Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-07-02

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[01] Cyprus unemployment rate reaches 5.1% in May 2005

[02] British Foreign Secretary: We work to create favourable conditions for solution

[01] Cyprus unemployment rate reaches 5.1% in May 2005

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Cyprus unemployment rate reaches 5.1% in May 2005

Nicosia, Jul 2 (CNA)-- Cyprus unemployment rate reached 5.1% in May 2005 compared to 4.8% in April 2005. During the same period the average unemployment rate in the European Union was 8.8%.

According to EUROSTAT, the unemployment for males in Cyprus reached 4.2% in May compared to 3.9% in April. This is the third best performance in the EU after Luxembourg and Austria. The female unemployment rate in Cyprus rose to 6.3% compared to 5.9% in April.

The unemployment rate for under -25s in Cyprus was 11.4%. Cyprus has the fourth best performance after Denmark, Austria and Ireland.

[02] British Foreign Secretary: We work to create favourable conditions for solution

British Foreign Secretary: We work to create favourable conditions for solution

London, Jul 2 (CNA)--Britain's priority on Cyprus, in the absence of formal negotiations is to work to create the most favourable conditions for a future settlement of the Cyprus problem, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said.

In a written reply to National Federation of Cypriots in the UK President Haris Sofoclides' letter who congratulated him on his return to office, Straw noted that Britain supports calls for ending ''isolation'' of Turkish Cypriots, as well as UN calls for prioritisation of the demands by the Greek Cypriot side.

Straw said that ''the UN remains the international organisation most suited to broker a deal, and the role of the EU, as it always has been, is to assist their efforts.''

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