Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-03-15

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CONTENTS

[01] Gul says Turkey's EU protocol not recognition of Cyprus

[02] Cyprus' Representative elected head of UN committee

[03] Cypriot Minister meets UN official in Geneva

[04] Cyprus Red Cross to build institution for children in a tsunami hit country

[05] Cyprus Government: Britain's position on Cyprus' recognition is unconceivable

[06] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[08] Cyprus becomes member of ICPEN Global

[09] Opposition leader discussed Cyprus issue with EU Council President

[10] Cyprus House President begins official meetings in Australia

[11] Cyprus supports EU Common Agricultural Policy

[12] Juncker hopes climate will be created to solve Cyprus issue

[13] Cypriot MPs address conference on European Neighbourhood Policy

[01] Gul says Turkey's EU protocol not recognition of Cyprus

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Gul says Turkey's EU protocol not recognition of Cyprus

by Kyriakos Tsioupras

London, Mar 15 (CNA) -- Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Gul said after a meeting yesterday in London with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw that Turkey will sign the protocol extending its customs union to the new EU member-states but noted that in the case of Cyprus this would not mean the recognition of the Republic of Cyprus.

[02] Cyprus' Representative elected head of UN committee

Cyprus' Representative elected head of UN committee

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

[03] Cypriot Minister meets UN official in Geneva

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Cypriot Minister meets UN official in Geneva

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs George Iacovou met this morning in Geneva with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louis Arbour.

[04] Cyprus Red Cross to build institution for children in a tsunami hit country

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Cyprus Red Cross to build institution for children in a tsunami hit country

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- The Cyprus Red Cross plans to use the donations made by Cypriots for the tsunami victims in south-eastern Asia, to build an institution for children in one of those countries.

[05] Cyprus Government: Britain's position on Cyprus' recognition is unconceivable

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Cyprus Government: Britain's position on Cyprus' recognition is unconceivable

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- The non-recognition of an EU member-state by Turkey is unconceivable, Cyprus Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has said, commenting on a statement by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw that the issue of Cyprus' recognition by Turkey would be resolved in the context of Turkey's full membership of the European Union.

Chrysostomides also said that Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's statement that Turkey's customs union with the 10 new EU member- states already functions does not respond to reality.

[06] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Mar 15 (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                     502.786,72

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       89,89    -0,11    471.375,02
FTSE/CySE 20                           425,71    -0,08    331.625,76
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.274,11    -0,11    328.358,53
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                1.104,11    -0,76     32.428,54
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX    1.090,61    -1,23     15.771,39
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.267,58    -0,13    360.787,07
BANKS INDEX                          1.306,58    -0,01    233.662,41
HOTELS INDEX                         1.077,64     0,32      3.159,00
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX             1.083,14    -0,15    112.728,91
FTSE Med (14/3/2005)                 7.668,26     0,39

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 15 (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                 20           7          FINE
Larnaca                 20           7          FINE
Limassol                20           8          FINE
Paphos                  18           8          FINE

[08] Cyprus becomes member of ICPEN Global

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Cyprus becomes member of ICPEN Global

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- Cyprus has been unanimously accepted as a member of the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN Global).

[09] Opposition leader discussed Cyprus issue with EU Council President

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Opposition leader discussed Cyprus issue with EU Council President

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) ---- The question of Cyprus and prospects for a solution, the European Commission's regulation for direct trade with the Turkish Cypriots and other issues of international concern were on the agenda of a meeting between the leader of the main opposition Democratic Rally party (DISY) Nicos Anastasiades and Prime Minister of Luxembourg and current President of the European Council Jean Claude Juncker.

[10] Cyprus House President begins official meetings in Australia

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Cyprus House President begins official meetings in Australia

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) -- Cyprus House President Demetris Christofias began today his official meetings in Australia with an encounter in Canbera with the President of the Senate Paul Calvert and the House President David Hawker.

[11] Cyprus supports EU Common Agricultural Policy

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Cyprus supports EU Common Agricultural Policy

by Nicos Bellos

Belgium, Mar 15 (CNA) The European Commissions new strategy on agriculture development and community funding of all aspects of the new structural policy for rural development were examined at a meeting here of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council.

[12] Juncker hopes climate will be created to solve Cyprus issue

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Juncker hopes climate will be created to solve Cyprus issue

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) Luxembourgs Prime Minister and current President of the European Council Jean-Claude Juncker has said he had not given up hope that the climate to resolve the Cyprus problem could be created.

[13] Cypriot MPs address conference on European Neighbourhood Policy

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Cypriot MPs address conference on European Neighbourhood Policy

Nicosia, Mar 15 (CNA) Cyprus maintains very good relations with the countries in the Middle East and aspires to become a bridge for dialogue and understanding between these countries and the European Union, said President of the House European Affairs Committee and vice president of the Democratic Party (DIKO) Nicos Kleanthous.

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