct 7 (CNA) - Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou stressed there is no issue of recognition of the regime in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus from the work carried out by the ad hoc committee set up to deal with the treaties signed by both sides and determine which ones will be incorporated into a future reunited Cyprus.

Speaking after the Council of Ministers meeting, Papapetrou said the government has prepared alternative scenarios and there are strong international opinions that what is being ventured, in relation to the two subcommittees, under no circumstances breeds any dangers for recognition of the illegal regime.

[11] President Clerides addresses World Veterans Federation meeting

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President Clerides addresses World Veterans Federation meeting

Nicosia, Oct 7 (CNA) - ''Efforts to solve the Cyprus problem have stumbled on the intransigence of Turkey, which invaded and occupied the northern third of the island in 1974. The positions of the Turkish side have remained unchanged since 1974'', President of the Republic Glafcos Clerides has said.

[12] Indian Premier arrives for two-day official visit

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Indian Premier arrives for two-day official visit

Larnaca, Oct 7 (CNA) - Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrived on the island this afternoon for a two-day official visit.

He was welcomed at Larnaca Airport by Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides and India's High Commissioner to Cyprus.

The red carpet was laid out and the Indian Premier inspected the guard of honour amidst high security measures. A Police helicopter hovered the area while snipers took positions in key areas around the airport.

[13] Countdown for Cyprus' accession begins, says van der Meer

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Countdown for Cyprus' accession begins, says van der Meer

Nicosia, Oct 7 (CNA) - The countdown towards the accession of Cyprus to the European Union (EU) has started and the first step will be on Wednesday when the European Commission will adopt the enlargement package, Head of the European Commission Delegation to Cyprus, Adriaan van der Meer, has said.

Speaking after meeting House of Representatives President Demetris Christofias, van der Meer said that despite the press speculation on the outcome of the proposals of the Commission, he could not say what exactly will happen but that he will give a press conference on Wednesday at the Delegation's premises.

[14] Denktash's operation goes well

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Denktash's operation goes well

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

New York, Oct 7 (CNA) - Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash underwent open-heart surgery today at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

According to Turkish sources, Denktash's operation went well. The Turkish Cypriot leader is now resting in the recovery room of the intensive care unit.

It was known to CNA that Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides ordered flowers to be sent to Denktash as soon as an official announcement is be made by the hospital.

[15] Eckhard briefs correspondents on New York talks

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Eckhard briefs correspondents on New York talks

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

United Nations, Oct 7 (CNA) - UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said to correspondents at today's briefing that ''the Secretary General completed on Friday afternoon two days of intensive talks on Cyprus, with his H.E. Glafcos Clerides, the Greek Cypriot leader, and H.E. Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader''.

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