Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-11-04

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CONTENTS

[01] Greece: Cyprus solution plan must be viable and functional

[02] Weather Forecast for Cyprus

[03] Greece hopes new Turkish government works for Cyprus solution

[04] Cypriot ministers in Brussels, Prague for accession talks

[05] Solution plan for Cyprus should be ''appropriate'', says US official

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] Peratikos marks second Troodos Rally victory

[08] Half million pounds raised so far at Radiomarathon

[09] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[10] Foreign Minister, House President on Turkish elections

[11] Turkish election result has nothing to do with Cyprus accession, says EU

[01] Greece: Cyprus solution plan must be viable and functional

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Greece: Cyprus solution plan must be viable and functional

Nicosia, Nov 4 (CNA) -- Greek Foreign Ministry Spokesman Panos Beglitis stated today in Athens that a proposed solution plan on Cyprus, which the UN might put forward, should be in line with UN decisions and the European Union acquis communautaire.

[02] Weather Forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Íïv 4 (CNA) -- The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

Tuesday and Wednesday, 5/11/02 to 6/11/2002

On Tuesday, the weather will be partly cloudy with thundery showers at times. In some places the storms will be heavy.

On Wednesday, the weather will be mainly fine with patchy cloud.

Wind: NW'ly to NE'ly gentle to moderate, but variable strong in storms.

State of Sea: Slight to moderate

Temperature: Maximum temperature 22 Celsius Minimum temperature 12 Celsius inland and 15 Celsius over coastal areas.

Outlook for Thursday and Friday, 7/11/2002 to 8/11/2002 ---------------------------------------------------- The weather will be locally partly cloudy at times with probability of showers or thunderstorms.

Maximum temperature around 23 Celsius Minimum temperature around 13 Celsius.

[03] Greece hopes new Turkish government works for Cyprus solution

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Greece hopes new Turkish government works for Cyprus solution

Nicosia, Nov 4 (CNA) -- Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Panos Beglitis has expressed hope that the government that will emerge from Sunday's elections in Turkey will contribute to a political settlement in Cyprus.

[04] Cypriot ministers in Brussels, Prague for accession talks

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Cypriot ministers in Brussels, Prague for accession talks

Nicosia, Nov 4 (CNA) -- Cypriot ministers will have meetings in Brussels and Prague as part of negotiations for completing accession with the European Union.

Finance Minister, Takis Klerides, left for Brussels to take part on Tuesday at a meeting of EU candidate countries' finance ministers and then a meeting of the EU Finance Ministers.

[05] Solution plan for Cyprus should be ''appropriate'', says US official

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Solution plan for Cyprus should be ''appropriate,'' says US official

Nicosia, Nov 4 (CNA) US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Beth Jones believes that a solution plan for a Cyprus settlement, expected to be submitted by the UN Secretary General, should be ''appropriate.''

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Nov 4 (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                  27          12          FINE
Larnaca                  27          16          FINE
Limassol                 27          15          FINE
Paphos                   25          14          FINE

[07] Peratikos marks second Troodos Rally victory

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Peratikos marks second Troodos Rally victory

[08] Half million pounds raised so far at Radiomarathon

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Radiomarathon gets underway

Nicosia, Nov 4 (CNA) -- A two-day charity event, ''Radiomarathon 2002'', that started early this morning in Cyprus has so far raised more than half a million Cyprus pounds for children with special needs. (One Cyprus pound trades at around 1.7 US dollars).

[09] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Nov 4 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              111,71   ( 5,27)

Traded Value                  CYP 10.319.181

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP  4.780.062   433,95   ( 6,53)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP  3.696.776   121,98   ( 6,60)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP  2 742.600    97,95   ( 3,19)
Insurance Companies           CYP     73.570    28,90   ( 5,36)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP    133.752    73,73   ( 2,80)
Tourism Companies             CYP     62.726   133,64   ( 0,40)
Trading Companies             CYP    182.256    23,85   ( 4,47)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     62.528    73,74   ( 1,33)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP    179.396     4,52   ( 5,85)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    453.831    27,11   ( 9,45)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP      2.569    17,80   ( 0,19)
Hotels                        CYP    364.382    57,41   ( 4,19)
Other Companies               CYP  1.193.244   109,10   ( 5,49)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[10] Foreign Minister, House President on Turkish elections

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Foreign Minister, House President on Turkish elections

Nicosia, Nov 4 (CNA) -- Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said the government considers positive the fact that an autonomous government has emerged from Sundays elections in Turkey, and negative the fact that the pro-European parties in the country have failed.

[11] Turkish election result has nothing to do with Cyprus accession, says EU

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Turkish election result has nothing to do with Cyprus accession,says EU

By Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Nov 4 (CNA) -- The result of the elections in Turkey has nothing to do with Cyprus nor it can affect its European Union (EU) accession course, said here Monday Jean-Christophe Filori, spokesman for Enlargement Commissioner, Gunter Verheugen.

Replying to a question at the daily press briefing, whether the result of the elections in Turkey could affect the candidacy of Cyprus for EU accession, Filori said the result has nothing to do with Cyprus accession course, which has its own dynamic.

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