Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-12-03

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CONTENTS

[01] Dutch Premier to visit Cyprus next week

[02] Blakenende-Papadopoulos to discuss EU matters

[03] Cyprus Spokesman: Ankara's non recognition policy ''unreasonable''

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[06] Cyprus-Egypt discuss financial issues

[07] Key official interest rates remain unchanged

[01] Dutch Premier to visit Cyprus next week

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Dutch Premier to visit Cyprus next week

Nicosia, Dec 3 (CNA) -- Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, whose country holds the six-monthly rotating European Union presidency, will be in Athens and Nicosia on Tuesday, December 7.

The visit takes place barely two weeks before the EU December summit, 16-17 December, which will decide whether accession negotiations with Turkey will begin.

[02] Blakenende-Papadopoulos to discuss EU matters

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Balkenende-Papadopoulos to discuss EU matters

Nicosia, Dec 3 (CNA) -- Dutch premier Jan Peter Balkenende and Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos will discuss issues relating to this month's meeting of the European Council when they meet here on Tuesday, 6th December.

[03] Cyprus Spokesman: Ankara's non recognition policy ''unreasonable''

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Cyprus Spokesman: Ankara's non recognition policy ''unreasonable''

Nicosia, Dec 3 (CNA) -- The government has described as ''unreasonable'' Turkey's position that it will not recognize the Republic of Cyprus before a political settlement on the island.

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Dec 3 (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               20             8              FINE
Larnaca               21            10              FINE
Limassol              22             8              FINE
Paphos                21            13              FAIR

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Dec 3 (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                       307.976,24

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       72,16     1,12    283.381,49
FTSE/CySE 20                           337,75     1,70    268.993,16
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.011,16     1,75    270.697,88
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                  882,34     0,67      1.378,43
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX      936,91     1,46      7.501,08
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.006,18     1,71    272.076,30
BANKS INDEX                          1.022,98     1,96    252.230,36
HOTELS INDEX                           911,34     2,66        960,00
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX               843,60    -0,30     10.386,04
FTSE Med (2/12/2004)                 6.536,65     1,06

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices

[06] Cyprus-Egypt discuss financial issues

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Cyprus-Egypt discuss financial issues

Nicosia, Dec 3 (CNA) -- Cyprus Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and the President of the Egyptian Parliament Ahmed Fathy Sorour exchanged views about financial issues of common interest to both countries and decided that there will be exchange visits between their respective chambers of commerce.

[07] Key official interest rates remain unchanged

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Key official interest rates remain unchanged

Nicosia, Dec 3 (CNA) -- The Monetary Policy Committee decided today to maintain unchanged the key official interest rates of the Central Bank of Cyprus.

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