Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-01-21

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CONTENTS

[01] Police issue arrest warrants in connection with triple murder

[02] Cypriot artist wins award in Indian Trienale

[03] Digital Ship Conference to take place in Cyprus

[04] House Legal Committee discusses bill on European arrest warrants

[05] Cypriot tennis player's big win in Australian Open

[06] Government could seek UN help to solve murder of T/Cs

[07] Cyprus government will welcome change of Turkish policy

[08] Government has taken measures to protect sovereignty, says spokesman

[09] Interior Minister to represent President in the Ukraine

[10] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[11] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[12] Cypriot deputies to attend PACE winter session

[13] Finance Minister satisfied with ECOFIN decision on Cyprus

[14] G/C and T/C shop owners demand opening of Ledra Street

[15] Cypriots rejoice at Bagdatis' victories in Australian Open

[16] Political parties submit views at National Council meeting

[01] Police issue arrest warrants in connection with triple murder

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Police issue arrest warrants in connection with triple murder

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) -- The Cyprus police have issued arrest warrants against three Turkish Cypriots, one Turkish national and the son of a Turkish Cypriot mother and a Turkish father, in connection with investigations into a murder of three Turkish Cypriots, last week, in the southern government-controlled part of the island.

The warrants were issued following evidence gathered through witnesses and DNA material linking them to the murders which had led the police to the three suspects, who all live in the northern Turkish-occupied areas.

DNA material collected from the victims' house and the scene of the crime is also being examined by forensic experts.

The three Turkish Cypriots against whom arrest warrants have been issued are Mustafa Mehmet, from Pentagia village, now living in Turkish-occupied Morphou, Fikret Mustafa, also from Pentagia, living in Morphou and Emin Fikri, from Androlykou village, living in occupied Kyrenia.

Hikmet Oruc, living in Kyrenia, is the son of a Turkish Cypriot and a Turk from Mersina and Mustafa Cavga, from Turkey, now living in the village of Kythrea are the other two persons wanted by the police.

The three Turkish Cypriots, who were murdered last Saturday, are a banker, his wife and their daughter. All were found shot dead in a car, near the village of Koshi, in Larnaca district, in the free areas.

Police have said that they were shot with a nine-millimetre gun, and one of the shell-cases had been manufactured in Turkey.

[02] Cypriot artist wins award in Indian Trienale

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Cypriot artist wins award in Indian Trienale

[03] Digital Ship Conference to take place in Cyprus

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Digital Ship Conference to take place in Cyprus

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) -- Cyprus will host for the second time the Digital Ship Conference (26-27 January) that deals with information and communication technologies that relate to the ship and the shipping companies.

[04] House Legal Committee discusses bill on European arrest warrants

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House Legal Committee discusses bill on European arrest warrants

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) -- A bill, submitted to the Cyprus House Legal Committee, will entitle the local district courts to issue European arrest warrants and to increase the jail sentence, provided by existing legislation, in connection with the illegal use or possession of immovable property.

[05] Cypriot tennis player's big win in Australian Open

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Cypriot tennis player's big win in Australian Open

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) -- Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis beat Spanish tennis player Tommy Robredo, 13th-seeded, with three sets in the men's singles third round matches at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

[06] Government could seek UN help to solve murder of T/Cs

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Government could seek UN help to solve murder of T/Cs

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) -- Éf the need arises, the Cyprus government would seek help from the UN peace-keeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in investigations regarding the murder last week of Turkish Cypriot banker Elmas Ali Guzelyurtlu, his wife and daughter, spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has said.

[07] Cyprus government will welcome change of Turkish policy

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Cyprus government will welcome change of Turkish policy

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) -- The Cyprus government would welcome an explicit and concrete change of policy on behalf of so-called prime minister in the Turkish-occupied areas Mehmet Ali Talat and Turkey, Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has said.

[08] Government has taken measures to protect sovereignty, says spokesman

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Government has taken measures to protect sovereignty, says spokesman

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) -- The Cyprus government has taken measures recently to protect the Republic's sovereignty, with regard to a British programme to channel funds to the island's Turkish occupied areas, Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said here today.

[09] Interior Minister to represent President in the Ukraine

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Interior Minister to represent President in the Ukraine

[10] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jan 21 (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                 16          10          CLOUDY
Larnaca                 18          14          CLOUDY
Limassol                18          10          CLOUDY
Paphos                  18          13          CLOUDY

[11] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Jan 21 (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                       814.730,12

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       78,84    -0,95    749.224,95
FTSE/CySE 20                           363,61    -1,04    499.708,02
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.087,86    -1,03    496.759,18
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                1.051,42     1,46     20.158,77
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX    1.048,11    -1,82     44.273,63
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.086,20    -0,94    516.917,95
BANKS INDEX                          1.098,81    -1,20    409.272,60
HOTELS INDEX                         1.066,96     1,12      6.188,37
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX               978,92    -0,66    222.827,96
FTSE Med (20/01/2005)                7.159,27     0,61

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices

[12] Cypriot deputies to attend PACE winter session

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Cypriot deputies to attend PACE winter session

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) - A Cyprus parliamentary committee leaves for Strasbourg on Saturday to take part in the winter session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), which takes place from 24 to 28 January 2005.

[13] Finance Minister satisfied with ECOFIN decision on Cyprus

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Finance Minister satisfied with ECOFIN decision on Cyprus

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) - Cyprus Finance Minister Iacovos Keravnos expressed the government's gratification for the position taken by the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) that Cyprus has carried out all effective actions to purify its public finances and that it has implemented all measures included in its revised convergence programme.

[14] G/C and T/C shop owners demand opening of Ledra Street

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G/C and T/C shop owners demand opening of Ledra Street

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) The Greek Cypriot side is ready to proceed with the opening of Ledra Street, the capital's renowned commercial street divided since the 1974 Turkish invasion, and is ready to overcome all problems, AKEL General Secretary Demetris Christofias pledged here Friday during a meeting with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot shop owners associations, POVEK and KTEZO respectively.

[15] Cypriots rejoice at Bagdatis' victories in Australian Open

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Cypriots rejoice at Bagdatis' victories in Australian Open

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) Cyprus is reeling at the continued success of its tennis player Marcos Bagdatis in the Australian Open, with congratulations coming in from politicians and the Cyprus Tennis Federation.

[16] Political parties submit views at National Council meeting

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Political parties submit views at National Council meeting

Nicosia, Jan 21 (CNA) Political parties began tabling their views on the current phase of the Cyprus problem following President Tassos Papadopoulos' briefing on the results of the December European Council, during today's meeting of the National Council, top advisory body to the President on the handling of the Cyprus problem.

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