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CONTENTS

[01] Turkey has initialed protocol, Commission Representation says

[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[03] EU can force Turkey to meet obligations, Cyprus Spokesman says

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] EU Commission to work for protocol implementation

[01] Turkey has initialed protocol, Commission Representation says

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Turkey has initialed protocol, Commission Representation says

Nicosia, Mar 30 (CNA) -- The European Commission Representation in Cyprus has confirmed that Turkey marked its agreement on the draft text of the protocol prepared by the Commission services, noting this is equivalent to initialing.

In a press release, the Representation said that this means the commission can now proceed to adopting a formal proposal to be presented to the Council in view of signature.

[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 30 (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                 24          14          CLOUDY
Larnaca                 22          13          CLOUDY
Limassol                24          12          CLOUDY
Paphos                  20          11          CLOUDY

[03] EU can force Turkey to meet obligations, Cyprus Spokesman says

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EU can force Turkey to meet obligations, Cyprus Spokesman says

Nicosia, Mar 30 (CNA) -- Cyprus Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said here today that the European Union has ways to force Turkey to meet its obligations.

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Mar 30 (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                       290.458,69

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       84,46    -0,69    264.452,79
FTSE/CySE 20                           394,01    -0,72    182.765,95
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.179,06    -0,66    183.732,97
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                1.065,25    -0,36      6.925,51
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX    1.009,49    -1,36     27.907,43
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.174,59    -0,66    190.658,48
BANKS INDEX                          1.197,26    -0,82    137.061,17
HOTELS INDEX                         1.050,51    -0,45      1.403,60
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX             1.038,91    -0,55     64.954,15
FTSE Med (29/3/2005)                 7.330,40    -0,60

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices

[05] EU Commission to work for protocol implementation

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EU Commission to work for protocol implementation

Nicosia, Mar 30 (CNA) -- A protocol to Turkey's customs union agreement will be implemented once all the necessary procedures on the part of the European Union have been finalised, head of the EU Commission Representation office here Adriaan van der Meer has indicated, adding that the Commission wants this to proceed as fast as possible.

In statements to the press, he also said that the Commission's proposed text on the protocol could be amended by EU foreign ministers when they discuss the document and, if this were to happen, any new text will have to go back to Ankara for consideration.

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