Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-08-04

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CONTENTS

[01] Missing persons issue under the spotlight

[02] EU backs any move towards rapprochement

[03] Cyprus President sends condolences to Paraguay

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] UNFICYP resolution adopted by UN General Assembly

[06] European Commission releases funds for de-mining in Cyprus

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[08] T/Cs accept Cyprus government’s proposals for reopening Rizokarpaso Gymnasium

[09] Cyprus government welcomes Commission’s release of funds for demining

[10] Cyprus and Greece agree on common action plan

[11] Cyprus Socialist leader condemns increased building in occupied north

[01] Missing persons issue under the spotlight

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Missing persons issue under the spotlight

by Maria Myles

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan intends to send a letter to Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash in a bid to press on with the resolution of the humanitarian issue of missing persons, in particular the concurrent investigation of cases by the Committee of Missing Persons (CMP) and exhumations in the island's northern Turkish occupied areas, well informed sources have said.

The letter is expected to be in line with the letter and the spirit of his earlier letter of December 2003 with regard to the issue of missing persons. Papadopoulos replied within days to the December letter saying he accepted the Secretary General's terms. Denktash has yet to respond formally to the UN call for exhumations and investigation with convincing evidence about the fate of missing persons.

Turkey's ''declaration of intention'' presented to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in early June with regard to the issue of missing persons is considered by various circles as an indication but no proof of its real intentions to respond to Annan's call.

Meanwhile the government of Cyprus, assisted by the Committee of Relatives of Missing Persons, is working methodically in line with a strategy drafted in coordination with the Committee with a view at making headway in solving the humanitarian issue of missing persons and ascertaining their fate, as sources close to this effort have told CNA.

[02] EU backs any move towards rapprochement

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EU backs any move towards rapprochement

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) -- The European Union would welcome any initiative to bring the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities together, Andriaan van der Meer, head of the European Commission Representation office here, has said.

[03] Cyprus President sends condolences to Paraguay

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Cyprus President sends condolences to Paraguay

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos has sent a message of condolences to President Nicanor Duarte Frutos of Paraguay, on the death of hundreds of people in a fire that occurred last Sunday in a local supermarket in the capital Asuncion.

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               74,43   ( 0,20)

Traded Value                  CYP     232.449

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP     181.925  329,07   (-0,09)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.092,24   ( 0,13)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP     114.621   95,66   ( 0,12)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP       4.067   72,56   (-0,93)
Insurance Companies           CYP         978   12,01   ( 0,33)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP      29.551   47,20   ( 0,08)
Tourism Companies             CYP       1.751   44,43   ( 0,43)
Trading Companies             CYP      17.335   20,61   ( 0,19)
Building and Cement Companies CYP       9.715   62,57   ( 0,63)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP       4.382    2,43   ( 0,41)
Financial Services Companies  CYP       6.575    6,89   ( 0,88)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP         230   10,85   ( 0,00)
Hotels                        CYP       3.668   26,92   ( 0,00)
Other Companies               CYP      37.364   61,54   ( 0,56)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] UNFICYP resolution adopted by UN General Assembly

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UNFICYP resolution adopted by UN General Assembly

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) -- The UN General Assembly resolution concerning the financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus circulated on Tuesday as an official document.

[06] European Commission releases funds for de-mining in Cyprus

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European Commission releases funds for de-mining in Cyprus

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) The European Commission has released today 2.5 million euros for de-mining in Cyprus. Work for the actual mine clearing in the buffer zone can begin by September.

According to a press release issued by the European Commission Representation to Cyprus, the de-mining operations will first focus on the area of the buffer zone in and around Nicosia.

The funds will help to underpin the Green Line policy as regards free movement of persons and goods is concerned, adding that new crossing points could be opened after mine clearing has taken place.

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Aug 04 (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                 36            22          FINE
Larnaca                 31            22          FINE
Limassol                31            23          ÇÁÆÕ
Paphos                  31            22          HAZY

[08] T/Cs accept Cyprus government’s proposals for reopening Rizokarpaso Gymnasium

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T/Cs accept Cyprus governments proposals for reopening Rizokarpaso Gymnasium

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) The United Nations informed the government of Cyprus that the occupation regime has accepted the governments proposals for the re-opening of the Rizokarpaso Gymnasium in the Turkish occupied Karpass peninsula.

An official press release said the regime has accepted the operation of the gymnasium under the same conditions the elementary school operates.

[09] Cyprus government welcomes Commission’s release of funds for demining

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Cyprus government welcomes Commissions release of funds for demining

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) The Cyprus government, through its Spokesman has described as an exceptionally positive development the release by the European Commission of 2.5 million euros for demining in Cyprus.

According to a press release issued by the European Commission Representation to Cyprus, work for the actual mine clearing in the buffer zone can begin by September. The de-mining operations will first focus on the area of the buffer zone in and around Nicosia.

[10] Cyprus and Greece agree on common action plan

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Cyprus and Greece agree on common action plan

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) The governments of Greece and Cyprus agreed on a common action plan which will cover a wide range of future activities and developments on Cyprus which are related to the European Union, the UN, the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights and other fora.

[11] Cyprus Socialist leader condemns increased building in occupied north

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Cyprus Socialist leader condemns increased building in occupied north

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) President of the Social Democrat Movement EDEK Yiannakis Omirou reported to the UN and the EU the systematic construction of houses and tourist complexes in the Turkish occupied north, on land owned by Greek Cypriots, as well as the influx of more Turkish settlers in the north.

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