Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-10-16

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CONTENTS

[01] UN top envoy in Ankara for talks

[02] Ruling party bureau backs socialdemocrat presidential candidate

[03] Finnish Foreign Minister holds contacts in Nicosia

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[06] Finnish FM: UN chief best placed to make proposal for solution

[07] De Soto: Cyprus solution possible before Copenhagen EU Summit

[08] UCJ denounces Turkish occupation regime's attitude

[09] Cost of Turkish invasion amounts 6.8 billion pounds

[10] OFFITEC 2002 specialised exhibition opens

[11] Euro MP sends letter to Pat Cox over Spanish journalists

[12] Council of Ministers liberalises fuel prices

[01] UN top envoy in Ankara for talks

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UN top envoy in Ankara for talks

Nicosia, Oct 16 (CNA) -- Alvaro de Soto, UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus, arrives in Ankara today for discussions with Turkish government officials.

[02] Ruling party bureau backs socialdemocrat presidential candidate

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Ruling party bureau backs socialdemocrat presidential candidate

Nicosia, Oct 16 (CNA) -- The political bureau of the ruling rightwing Democratic Rally party (DISI) decided last night by an overwhelming majority to propose to the party's highest authority body to back the candidacy of Socialdemocrat leader Yiannakis Omirou for next year's presidential elections.

Announcing the decision, party spokesman Tasos Mitsopoulos said the bureau is also proposing to the party Supreme Council to monitor developments jointly with Omirou in the Cyprus question and the country's accession course for European Union membership and be ready to take the necessary decisions, if dramatic developments occur.

[03] Finnish Foreign Minister holds contacts in Nicosia

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Finnish Foreign Minister holds contacts in Nicosia

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

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

CSE General Index                               83,49   ( 0,80)

Traded Value                  CYP    424.501

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    224.317   316,87   ( 0,65)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    138.819    88,16   ( 0,89)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     27.413    77,41   ( 0,44)
Insurance Companies           CYP      2.849    19,16   (-0,88)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     29.742    60,24   (-0,53)
Tourism Companies             CYP     10.363    99,40   ( 1,00)
Trading Companies             CYP     11.410    18,92   ( 1,01)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     17.280    60,73   ( 1,45)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP      9.994     3,35   ( 0,90)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     27.423    15,53   ( 1,64)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        156    15,36   ( 2,81)
Hotels                        CYP     13.384    46,87   ( 0,93)
Other Companies               CYP    100.320    82,79   ( 0,68)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 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)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Nicosia                  27          15          THUNDERSTORM
Larnaca                  27          18          THUNDERSTORM
Limassol                 28          17          CLOYDY
Paphos                   27          16          THUNDERSTORM

[06] Finnish FM: UN chief best placed to make proposal for solution

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Finnish FM: UN chief best placed to make a proposal for solution

Nicosia, Oct 16 (CNA) - Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja believes that the person who is best placed to put forward a proposal on the solution of the Cyprus question and have it accepted by all concerned is the UN Secretary General himself.

[07] De Soto: Cyprus solution possible before Copenhagen EU Summit

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De Soto: Cyprus solution possible before Copenhagen EU Summit

Constantinople, Oct 16 (CNA) - The UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, said today it was still possible to find a solution to the Cyprus problem before the Copenhagen European Council in December.

[08] UCJ denounces Turkish occupation regime's attitude

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UCJ denounces Turkish occupation regime's attitude

Nicosia, Oct 16 (CNA) - The Union of Cyprus Journalists (UCJ) has denounced and condemned as a flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of international law, human rights and the freedoms of the press and of journalists, the expulsion of Spanish journalists who were meeting their Turkish Cypriot colleagues in the Turkish occupied areas of the Republic on Monday.

[09] Cost of Turkish invasion amounts 6.8 billion pounds

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Cost of Turkish invasion amounts 6.8 billion pounds

Nicosia, Oct 16 (CNA) - The accumulated cost of the Turkish invasion in Cyprus amounts to 6.8 billion Cyprus pounds, a study conducted by the Department of Economics of the University of Cyprus on ''The Cost of Turkish Invasion and Measures for its Equitable Distribution'', says.

The study, which was presented last night during a gathering organised by the Central Agency for Equal Distribution of Burdens, was conducted with the econometric and accounting approach and notes that until the year 2000, the accumulated cost for the displaced and adversely affected persons rose to four billion pounds, ''an amount which is impossible to be covered by the current state expenditure, without endangering the fiscal stability and the economy's development''.

[10] OFFITEC 2002 specialised exhibition opens

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OFFITEC 2002 specialised exhibition opens

Nicosia, Oct 16 (CNA) - Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Nicos Rolandis said here today that Cyprus would be able to strengthen its position as the most important services centre in the Eastern Mediterranean with a sustained adjustment to the latest technology.

In his address during the opening of OFFITEC 2002, a five-day exhibition specialised in office equipment and technology, Rolandis said that Cyprus, with its high standard of living, its impressive record in the tourism and services industries and its light export industry, will naturally follow the unique pace of technology.

[11] Euro MP sends letter to Pat Cox over Spanish journalists

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Euro MP sends letter to Pat Cox over Spanish journalists

by Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Oct 16 (CNA) - Socialist PASOK Euro MP, Myrsini Zorba, has called on President of the European Parliament Pat Cox to undertake an initiative to officially condemn the expulsion of Spanish journalists from the Turkish occupied areas of the Republic.

[12] Council of Ministers liberalises fuel prices

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Council of Ministers liberalises fuel prices

Nicosia, Oct 16 (CNA) - The Council of Ministers decided today to liberalise petrol and diesel prices as of next year.

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