Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-05-01

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CONTENTS

[01] Romano Prodi says May 1st historic day for Europe

[02] US President telephones Turkish Premier about Cyprus

[03] Cypriot President flies to Ireland for EU enlargement celebrations

[04] Prodi: Unresolved regional concerns can still undermine unification

[05] Vassiliou re - elected vice chairwoman of ELDP

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] EU notes Cyprus referendum result does not affect Turkey

[08] EU stresses need to respect outcome of Cyprus referendum

[09] Cypriots continue EU accession celebrations

[10] Cyprus President: we will be a constructive EU member

[01] Romano Prodi says May 1st historic day for Europe

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Romano Prodi says May 1st historic day for Europe

Nicosia, May 1 (CNA) -- European Commission President Romano Prodi said that May 1st is an historic day for Europe, since ''five decades after our great project of European integration began, the divisions of the Cold War are gone, once and for all, and we now live in a united Europe.''

[02] US President telephones Turkish Premier about Cyprus

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US President telephones Turkish Premier about Cyprus

by Demetris Apokis

Washington, May 1 (CNA) -- White House spokesman Scott McClellan has said US President Bush telephoned Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ''welcomed his strong leadership in helping secure Turkish Cypriot approval of the fair and balanced Cyprus settlement outlined by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.''

[03] Cypriot President flies to Ireland for EU enlargement celebrations

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Cypriot President flies to Ireland for EU enlargement celebrations

Larnaca, May 1 (CNA) --- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos departed today for Ireland, where he will participate at the official ceremony, organized by the Irish EU presidency to welcome the Union's new ten member states.

Speaking to the press prior to his departure and replying to questions President Papadopoulos said the determination of the date for the opening of Turkey's accession negotiations will take place on the same criteria, which applied for all the other countries.

He noted that although the settlement of the Cyprus problem is not a precondition for Turkey's EU accession, ''it is still an element that will be considered, of course now in less grade than before''.

Invited to say whether next week's meetings of the so called T/C prime minister Mehmet Ali Talat with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and US Secretary of State Colin Powell will take place in the framework of the efforts by the Turkish Cypriot side to upgrade the status of the Turkish puppet regime in the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus, Papadopoulos said ''some countries want either to punish us, or to demonstrate that there must be consequences because the people made use of their legitimate right, as they should, to reject this particular Annan plan''.

[04] Prodi: Unresolved regional concerns can still undermine unification

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Prodi: Unresolved regional concerns can still undermine unification

by Maria Myles

Dublin, May 1 (CNA) --- Last weekend's disappointing referendum result in Cyprus, demonstrates that the achievement of the grand goal of a broad based European unification can still be undermined by unresolved regional concerns, European Commission President Roman Prodi stressed here today.

[05] Vassiliou re - elected vice chairwoman of ELDP

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Vassiliou re - elected vice chairwoman of ELDP

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Ìay 1 (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                 26            11           CLOUDY
Larnaca                 23            12           WIDESPREAD DUST
Limassol                23            15           CLOUDY
Paphos                  21            13           CLOUDY

[07] EU notes Cyprus referendum result does not affect Turkey

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EU notes Cyprus referendum result does not affect Turkey

by Maria Myles

Dublin, May 1 (CNA) The European Union has stressed that the result of referendum in Cyprus has no direct influence on Turkeys accession course adding that human rights in Turkey come under the Copenhagen criteria.

[08] EU stresses need to respect outcome of Cyprus referendum

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EU stresses need to respect outcome of Cyprus referendum

by Maria Myles

Dublin, May 1 (CNA) -- The European Union today pointed to the need to respect the outcome of the democratic process in Cyprus with regard to last week's referendum on a UN proposed solution plan and said that the Union will see to it that the Turkish Cypriots who approved the UN plan receive the assistance earmarked for their economic development.

[09] Cypriots continue EU accession celebrations

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Cypriots continue EU accession celebrations

Nicosia, May 1 (CNA) Events marking the islands accession to the EU along with nine other countries continue today in Cyprus.

The epicenter is Eleftheria (Freedom) Square which was thronged last night with a cheering crowd who welcomed well-known Cypriot singer Anna Vissi, in the presence of President Tassos Papadopoulos.

This morning was dedicated to children who staged their own celebrations with pavilions, banners and choirs along the Freedom Square and Makarios Avenue.

Two hundred children of various nationalities depicted their own feelings on Cyprus EU accession by painting on long white cloth which extended along Ledra Street. They later released white balloons during an event at Freedom Square.

Celebrations continue with street festivals representing various scenes from the history of Cyprus. The festival will cover the main city centre streets.

EU countries will present examples from their cultures at Constantinos Spiridakis Square in Nicosia and later this evening an exhibition entitled Bodyworks will open at the Nicosia Municipal Arts Cente with exhibits from Malta, the Czech Republic, France, Britain, Greece, Belgium, Poland, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, Finland, Slovenia, Estonia, Spain and Cyprus.

The Cyprus State Orchestra under Maciej Zoltowski will give a concert at Eleftheria Square with soloists who live in Cyprus and overseas.

Similar events to celebrate entry to the EU are being held in all other towns of the free areas of the Republic. CNA/EC/ÊÍ/2004

[10] Cyprus President: we will be a constructive EU member

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Cyprus President: we will be a constructive EU member

by Maria Myles

Dublin, May 1 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos has said that Cyprus would play a constructive role as a member state of the European Union, which it joined formally today along with another nine countries from central and eastern Europe.

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