Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-01-09

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CONTENTS

[01] Powell: US to work with Turkey for Cyprus solution

[02] Britain: T/C wish for solution and EU accession should be respected

[03] Papadopoulos assures of G/C side's readiness for substantial negotiations

[04] Cyprus to benefit from additional 53.3 m. Euros by EU funds

[05] Wesley Clark calls upon T/C leaders to work for unified Cyprus

[06] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[08] Iacovou disappointed with Ankara's decisions on Cyprus

[09] EU to fund lifting minefields in Cyprus

[10] European Commission supports resumption of Cyprus talks

[11] Council of Europe rapporteur to visit Cyprus

[01] Powell: US to work with Turkey for Cyprus solution

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Powell: US to work with Turkey for Cyprus solution

by Demetris Apokis

Washington, Jan 9 (CNA) -- The Cyprus issue will be discussed during Turkish Prime Minister's visit to Washington, US Secretary of State Colin Pawell has said.

Answering to questions, Secretary Powell said the US government wants to work with Turkey in order to reach a Cyprus settlement on the basis of the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's plan for solution to the problem.

[02] Britain: T/C wish for solution and EU accession should be respected

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Britain: T/C wish for solution and EU accession should be respected

by Kyriakos Tsioupras

London, Jan 9 (CNA) -- British government believes that the result of the so-called elections in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus (14 December 2003) has shown the wish of the Turkish Cypriots to solve the Cyprus issue and accede to the EU and that this desire should be fully respected.

Invited by Lord Kilclooney to assess the recent ''election'' results in occupied Cyprus, Baroness Symons, on behalf of the British government, expressed hope that ''a new administration will be in place as soon as possible to allow Turkish Cypriots to grasp the opportunity available to reach a settlement to the Cyprus problem before May 2004'', when the island will officially join the EU.

[03] Papadopoulos assures of G/C side's readiness for substantial negotiations

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Papadopoulos assures of G/C side's readiness for substantial negotiations

Nicosia, Jan 9 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos assured once again of the Greek Cypriot side's readiness for substantial negotiations on the basis of the Annan plan aiming for a more functional and viable solution to the Cyprus problem, which will lead to the collapse of the wall of division, so that a reunited Cyprus accedes to the EU on May 1, 2004.

Speaking yesterday at an official dinner in honour of the President of the Republic of Estonia Arnold Ruutel, who is paying a state visit to Cyprus, Papadopoulos also said that within the European family, Cyprus and Estonia can cooperate more closely for the promotion of their bilateral relations as well as on their common targets and interests as small member states of the EU.

In his speech Ruutel said that from this year on, the Estonian-Cypriot relations will be deepened and expanded still more, "for we certainly have many common interests, aspirations and positions."

[04] Cyprus to benefit from additional 53.3 m. Euros by EU funds

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Cyprus to benefit from additional 53.3 m. Euros by EU funds

Nicosia, Jan 9 (CNA) -- Cyprus will benefit from Community co-financing of 53.3 million Euros for the period 2004 - 2006, from the Structural Funds as well as the Cohesion Fund to an additional 54 million Euros.

[05] Wesley Clark calls upon T/C leaders to work for unified Cyprus

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Wesley Clark calls upon T/C leaders to work for unified Cyprus

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

New York, Jan 9 (CNA) -- US Retired General Wesley Clark, aspiring to be nominated as the Democratic candidate for the Presidential elections, has called upon all Turkish Cypriot political leaders to proceed quickly to form a ''government'' in Cyprus' Turkish occupied areas and work toward unification of the island based on the Annan plan.

[06] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange
Nicosia, Jan 9 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               84,41   (-0,52)

Traded Value                  CYP    972.288

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    656.485   349,52   ( 0,55)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.171,03   ( 0,84)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    602.762   100,15   (-0,13)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     17.242    71,69   (-0,99)
Insurance Companies           CYP        393    15,90   (-1,12)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP      9.700    58,33   (-0,39)
Tourism Companies             CYP      7.686    64,08   ( 0,80)
Trading Companies             CYP     40.430    20,99   (-1,55)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      4.711    70,32   (-1,40)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP      7.322     3,35   (-3,18)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     20.743    11,47   (-0,61)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP          0    11,85   ( 0,17)
Hotels                        CYP      9.787    37,67   (-1,05)
Other Companies               CYP     50.453    75,47   (-0,38)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
Nicosia, Jan 9 (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                12            2         FAIR
Larnaca                15            3         FAIR
Limassol               14            3         FINE
Paphos                 14            6         FAIR

[08] Iacovou disappointed with Ankara's decisions on Cyprus

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Iacovou disappointed with Ankara's decisions on Cyprus

Nicosia, Jan 9 (CNA) - Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios Iacovou told CNA today that decisions taken yesterday in Turkey regarding the Cyprus problem had disappointed the government, and expressed hope that wiser thoughts would prevail in Ankara and that the interests of the Turks would be taken into account.

Speaking on the sidelines of a CNA new-year reception, Iacovou said ''the decisions taken yesterday at a meeting under Turkish President Ahmed Sezer have disappointed us, both for what they say and for what they do not say''.

[09] EU to fund lifting minefields in Cyprus

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EU to fund lifting minefields in Cyprus

Nicosia, Jan 9 (CNA) - The European Union will fund the Republic of Cyprus with 2,5 million euros to be used to lift minefields in the buffer zone separating the free areas of the Republic from the areas under Turkish occupation since 1974.

Minister of Defence Kyriakos Mavronicolas said today that this sum would be available as of May 1st, when Cyprus officially becomes a full member of the EU.

[10] European Commission supports resumption of Cyprus talks

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European Commission supports resumption of Cyprus talks

by Nicos Bellos

[11] Council of Europe rapporteur to visit Cyprus

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Council of Europe rapporteur to visit Cyprus

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