Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-10-08

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus Commissioner to take initiatives on health and food safety

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[04] Cyprus and Serbia-Montenegro business links on the increase

[05] New York Governor issues proclamation for Cyprus Independence Day

[06] British MPs reiterate firm support for justice in Cyprus

[07] Cyprus Commissioner designate complimented on hearing performance

[01] Cyprus Commissioner to take initiatives on health and food safety

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Cyprus Commissioner to take initiatives on health and food safety

Nicosia, Oct 8 (CNA) -- Markos Kyprianou, European Union Commissioner designate for Health and Consumer Protection, has promised to take initiatives with regard to public health, to enforcement of regulations on food safety, to campaigning against smoking and other related issues.

Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, after a hearing before the European Parliament, he also said that he would work to create consumer confidence and ensure that European citizens enjoy the same or equal protection throughout the Union.

In his opening remarks, he said his priorities would be the protection of the consumer, the European citizen, whether this concerns public health or food safety or consumer protection.

''Emphasis will be given on creating consumer confidence based on the reality that the consumer has the same or equal protection in all the member states,'' he said, adding that consumer confidence is an important factor in all members for the internal market.

Kyprianou, a former Finance Minister in Cyprus, said emphasis will also be given on enforcement of all existing regulations, which, as he pointed out, should be more strictly applied, especially in the protection in the field of food safety and consumer protection.

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Oct 8 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

INDICES BASE VALUES: FTSEMed=5000, OTHERS=1000

TRADED VALUE                       284.523,55

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       72,19    -0,28    270.218,60
FTSE/CySE 20                           321,51    -0,57    115.905,12
MAIN MARKET INDEX                      960,04    -0,49    112.873,19
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                  999,17    -0,60      4.752,77
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX    1.014,64    -0,01     58.596,11
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX        961,56    -0,49    117.625,96
BANKS INDEX                            956,76    -0,52     75.181.65
HOTELS INDEX                           888,47    -0,54      4.484,66
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX               917,98    -0,08    104.738,75
FTSE Med (7/10/2004)                 6.133,93     0,94

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Oct 8 (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)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Nicosia                 28            15          CLOUDY
THUNDER HEARD
Larnaca                 28            16          FINE
Limassol                27            17          FINE
Paphos                  26            17          FINE

[04] Cyprus and Serbia-Montenegro business links on the increase

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Cyprus and Serbia-Montenegro business links on the increase

Nicosia, Oct 8 (CNA) - Trade and business links between Cyprus and Serbia and Montenegro are developing steadily, with Cypriot investment in this Balkan country amounting to 180 million Cyprus pounds in the past ten years and little fallout on Serbian offshore companies operating on the island, according to ministers from both countries.

Cyprus Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism George Lillikas and Minister for International Economic Relations of Serbia-Montenegro Predrag Ivanovic discussed in the past couple of days here closer cooperation between their countries, including assistance Cyprus can offer to Serbia with regard to its aspirations to join the European Union, which Cyprus joined in May this year.

[05] New York Governor issues proclamation for Cyprus Independence Day

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New York Governor issues proclamation for Cyprus Independence Day

Nicosia, Oct 8 (CNA) - Efforts to resolve the question of Cyprus are enhanced by the Independence of Cyprus and its accession to the European Union, according to a proclamation by New York Governor George Pataki, issued for the 44th anniversary of independence on October 1st.

[06] British MPs reiterate firm support for justice in Cyprus

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British MPs reiterate firm support for justice in Cyprus

Larnaca, Oct 8 (CNA) - British parliamentarians, who arrived here today to participate in an anti-occupation rally organised by Morphou municipality, said they would continue the battle for the reunification of Cyprus.

They also said that Turkey should meet its obligations towards Cyprus with regard to a political settlement and pointed out that Ankara's course towards Europe would not be easy, if it does not.

[07] Cyprus Commissioner designate complimented on hearing performance

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Cyprus Commissioner designate complimented on hearing performance

By Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Oct 8 (CNA) - Markos Kyprianou, Cyprus' European Union Commissioner designate for Health and Consumer Protection, has received complimentary comments following Friday's hearing before two committees of the European Parliament, ahead of final approval of his nomination.

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