Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 03-10-03

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CONTENTS

[01] Last word for T/C products belongs to government, says minister

[02] Cyprus FM meets counterparts of Surinam, Maldives, Kyrgyzstan

[03] UCJ denounces threats against T/C journalists

[04] EU leaders discuss Europe's future

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[06] Cyprus signs Loan Agreement with CEB for education

[07] President reiterates will for Cyprus settlement before May 2004

[08] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[09] Dutch Prime Minister to visit Cyprus

[10] Cyprus and Greece initial agreement for storing oil

[01] Last word for T/C products belongs to government, says minister

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Last word for T/C products belongs to government, says minister

Nicosia, Oct 3 (CNA) -- The Cyprus Republic has the last word for the certification and export of the citrus fruits coming to the government-controlled areas from the Turkish-occupied northern part of the island, Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Minister Efthimios Efthimiou has said.

[02] Cyprus FM meets counterparts of Surinam, Maldives, Kyrgyzstan

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Cyprus FM meets counterparts of Surinam, Maldives, Kyrgyzstan

By Apostolis Zoupaniotis

New York, Oct 3 (CNA) -- Cyprus Foreign Minister Georgios Iacovou continued his meetings Thursday in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with counterparts from Surinam, Maldives, Kyrgyzstan.

[03] UCJ denounces threats against T/C journalists

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UCJ denounces threats against T/C journalists

Nicosia, Oct 3 (CNA) -- The Union of Cyprus Journalists (UCJ) strongly denounces the life threats against two journalists of the Turkish Cypriot newspaper ''Africa'', Sener Levent and Ali Osman, as well as the methods that certain fascist elements in the Turkish-occupied northern part of the island employ in their effort to gag freedom of expression.

The UCJ calls upon United Nations and European Union representatives as well as the International Federation of Journalists to act immediately in order to secure that the life and well being of ''Africa's'' journalists is not threatened and their inalienable right to freedom of expression is respected.

[04] EU leaders discuss Europe's future

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EU leaders discuss Europe's future

by Maria Myles

Rome, Oct 3 (CNA) -- Heads of state and government from the 15 EU members and the ten acceding countries are called upon tomorrow to begin a fine balancing act on the text of the draft constitutional treaty, prepared by the European Convention, with a view at concluding this task if possible by December this year.

Cyprus, an acceding country, is represented at the Rome extraordinary summit of heads of state and government for the opening of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) by President Tassos Papadopoulos, who arrives in the Italian capital later today.

EU leaders will confer on Saturday morning for about three hours at the Palazzo dei Congressi before they hand over the work to their foreign ministers for the first working session of the IGC.

The key issues on which there is a degree of dissent among participating countries relate to the composition of the European Commission, the election of the President of the European Council, the President of the Commission, the make up of the European Parliament and the competencies of the proposed institutions.

Outlining his positions on the draft treaty, President Papadopoulos has said there were various provisions he disagrees with.

Cyprus favours the maintenance of what was agreed in the EU summit in Nice with regard to the composition of the Commission, namely that each member state must have its own commissioner.

Nicosia disagrees with the suggestion that as of 2009 some commissioners will have the right to vote while others will not, because such an arrangement would be tantamount to some countries having a commissioner who is nothing more than a well-paid upgraded ambassador, instead of a true representative of his country in the EUs executive body.

President Papadopoulos also believes that the competencies and the duties of the President of the EU Council should be clearly defined to avoid any conflict of competencies with the Commission President.

On the composition of the European Parliament, Nicosia disagrees with the proposed provision to reduce the number of Euro MPs for small countries to four. According to the Nice treaty Cyprus is set to have six members at the European Parliament.

CNA/MM/GP/2003 ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Oct 3 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               89,55   ( 0,98)

Traded Value                  CYP    749.527

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    328.485   358,61   ( 0,50)
FTSE Med 100                                 5.477,56   ( 1,61)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    166.121   102,61   ( 0,93)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     28.960    77,01   ( 0,42)
Insurance Companies           CYP     68.696    16,63   ( 1,34)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     54.733    60,11   ( 0,87)
Tourism Companies             CYP      7.023    80,36   (-0,62)
Trading Companies             CYP    101.244    22,34   ( 2,29)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     18.406    75,86   ( 0,42)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     54.874     3,78   ( 1,34)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     98.119    13,35   ( 2,30)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        243    11,62   (-0,17)
Hotels                        CYP     33.296    43,39   ( 0,16)
Other Companies               CYP     81.488    82,87   ( 1,61)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[06] Cyprus signs Loan Agreement with CEB for education

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Cyprus signs loan agreement with CEB for education

Nicosia, Oct 3 (CNA) - A loan agreement worth 200 million euros was signed here today by Minister of Finance Marcos Kyprianou and Director-General for Loans of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) Rainer Steckhan.

[07] President reiterates will for Cyprus settlement before May 2004

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President reiterates will for Cyprus settlement before May 2004

Larnaca, Oct 3 (CNA) - Cyprus' President Tassos Papadopoulos has said his government is pursuing a Cyprus settlement by May 1st, 2004, because otherwise there will be problems, which however will not be insurmountable.

President Papadopoulos was speaking to the press prior to his departure for Rome to attend the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union for the opening of the Intergovernmental Conference to be held there tomorrow.

[08] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 3 (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               28          17         FAIR
Paphos                 27          18         FINE

[09] Dutch Prime Minister to visit Cyprus

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Dutch Prime Minister to visit Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 3 (CNA) - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende arrives in Cyprus on October 6th for an official visit, accompanied by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs and a multimember delegation, Cypriot Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said here today.

[10] Cyprus and Greece initial agreement for storing oil

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Cyprus and Greece initial agreement for storing oil

Nicosia, Oct 3 (CNA) - Cyprus and Greece initialed here today an interstate agreement for the preserving of crude oil stocks and petroleum products of the Cyprus Republic in the Republic of Greece. The two countries also signed two protocols of cooperation in the fields of energy and industry.

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