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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 08-07-09
CONTENTS
[01] BRITISH MPs CYPRUS ISSUE
[02] CYPRUS SHOTGUN MEDALS
[01] BRITISH MPs CYPRUS ISSUE
Ten British MPs, both from the Labour and the Conservative parties,
have expressed cautious optimism about the latest effort for a solution
of the Cyprus problem and stressed that Turkeys negative on the issue
is a big obstacle, which has to be overcome. The members of the House
of Commons were speaking at an event, organised by the National
Federation of Cypriots in the United Kingdom, on New hope for unity in
Cyprus.
Rudi Vis, Tom Cox, David Leppar, Andrew Dismore, and Állan Meale,
members of the Labour Party and Nigel Wáterson, David Barrowes, David
Amess, and Robert Spink, members of the Conservative Party, expressed
their support for a solution from the Cypriots for the Cypriots. In
addition, they called on the British government to meet its obligations
as a guarantor power of Cyprus independence, a permanent member of the
UN Security Council, an EU member state and a member of the
Commonwealth.
The Special Representative of Britain for Cyprus, Joan Ryan, said that
the work the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot
communities have to do is difficult, but not impossible. Ryan welcomed
the progress achieved so far by Cyprus President Demetris Christofias
and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat during the three meetings
they have had so far. However, she pointed out that the most difficult
issues are still to come, and expressed hope that at their next
meeting, on July 25, they will announce the start of direct talks.
Our role is to support and encourage the efforts, and we will do
anything to help the procedure to continue. We do not have any plan to
suggest for the solution, this is a matter of Cypriots for the
Cypriots, Ryan said.
[02] CYPRUS SHOTGUN MEDALS
Cyprus has marked a great success in womens skeet, winning three medals
in the European Championships in Shotgun, taking place here between 5
14 July.
According to a press release, the Cyprus junior women national team in
skeet won the gold medal while two Cypriot women junior athletes,
Bianca Kasianidou and Sylia Georgiou, won silver and a bronze medal
respectively.
The gold medal in womens skeet was won by the Slovak athlete Danka
Bartekova (74/75+25) who achieved a new European and world record with
99/100.
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