Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-03-09

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CONTENTS

[01] Greek Premier urges Turkey to uphold promises undertaken at EU Council

[02] Morphou refugees call on Britain to contribute to Cyprus settlement

[03] Boucher: US policy on recognition of pseudostate not changed in the slightest

[04] ECOFIN praises Cyprus Convergence Programme

[05] Greece's Deputy National Defence Minister to visit Cyprus

[06] G/C and T/C parties stress necessity to strengthen contacts

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[08] Cyprus government does not rule out meeting with Talat under UN auspices

[09] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[01] Greek Premier urges Turkey to uphold promises undertaken at EU Council

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Greek Premier urges Turkey to uphold promises undertaken at EU Council

by Christa Nicolaou

Athens, Mar 9 (CNA) -- Turkey must uphold the commitments it undertook at the European Council of 17 December 2004, Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has said, stressing that the EU is not willing to alter the stance it so festively had undertaken.

[02] Morphou refugees call on Britain to contribute to Cyprus settlement

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Morphou refugees call on Britain to contribute to Cyprus settlement

By Kyriacos Tsioupras

London, Mar 9 (CNA) -- The British policy gives the impression of a ''punishing stance'' towards the the Greek Cypriots, a delegation of Turkish-occupied Morphou's Municipal Council told the Head of the Mediterranean Desk at the British Foreign Office Dominic Chilcott.

[03] Boucher: US policy on recognition of pseudostate not changed in the slightest

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Boucher: US policy on recognition of pseudostate not changed in the slightest

Washington, Mar 9 (CNA) -- US policy on the recognition of the puppet-regime in Cyprus' Turkish-occupied areas has not changed in the slightest, US State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher has said.

[04] ECOFIN praises Cyprus Convergence Programme

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ECOFIN praises Cyprus Convergence Programme

by Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Mar 9 (CNA) -- The Economic and Financial Affairs Council ECO-FIN praised Cyprus for its convergence programme, describing it as aspiring but plausible towards its aims to restore the deficit below three percent of the Gross Domestic Product.

During Tuesdays meeting in Brussels, where Finance Minister Makis Keravnos represented Cyprus, the discussion was favourable following the announcement that the island's public deficit fell to 4.2% against the original aim, which was 4.8%.

[05] Greece's Deputy National Defence Minister to visit Cyprus

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Greece's Deputy National Defence Minister to visit Cyprus

[06] G/C and T/C parties stress necessity to strengthen contacts

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G/C and T/C parties stress necessity to strengthen contacts

Nicosia, Mar 9 (CNA) -- Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties underlined here today the necessity for strengthening the contacts among them and their politicians, in order to achieve a solution to the Cyprus issue on the basis of the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's plan for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem.

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 9 (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                 18          12          CLOUDY
Larnaca                 19          11          CLOUDY
Limassol                18          10          SHOWERS
Paphos                  17          15          CLOUDY

[08] Cyprus government does not rule out meeting with Talat under UN auspices

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Cyprus government does not rule out meeting with Talat under UN auspices

Nicosia, Mar 9 (CNA) -- The government does not rule out a meeting between Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot Republican Turkish Party (RTP) leader Mehmet Ali Talat on bicommunal issues under the auspices of the UN and the Secretary-Generals mission of good offices.

Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said President Papadopoulos was informed by President of the House of Representatives and AKEL General Secretary Demetris Christofias on his meeting yesterday with Talat in the Turkish-occupied part of Nicosia.

[09] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Mar 9 (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                       604.408,23

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       88,12     0,89    589.287,08
FTSE/CySE 20                           415,90     1,05    376.640,61
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.245,00     1,08    396.454,15
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                1.105,00     2,12     64.977,09
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX    1.085,63    -0,21     10.979,09
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.239,56     1,11    461.431,24
BANKS INDEX                          1.274,03     1,03    213.805,47
HOTELS INDEX                         1.050,59    -2,95     16.517,37
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX             1.073,11     0,79    129.375,06
FTSE Med (8/3/2005)                  7.550,98    -0,27

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices

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