Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-05-21

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CONTENTS

[01] Greek Premier: Both sides to lose out if there is no Cyprus solution

[02] Senator urges US President to remain engaged in Cyprus' reunification

[03] * Cyprus: Euro election candidates

[04] Cyprus and Russian authorities work closely to free Cypriot banker

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] * Supreme Court to rule on party name after June 1

[08] Commission member Kyprianou has contacts in Cyprus

[09] Presidential emissaries in Lebanon and Pakistan

[10] Foreign Minister of Andorra to visit Cyprus

[01] Greek Premier: Both sides to lose out if there is no Cyprus solution

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Greek Premier: Both sides to lose out if there is no Cyprus solution

Íicosia, May 21 (CNA) -- Greeces Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis conveyed the message to US President George Bush that the Greek Cypriot "no" to the Annan Plan in last months referendum should not be interpreted as a "no" to a settlement.

Karamanlis told a news conference after his talks with Bush at the White House that there should soon be a new effort towards the direction that would lead to the islands reunification, stressing that if there is no solution and the situation remains as it is, then both sides will lose out but with a solution both sides will gain.

Asked whether there will be a new initiative on Cyprus, following the result of the referendum, the Greek Premier said there was a verdict and this should be respected by all, and I believe it is.

[02] Senator urges US President to remain engaged in Cyprus' reunification

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Senator urges US President to remain engaged in Cyprus' reunification

Washington, May 21 (CNA) -- US Senator Olympia Snowe has urged President George Bush to remain fully and actively engaged in the reunification negotiations for the island of Cyprus.

[03] * Cyprus: Euro election candidates

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Cyprus: Euro election candidates

Nicosia, May 21 (CNA) -- Chief Returning Officer for the European Elections Lazaros Savvides officially announced today the 59 candidates for Cyprus' six seats in the European Parliament. The elections will take place on June 13, 2004.

AKEL - LEFT - NEW POWERS ------------------------ Adamos Adamou Despina Mpempedeli-Kafkaridou Neoklis Silikiotis Kyriakos Triantafyllides Georgios Hadzigeorgiou Titos Christofides

DEMOCRATIC PARTY ----------------- Demetris Andreou Alexis Galanos Themis Themistokleous Kyriakos Kenevezos Marios Matsakis Antigoni Papadopoulou

DEMOCRATIC RALLY ----------------------- Panagiotis Demetriou Eleni Theocharous Ioannis Kasoulides Manthos Mavrommatis Tasos Mitsopoulos Lefteris Christoforou

EDI - KPE - EUROPEAN CYPRUS --------------------------- Praxoula Antoniadou-Kyriakou Androula Vassiliou Ioannis (Yiannos) K. Ioannou Christos Stylianides Stavros Tompazos Kyriakos Charalampous

MOVENMENT OF ECOLOGISTS - ENVIRONMENTALISTS --------------------------------- Agathoclis (Athos) Agapitos Marina (Martin) Barnaba Ioanna Panagiotou Dinos Paspalides Savvas Philippou Theodosia Hadziloe

MOVEMENT OF SOCIALDEMOCRATS EDEK ---------------------------- Constantinos (Costas) Efstathiou Marios Eliades Xenios L. Xenopoulos Phidias Sarikas Sofoclis Sofocleous Katerina Flourentzou-Melisinou

NEW HORIZONS --------------- Basos Argyrides Panagiotis Efestos Nicos Koutsou Stratos Panagides Panos Razis Katerina Charalampidou-Papademetriou

PEOPLES SOCIALIST MOVEMENT ------------------------ Michalis Antoniou Lakis Ioannou Michael Michael Miltiades Pavlakou

RALLY FOR EUROPE ---------------- Rikos Erotokritou Soula Zavou Nicos Clerides Yiannakis Matsis Marianna Pelekanou-Hatzistefanou Prodromos Prodroumou

INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES --------------------- Antonis S. Agapiou Keti Evagorou Andreas Efstratiou Andreas Ioannou Costas (Outopos) Kyriakou Arto Malian

[04] Cyprus and Russian authorities work closely to free Cypriot banker

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Cyprus and Russian authorities work closely to free Cypriot banker

Nicosia, May 21 (CNA) -- The Cyprus government and police are working closely with the Russian authorities to free a Cypriot national who has been kidnapped in Russia.

Michalis Thoukidides, 46, Director General of the Investment Bank of Kuban which is subsidiary of the Cyprus Development Bank went missing on Friday, May 7. According to eyewitness reports he was abducted by three men as he was reaching his office in Krasnodar.

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, May 21 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               80,85   (-0,88)

Traded Value                  CYP    292.320

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    220.067   358,16   (-1,61)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.298,00   (-1,41)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP     198.243  104,87   (-1,27)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP      15.923   72,24   (-0,29)
Insurance Companies           CYP         735   14,96   (-0,07)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP       2.605   51,69   (-0,42)
Tourism Companies             CYP       1.879   48,34   (-1,08)
Trading Companies             CYP      13.797   22,57   ( 0,31)
Building and Cement Companies CYP       8.228   64,08   (-0,39)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP       3.483    2,48   (-2,75)
Financial Services Companies  CYP      17.916    8,23   (-2,95)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP           0   11,90   ( 0,42)
Hotels                        CYP       2.868   29,17   (-0,41)
Other Companies               CYP      24.042   64,96   (-0,09)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, May 21 (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                 29            12          FAIR
Larnaca                 27            14          FINE
Limassol                27            13          FINE
Paphos                  23            13          FINE

[07] * Supreme Court to rule on party name after June 1

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Supreme Court to rule on party name after June 1

Nicosia, May 21 (CNA) -- The Supreme Court will decide after June 1 whether two separate Greek Cypriot political parties can use virtually the same name, before the ballot paper for the European Parliament elections of June 13 is printed, Chief Returning Officer for the European Elections Lazaros Savvides said here today.

[08] Commission member Kyprianou has contacts in Cyprus

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Commission member Kyprianou has contacts in Cyprus

Nicosia, May 21 (CNA) -- Markos Kyprianou, Cypriot member of the European Commission who deals with the EU budget, had a series of meetings here with the Cyprus government and the Turkish Cypriot side to explain to them his competencies and duties in Brussels.

The Commissioner was prevented by the illegal Turkish Cypriot regime from visiting the northern areas of the Republic, occupied by Turkey since 1974, on the pretext that he represented only the Greek Cypriots.

''I was not extended the same facilities that other Commissioners enjoy with regard to crossing into the occupied areas and it was indicated to me that I was not welcome there'', he told journalists when asked about the matter.

[09] Presidential emissaries in Lebanon and Pakistan

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Presidential emissaries in Lebanon and Pakistan

Nicosia, May 21 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos has dispatched two envoys as special presidential emissaries to Lebanon and Pakistan who communicated a written message from the President to the heads of state.

[10] Foreign Minister of Andorra to visit Cyprus

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Foreign Minister of Andorra to visit Cyprus

Nicosia, May 21 (CNA) -- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Andorra Juli Minoves Trinquell arrives here tomorrow on a three-day official visit.

On Monday morning he will be received by President Tassos Papadopoulos and will then have talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs George Iacovou.

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