Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-10-14

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CONTENTS

[01] National Council discusses Cyprus problem and EU course

[02] ECHR President satisfied with Cyprus national courts

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[04] Cyprus Rally in WRC honours the island, Course Clerk says

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[06] Weather forecast for Cyprus

[07] Local administration role important, Committee meeting hears

[01] National Council discusses Cyprus problem and EU course

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National Council discusses Cyprus problem and EU course

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides briefed today the National Council on his recent meetings in New York with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, as well as the European Commission's progress report on Cyprus, released on October 9.

Speaking after the four-hour-long meeting of the National Council, made up of political party leaders, Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou said views were expressed mainly on the Cyprus problem and the two ad hoc committees set up at Kofi Annan's suggestion to deal with technical aspects of the question.

Papapetrou noted that the National Council, top advisory body to the President on the handling of the Cyprus problem, would reconvene on October 21, after President Clerides' talks in Athens with the Greek leadership.

President Clerides is flying to Athens on October 17 to meet the following day with Prime Minister Costas Simitis.

[02] ECHR President satisfied with Cyprus national courts

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ECHR President satisfied with Cyprus national courts

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) -- President of the European Court of Human Rights, Luzius Wildhaber, said he was satisfied with the way the European Convention of Human Rights is applied in Cyprus and that human rights are protected by the national authorities.

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               81,29   ( 1,04)

Traded Value                  CYP    239.762

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP     98.179   306,70   ( 0,34)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP     57.197    84,65   ( 0,39)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     33.975    76,26   (-0,16)
Insurance Companies           CYP      3.279    19,30   ( 3,49)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP      4.883    60,56   ( 0,35)
Tourism Companies             CYP        776    98,79   ( 3,38)
Trading Companies             CYP      9.049    18,41   ( 0,22)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      1.909    59,95   ( 2,06)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP      5.009     3,18   (-1,55)
Financial Services Companies  CYP      7.934    14,69   ( 2,66)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP          4    15,00   ( 0,94)
Hotels                        CYP     24.170    46,25   ( 1,92)
Other Companies               CYP     76.842    81,19   ( 2,22)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[04] Cyprus Rally in WRC honours the island, Course Clerk says

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Cyprus Rally in WRC honours the island, Course Clerk says

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) - The fact that Cyprus will be hosting its rally in the context of the World Rally Championship (WRC) for a fourth running year is an honour for the island, Clerk of the Course Takis Kyriakides has said.

He also reassured that despite the positive for Cyprus decision of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), the Cyprus Automobile Association would ''neither drop the level of the rally nor will it stop struggling to keep WRC''.

Kyriakides told a press conference that ''our national rally'' would be held from June 19 to 22, 2003, a date to be ratified by FIA soon.

He said the Association of Organisers of World Championship Rallies, of which Cyprus is a member, is promoting a proposal that WRC rallies be renewed for three consecutive year periods.

Replying to questions, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Nicos Rolandis, who attended the press conference, underlined the importance of the rally for the economy of the island, noting that ''significant financial benefits reaching 12 million pounds'' are expected.

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 14 (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                  31          21          FAIR
Larnaca                  30          23          CLOUDY
Limassol                 30          23          CLOYDY
Paphos                   28          20          CLOUDY

[06] Weather forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) - The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

On Tuesday (October 15) and Wednesday (October 16) unstable weather conditions are expected with showers or local thunderstorms. Winds will be moderate, southwesterly to westerly, over moderate seas.

Temperatures are expected to reach a maximum of 36 degrees Centigrade inland and 27 degrees along the coast, and a minimum of 18 degrees inland and along the coast.

Weather on Thursday (October 17) and Friday (October 18) will be fine with a small increase in temperatures.

[07] Local administration role important, Committee meeting hears

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Local administration role important, Committee meeting hears

Nicosia, Oct 14 (CNA) - The role of local administration in disseminating information about the European Union is very important, speakers at the inaugural meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee of the Committee of the Regions and Cyprus have said.

Some 100 delegates attended the first meeting of the Consultative Committee, which will meet twice again, once in April in Brussels and the other in October in Cyprus, and is set to be dissolved once the Republic joins the European Union as expected in 2004.

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