Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-09-06

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CONTENTS

[01] Government Spokesman attends Dutch Presidency's conference

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[04] Spokesman says government pursuing consensus on EU regulations

[05] Cypriot President receives WMO Secretary General

[06] Commerce Minister foresees techno-park plans by end of 2005

[07] Cypriot political parties call on leaders to intensify cooperation

[08] Cypriot AG: ECHR's decision to affect fundamental rights of Europeans

[09] Commissioner Fischler to pay official visit to Cyprus

[10] Cyprus Speaker expresses repugnance for tragedy in Russia

[01] Government Spokesman attends Dutch Presidency's conference

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Government Spokesman attends Dutch Presidency's conference

Nicosia, Sep 6 (CNA) -- Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has departed for The Hague to represent Cyprus President at a conference of the Dutch EU Presidency, at the invitation of Premier Jan Peter Balkenende.

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Sep 6 (CNA) -- The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

Tuesday and Wednesday: 07/09/2004 to 09/09/2004

On Tuesday fine with local cloud and risk of isolated showers over mountains in the afternoon but on Wednesday fine with patchy cloud. Winds will be light to moderate sea breezes and the state of sea slight to moderate.

Maximum temperature: 36C inland, 32C over south coastal areas and 30C over west coastal areas.

Minimum temperate: around 22C inland and over coastal areas.

Outlook for Thursday and Friday: 09/09/2004 to 10/09/2004

Mainly fine with patchy cloudy. No significant change in temperature is expected.

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Sep 6 (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                 33            22          FINE
Larnaca                 34            24          FINE
Limassol                34            22          FINE
Paphos                  32            23          FINE

[04] Spokesman says government pursuing consensus on EU regulations

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Spokesman says government pursuing consensus on EU regulations

Larnaca, Sep 6 (CNA) - Cypriot Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said on Monday that the government was pursuing a consensus solution on the regulations the EU is promoting to support the Turkish Cypriots.

[05] Cypriot President receives WMO Secretary General

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Cypriot President receives WMO Secretary General

Nicosia, Sep 6 (CNA) - Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organisation Michael Jarraud said on Monday that ''Cyprus is in a very strategic position for meteorology in the Mediterranean and now that Cyprus is joining the EU it is important for my organisation to make sure that all activities are coordinated in a very effective manner for the benefit of everyone.''

[06] Commerce Minister foresees techno-park plans by end of 2005

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Commerce Minister foresees techno-park plans by end of 2005

Nicosia, Sep 6 (CNA) - If all goes well, the final decisions for the planning of the first technological park in Cyprus will begin by the end of 2005, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism George Lillikas told CNA on Monday, adding that the benefits from the part ''will have a massive impact on the economy'' of the island.

[07] Cypriot political parties call on leaders to intensify cooperation

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Cypriot political parties call on leaders to intensify cooperation

Nicosia, Sep 6 (CNA) - Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties called on Monday for the intensification of the cooperation of between the political leaders of the two communities in the direction of finding a solution to the Cyprus problem.

In a joint communique issued after a meeting at the Ledra Palace, in the UN buffer zone, the leaders and representatives of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties said they ''exchanged views on the current situation of the Cyprus problem and called for the intensification of the cooperation of between the political leaders of the two communities''.

[08] Cypriot AG: ECHR's decision to affect fundamental rights of Europeans

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Cypriot AG: ECHR's decision to affect fundamental rights of Europeans

Nicosia, Sep 6 (CNA) -- Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus Solon Nikitas expressed the belief that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) would reaffirm its clear and principled case law and reject Turkey's attempt to persuade the Court to ''overturn, depart from or ignore its wellestablished jurisprudence''.

Nikitas was speaking before the ECHR's hearing regarding Turkey's proposal to have a ''property commission'', in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus, recognized as a legal tool to deal effectively with property claims by Greek Cypriots, who since the Turkish invasion in 1974 are deprived from their rights in the occupied areas.

[09] Commissioner Fischler to pay official visit to Cyprus

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Commissioner Fischler to pay official visit to Cyprus

Nicosia, Sep 6 (CNA) - European Commissioner responsible for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Franz Fischler, will be arriving in Cyprus on September 8 for an official visit, in the context of implementing a programme of visits to all new EU member states.

[10] Cyprus Speaker expresses repugnance for tragedy in Russia

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Cyprus Speaker expresses repugnance for tragedy in Russia

Nicosia, Sep 6 (CNA) --- President of the House of Representatives Demetris Christofias expressed today the deep repugnance of the people of Cyprus for the slaughter of hundreds of people, mostly children, in a school siege in North Ossetia, Russia, by Chechen separatists.

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