Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 03-06-23

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CONTENTS

[01] Solberg wins Cyprus Rally

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[04] Police arrest Iranians threatening to torch selves

[05] T/C party calls for ''elections'' with T/C voters only

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] Spokesman: President ready for talks any time

[08] Turkish effort to remove Cyprus issues from PACE agenda fail

[09] Cyprus to host conference of European Ministers of Education

[01] Solberg wins Cyprus Rally

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Solberg wins Cyprus Rally

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jun 23 (CNA) -- The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

Tuesday and Wednesday 24/06/2003 to 25/06/2003 -------------------- Fine with patchy cloud. Wind will be southwesterly to westerly light to moderate and the state of sea slight locally up to moderate in the afternoon.

Maximum temperature: 35 C inland, around 32 C over south coastal areas and 29 C over west coastal areas.

Minimum temperature: Around 22 C inland and around 20 C over coastal areas.

Outlook for Thursday and Friday 26/06/2003 to 27/06/2003

Fine but partly cloudy over mountains with risk of isolated showers, in the afternoon. Small decrease in temperature is expected

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jun 23 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               85,37    (-0,30)

Traded Value                  CYP    302.346

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP     99.032   348,47   (-0,22)
FTSE Med 100**                         5.272        0   (-0,10)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP     81.465   101,12   (-0,28)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     91.013    72,59   (-0,06)
Insurance Companies           CYP     60.432    13,91   (-0,22)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP      3.625    55,62   (-0,20)
Tourism Companies             CYP      1.750    87,54   (-1,73)
Trading Companies             CYP      8.891    18,10   ( 0,17)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      3.842    67,47   (-0,88)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP      1.047     2,75   (-0,36)
Financial Services Companies  CYP      3.937    13,62   (-0,29)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        320    10,00  (-12,59)
Hotels                        CYP      7.222    41,47   (-0,12)
Other Companies               CYP     27.462    78,79   (-0,03)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[04] Police arrest Iranians threatening to torch selves

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Police arrest Iranians threatening to torch selves

ÍICOSIA, June 23 (CNA) - Police arrested here Monday three Iranians, one woman and two men, who had been protesting outside the French Embassy the arrest of Iranian oppositionists by the French authorities.

The Iranians were threatening to set themselves ablaze outside the French Embassy in Nicosia since 11:30 local time in the morning.

[05] T/C party calls for ''elections'' with T/C voters only

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T/C party calls for elections with T/C voters only

By Maria Koniotou

Strasbourg, Jun 23 (CNA) The Turkish Cypriot Patriotic Unity Movement has launched a campaign at the Council of Europe (CoE) with an aim to promote its demand that Turkish settlers in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus not to have the right to vote in the so called elections to take place there, December 2003.

Member of the Movement and President of the Turkish Cypriot Rights and Freedom Association Hayati Yasamsal is currently in Strasbourg aiming to meet members of the Migration, Refugees and Demography Committee and CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Alvaro Gil Robles.

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jun 23 (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                36           22         FINE
Larnaca                32           20         FINE
Limassol               30           21         FINE
Paphos                 28           21         FINE

[07] Spokesman: President ready for talks any time

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Spokesman: President ready for talks any time

Nicosia, Jun 23 (CNA) Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos is ready to return to the negotiating table any time the UN Secretary General invites him to talks, Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said here today.

His comments came in the wake of remarks by the President that negotiations on a UN proposal for a comprehensive settlement should be concluded by March next year to allow time to brief the people about any agreement reached and put it to a referendum in time for Cyprus' accession to the European Union, in May 2004.

[08] Turkish effort to remove Cyprus issues from PACE agenda fail

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Turkish effort to remove Cyprus issues from PACE agenda fail

By Maria Koniotou

Strasbourg, Jun 23 (CNA) Turkish efforts at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to secure a postponement of the debate of two reports on the rights and fundamental freedoms of the enclaved in the occupied areas of Cyprus and on the illegal settlement of the Turkish occupied areas by Turkish settlers, failed and the issues will be debated during the session on Tuesday.

British MP Tom Cox opposed the argument of the Turkish head of delegation that the issues be referred to the autumn session of PACE, noting that Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash is to blame for the lack of progress during the UN-led peace talks.

A total of 53 deputies voted in favour of deleting the two issues from the agenda sending them back to the committees and 97 against.

In the context of the summer session, the Assembly will vote on a draft recommendation by Finnish MP Jaakko Laakso, Rapporteur on the illegal settlement of the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus by Turkish settlers.

[09] Cyprus to host conference of European Ministers of Education

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Cyprus to host conference of European Ministers of Education

Nicosia, Jun 23 (CNA) -- Cyprus will host the 7th Conference of European Ministers of Education, to take place in Nicosia June 27 - 28.

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