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

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CONTENTS

[01] USA welcomes European Commission's issuance of enlargement reports

[02] Cypriot minister to visit Cairo for energy matters

[03] Weather forecast for Cyprus

[04] World Customs Organisation conference opens

[05] EU rapporteur warns Turkey

[06] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[08] Finance Minister presents state budget for 2003

[01] USA welcomes European Commission's issuance of enlargement reports

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USA welcomes European Commission's issuance of enlargement reports

by Demetris Apokis

Washington, Oct 10 (CNA) -- Washington believes that the EU can make a contribution towards the solution of the Cyprus issue, US State Department's spokesman Richard Boucher has said, welcoming at the same time the issuance by the European Commission of enlargemnt reports, including a progress report on Cyprus.

''We've worked with them. Both we and the Europeans support the efforts of the (UN) Secretary General in that regard'', Boucher told his press briefing.

[02] Cypriot minister to visit Cairo for energy matters

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Cypriot minister to visit Cairo for energy matters

[03] Weather forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 10 (CNA) -- The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

Friday and Saturday: 11/10/2002 to 12/10/2002 -------------------- Mainly fine and rather hot. The wind will be northwest to northeast light, 3BF during night and morning and light to moderate sea breezes 3-4BF in the afternoon. The state of sea will be slight.

The temperature will range between (18-33)C inland, between (20-31)C south coast, between (18-29)C west coast, and between (13-22)C over the mountains. Further small increase is expected on Saturday.

Outlook for Sunday and Monday: 13/10/2002 to 14/10/2002

Mainly fine on Sunday with high cloud and small decrease in temperature while on Monday the weather will be partly cloudy with risk of rain and further decrease in temperature.

[04] World Customs Organisation conference opens

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World Customs Organisation conference opens

Nicosia, Oct 10 (CNA) -- The Cyprus Customs Authority has been working with valuable assistance from the US customs administration to strengthen its export and trans-shipment controls, in order to target weapons of mass destruction and other instruments of terrorism, Cyprus Finance Minister Takis Klerides said here today.

Klerides was addressing a regional conference of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) on ''Security and Facilitation in the International Trade Supply Chain', held today and tomorrow in Nicosia.

The Finance Minister added that Cyprus, as a candidate country for accession to the EU, takes very seriously its obligation to introduce laws and procedures which are in line with EU legislation.

[05] EU rapporteur warns Turkey

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Poos:Turkey can forget its EU membership if it annexes northern Cyprus

by Maria Koniotou

Brussels, Oct 10 (CNA) - If Turkey annexes the areas of Cyprus it occupies since 1974, it can forget its European Union membership, Jacque Poos, rapporteur of the European Parliament on Cyprus' accession to the European Union, has said.

''You cannot join the EU with an illegal territory annexed'' he said, noting that such an annexation will be illegal and that Cyprus' territorial integrity must be respected.

Poos, who will be visiting Cyprus at the end of the month for meetings with government officials and the parliament, said that there is a momentum now for a political solution in Cyprus, noting that most European Parliament members believe that the best scenario would be for a solution to be reached before accession.

[06] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Oct 10 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               79,33   (-1,39)

Traded Value                  CYP    677.693

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    430.113   298,53   (-2,08)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    319.549    82,01   (-2,32)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     93.991    76,06   (-0,69)
Insurance Companies           CYP     16.749    18,57   (-2,77)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     19.069    59,86   (-1,07)
Tourism Companies             CYP      7.105    93,65   (-2,07)
Trading Companies             CYP     16.652    18,34   (-1,13)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     70.383    58,71   (-0,44)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     13.394     3,11   (-4,01)
Financial Services Companies  CYP      6.102    14,35   ( 1,41)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        500    14,93   (-0,27)
Hotels                        CYP     12.620    45,66   ( 0,13)
Other Companies               CYP     80.462    78,57   (-1,44)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
Nicosia, Oct 10 (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                  29          18          FAIR
Larnaca                  29          19          FINE
Limassol                 31          20          FINE
Paphos                   27          16          FINE

[08] Finance Minister presents state budget for 2003

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Finance Minister presents state budget for 2003

Nicosia, Oct 10 (CNA) The Cyprus economy has shown excellent progress and its greatest achievement is the imminent completion of accession negotiations with the European Union, Finance Minister Takis Klerides has said.

In a speech before the House of Representatives as he tabled the state budge for 2003, the minister said that all indications are that the economy is expected to do well next year.

The budget provides for 23.068,7 million Cyprus pounds in expenditure and 2.389,4 million pounds in revenue.

The total public deficit is expected to broaden by 453,1 million pounds and reach 6362,2 million pounds or 93,7 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) compared to 5909,1 million or 94,9 percent of the GDP expected by the end of this year.

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