Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-04-25

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CONTENTS

[01] Turkey not a loyal US ally, says CATO vice president

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[03] Cyprus condemns property exploitation in occupied areas

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[05] Cyprus satisfied with EU position on Turkey

[01] Turkey not a loyal US ally, says CATO vice president

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Turkey not a loyal US ally, says CATO vice president

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

New York, Apr 25 (CNA) -- Turkey is neither a loyal ally of the United States, nor a factor of stability in the Middle East and the Caucasus, said Dr Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President of the Washington-based think tank CATO Institute, speaking in front of Greek American audience, in Astoria New York. The event was organised by the National Interests Committee of the Federation of the Hellenic Societies of Greater New York.

On the question of Cyprus, he said Ankara has attempted to project itself as ''the nice guy'', following the rejection by the Greek Cypriots of a UN-proposed solution plan in a referendum in April last year. He also said Turkey is exploiting the EU and the US and pointed out that Turkey's positions on the question of Cyprus would continue to become harder.

[02] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Apr 25 (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                       225.502,57

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       85,57    -0,50    197.666,21
FTSE/CySE 20                           403,08    -0,96    139.714,72
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.207,68    -0,94    137.791,38
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                1.028,23    -0,15      7.523,73
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX      991,27    -0,91     11.137,47
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.200,83    -0,92    145.315,11
BANKS INDEX                          1.227,70    -1,18    108.444,44
HOTELS INDEX                           995,43     0,43      2.392,22
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX             1.008,57     0,04     47.231,66
FTSE Med (22/04/2005)                7.378,53     0,93

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices
as compared to the last meeting.

[03] Cyprus condemns property exploitation in occupied areas

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Cyprus condemns property exploitation in occupied areas

Nicosia, Apr 25 (CNA) -- The Cyprus government has condemned the continuing exploitation of Greek Cypriot properties in the island's Turkish occupied areas, pointing out that it is doing all it can to put an end to this violation of international law.

Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has also stressed that this exploitation would not have been prevented even if a UN-proposed solution plan had been accepted and recalled a European Union call on Ankara to respect judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) relating to property rights.

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 25 (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                 28          14          FINE
Larnaca                 25          15          FINE
Limassol                25          14          FINE
Paphos                  22          11          FINE
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[05] Cyprus satisfied with EU position on Turkey

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Cyprus satisfied with EU position on Turkey

by Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Apr 25 (CNA) - Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs George Iacovou has expressed the Republic's satisfaction over the adoption by the EU General Affairs Council, as point A without discussion, of the EU's common position that the Luxembourg presidency will present to Turkey during tomorrow's Association Council.

Iacovou said the government was pleased with the content of the common position, especially the references to the relations of the Republic of Cyprus with Turkey, and expressed appreciation towards the member states that participated in forming the position and the members that showed goodwill to reach a compromise.

The common position text was initially agreed on at the Permanent Representatives' meeting in Brussels last week. Today, the General Affairs Council adopted it.

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