Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-06-16

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CONTENTS

[01] Turkish Cypriot leader to meet FM's including Russian FM

[02] Greek Cypriot side ready to renegotiate, Cyprus President says

[03] Egypt supports united Cyprus

[04] Ahern: time is ripe to achieve agreement on European Constitution

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] Stella Misiaouli replaces MEP Adamou at Cyprus House

[08] Turkish FM: OIC has upgrated status of Turkish Cypriots

[09] OIC to take steps in ending "isolation'' of Turkish Cypriots

[10] Serdar Denktash: Greek Cypriots should get OIC message

[01] Turkish Cypriot leader to meet FM's including Russian FM

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Turkish Cypriot leader to meet FM's including Russian FM

by Maria myles

Istanbul, Jun 16 (CNA) -- Leader of the Turkish Republic Party and self-styled prime minister of the regime in occupied Cyprus Mehmet Ali Talat is scheduled to have a series of meetings here today with heads of delegations to the 31st meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), which ends today.

Serdar Denktash, leader of the Turkish Cypriot Democratic Party and so-called foreign minister, confirmed to CNA today that there would be many contacts between Talat and Foreign Ministers and other officials, in which Serdar Denktash will be present.

Denktash refused to give any further information about meetings scheduled for today but he said that Talat would be seeing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose country has applied to join the OIC as an observer.

The Russian General Consulate here has confirmed that Lavrov would be having several meetings today, before he leaves Istanbul later in the day.

CNA MM/GP/2004

[02] Greek Cypriot side ready to renegotiate, Cyprus President says

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Greek Cypriot side ready to renegotiate, Cyprus President says

Larnaca, Jun 16 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos has said the Greek Cypriot side is ready to renegotiate the UN peace plan for Cyprus, adding that ''the changes we want are not only external ones, to meet the concerns of the Greek Cypriots, but also changes in the conditions and the provisions of the plan.''

Speaking to the press prior to his departure for Brussels, where he will take part in the European Council to be held June 17-18, President Papadopoulos said also that a change of the name of the Turkish Cypriot regime at the Islamic Conference Organisation and the use of the name given to it in the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's settlement plan for Cyprus (Turkish Cypriot state) is ''of course something that has its own importance.''

[03] Egypt supports united Cyprus

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Egypt supports united Cyprus

by Maria Myles

Istanbul, Jun 16 (CNA) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher El Sayed has said his country supported a united Cyprus, a position he added that was backed by Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), which concluded its 31st ministerial meeting here today.

Speaking to CNA, he said also said that this view did not mean that part of the population of a united Cyprus should be ostracized.

[04] Ahern: time is ripe to achieve agreement on European Constitution

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Ahern: time is ripe to achieve agreement on European Constitution

Brussels, Jun 16 (CNA) -- President of the European Council, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has expressed the strong belief ''that the time is now ripe to achieve a fair and balanced agreement, creating a Constitution which we can present to our people as making their Union more effective, more democratic and more transparent.''

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jun 16 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               76,65   (-0,08)

Traded Value                  CYP    207.397

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    104.207   340,77   ( 0,23)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.429,22   ( 0,41)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP      73.987   98,91   ( 0,00)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP       7.973   71,46   (-0,24)
Insurance Companies           CYP       8.848   12,00   (-3,38)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP      12.745   50,13   ( 0,58)
Tourism Companies             CYP       5.955   46,01   ( 0,66)
Trading Companies             CYP      18.061   21,10   (-1,26)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      56.326   62,43   (-0,95)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP         299    2,25   (-0,44)
Financial Services Companies  CYP       1.099    7,56   ( 0,40)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP           0   10,96   (-1,08)
Hotels                        CYP       6.524   26,24   ( 0,46)
Other Companies               CYP      12.296   64,01   ( 0,20)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jun 16 (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                 37            22          FINE
Larnaca                 32            20          FINE
Limassol                31            21          HAZY
Paphos                  27            21          FINE

[07] Stella Misiaouli replaces MEP Adamou at Cyprus House

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Stella Misiaouli replaces MEP Adamou at Cyprus House

Nicosia, Jun 16 (CNA) -- Stella Misiaouli is the new member of the House of Representatives, in replacement of deputy Adamos Adamou (AKEL left - wing party), who was elected as one of the six Cypriot Members of European Parliament, Minister of Interior Andreas Christou announced today.

An issue came up regarding Adamou's replacement, since it was not clear, whether Misiaouli or Pambos Kiritsis (General Secretary of PEO Trade Union) would take the seat at the House of Representatives.

[08] Turkish FM: OIC has upgrated status of Turkish Cypriots

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Turkish FM: OIC has upgrated status of Turkish Cypriots

by Maria Myles

Istanbul, Jun 16 (CNA)-- Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said here today that the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has upgraded the status of the Turkish Cypriots within the organization and claimed that this is in line with the Annan plan (a UN proposal for a solution in Cyprus).

[09] OIC to take steps in ending "isolation'' of Turkish Cypriots

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OIC to take steps in ending "isolation'' of Turkish Cypriots

by Maria Myles

Istanbul, Jun 16 (CNA) -- The Istanbul Declaration, adopted here by the foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), states the decision of the member states to take steps in ending what they call the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots and notes that it expects the international community to follow suit.

[10] Serdar Denktash: Greek Cypriots should get OIC message

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Serdar Denktash: Greek Cypriots should get OIC message

by Maria Myles

Istanbul, Jun 16 (CNA)-- Serdar Denktash, self-styled foreign minister of the regime in Turkish occupied Cyprus, said today that the Greek Cypriots should get the message of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) members, and ''ease restrictions on Turkish Cypriots''.

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