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CONTENTS

[01] Erdogan: an impartial country to help Cyprus

[02] Archbishop Demetrios meets Turkish Premier

[03] Cyprus supports ICC with jurisdiction on genocide

[04] Papadopoulos: We would welcome Turkey's real and honest political will

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[06] Cyprus and Egypt apply public health and medical science agreement

[07] Cyprus and Israel sign agreement for chartered flights

[08] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[09] ECHR says judgment execution up to Committee of Ministers

[10] Iacovou says President might meet UN chief in Brussels

[11] Papadopoulos to address PACE and hold meetings in Strasbourg

[12] PACE Committee approves amendments to Eorsi's report on Cyprus

[01] Erdogan: an impartial country to help Cyprus

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Erdogan: an impartial country to help Cyprus

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

New York, Jan 27 (CNA) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed here Monday the involvement of an impartial country with the political weight to help resolve the issue, expressing the view that ''such a process, such an approach, will speed up the solution of the problem''.

However, he said Ankara accepts the good offices mission of the UN Secretary-General and takes the Annan Plan for a Cyprus settlement as a reference.

[02] Archbishop Demetrios meets Turkish Premier

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Archbishop Demetrios meets Turkish Premier

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

New York, Jan 27 (CNA) The Cyprus issue was discussed here yesterday between Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

[03] Cyprus supports ICC with jurisdiction on genocide

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Cyprus supports ICC with jurisdiction on genocide

Nicosia, Jan 27 (CNA) -- Cypriot Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Makis Keravnos has stressed that Cyprus is a strong supporter of a Permanent International Criminal Court with a jurisdiction over the crime of genocide.

''Having staunchly supported the establishment of a Permanent Criminal Court with jurisdiction over the crime of genocide in the hope that it will act as a decisive deterrent for such crimes, my government, is particularly pleased that this noble effort has been successful and is looking forward to the day when the Rome Statute will achieve universal membership'', Keravnos said in an intervention at the Stockholm International Forum 2004 on Prevention Genocide.

[04] Papadopoulos: We would welcome Turkey's real and honest political will

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Papadopoulos: We would welcome Turkey's real and honest political will

Larnaca, Jan 27 (CNA) -- Turkey's ''political will'' for a Cyprus settlement remains to be proven in practice, Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos said here today on his departure for Strasbourg where he will address tomorrow the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

He stressed that neither dilemmas nor demands were put in front of the Greek Cypriot or the Greek side.

[05] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jan 27 (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                 13            6           CLOUDY
Larnaca                 16            6           CLOUDY
Limassol                16            6           CLOUDY
Paphos                  15            7           CLOUDY

[06] Cyprus and Egypt apply public health and medical science agreement

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Cyprus and Egypt apply public health and medical science agreement

Nicosia, Jan 27 (CNA) - A cooperation agreement in the field of public health and medical science between the Republic of Cyprus and the Arab Republic of Egypt has been effective since 20 January, following its ratification by Egypt.

[07] Cyprus and Israel sign agreement for chartered flights

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Cyprus and Israel sign agreement for chartered flights

Nicosia, Jan 27 (CNA) - Cyprus and Israel have agreed on arranging chartered flights between the two countries from 20 June to 20 October 2004.

[08] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jan 27 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               82,65   (-0,45)

Traded Value                  CYP    666.519

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    548.486   345,95   (-0,89)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.287.64   (-0,01)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    472.077    99,70   (-0,26)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP      8.319    71,82   (-0,95)
Insurance Companies           CYP      2.204    15,59   ( 0,06)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     38.820    56,37   (-0,83)
Tourism Companies             CYP      5.979    57,54   (-0,93)
Trading Companies             CYP     10.380    20,74   (-1,14)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     26.793    68,62   (-0,17)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP      3.700     3,25   (-0,91)
Financial Services Companies  CYP      9.400    10,66   (-1,84)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP          0    11,74   ( 0,95)
Hotels                        CYP     14.010    37,30   (-0,05)
Other Companies               CYP     45.761    70,70   (-0,39)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[09] ECHR says judgment execution up to Committee of Ministers

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ECHR says judgment execution up to Committee of Ministers

by Maria Koniotou

Strasbourg, Jan 27 (CNA) - The execution of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgments is the responsibility of the Committee of Ministers essentially and ''we would enter into conflicts if we were to attempt to provide an effective performance of all the judgments with the means available to the Court'', ECHR President Luzius Wildhaber said here today during a press conference.

Asked if the ineffective execution of certain judgments, as in the Titina Loizidou case or the Cyprus interstate cases against Turkey, would result in other cases with similar violations, Wildhaber noted that ''the Turkish government has just announced that it is going to seek to renegotiate the entire situation'' in Cyprus and has paid in the Loizidou case, adding that ''there are still 650 other applications of the same nature that are pending before us and therefore we will have to decide to regard those as well''.

[10] Iacovou says President might meet UN chief in Brussels

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Iacovou says President might meet UN chief in Brussels

by Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Jan 27 (CNA) - Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios Iacovou said ''efforts are underway'' for President of the Republic Tassos Papadopoulos to meet UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Brussels. Iacovou added he was ''not in the position to confirm the meeting''.

[11] Papadopoulos to address PACE and hold meetings in Strasbourg

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Papadopoulos to address PACE and hold meetings in Strasbourg

by Maria Koniotou

Strasbourg, Jan 27 (CNA) - Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos, who arrives in Strasbourg today, will address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) tomorrow, and will also hold a series of meetings with officials of the Council of Europe (CoE), PACE and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), as well as with the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who will also address the Assembly, and the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernand Bot.

[12] PACE Committee approves amendments to Eorsi's report on Cyprus

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by Maria Koniotou

PACE Committee approves amendments to Eorsi's report on Cyprus

Strasbourg, Jan 27 (CNA) - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Political Affairs Committee approved today by majority amendments by the Hungarian Rapporteur on the Situation on Cyprus Matyas Eorsi to his report, after his recent visit to the island, which will be discussed tomorrow at PACE after Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos addresses the Body.

Present at the Committee's meeting were, apart from members of the Committee, representatives of Turkish Cypriot political parties, as is always the case when an issue concerning Cyprus is discussed.

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