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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 00-06-16
CONTENTS
[01] Government - Fires - Aid
[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange
[04] De Soto - Denktash
[05] Culture Minister - Iranian artists - Exhibition
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[01] Government - Fires - Aid
Nicosia, Jun 16 (CNA) - The Cyprus government will come to the aid of all
people who have sustained damages during the raging fires that have been
burning down vast areas in the Larnaca district over the past four days,
its Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou said today.
The Spokesman rejected criticism that the government does not have a plan
to tackle such emergency cases and that there is no coordination, noting
however that there is always room for improvement.
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[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
Nicosia, Jun 16 (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 39 25 FINE
Larnaca 35 25 FINE
Limassol 34 23 FINE
Paphos 35 20 FINE
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[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange
Nicosia, Jun 16(CNA) -- The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share Index
closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:
CSE General Index 517.18 ( 1.37)
Traded Value CYP 39,734,020
Sectural Indices
Banks CYP 5,786,288 622.97 ( 2.09)
Approved Investment
Companies CYP 7,377,166 370.42 ( 0.82)
Insurance Companies CYP 671,132 371.74 ( 0.38)
Manufacturing Companies CYP 4,862,920 176.41 ( 1.22)
Tourism Companies CYP 2,969,270 466.97 ( 0.03)
Trading Companies CYP 5,717,789 204.17 ( 0.56)
Other Companies CYP 10,456,158 574.38 ( 0.91)
Offshore Companies 105.00 ( 0.00)
The third column presents the percentage variation of the indices as
compared to the last meeting.
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[04] De Soto - Denktash
Nicosia, Jun 16 (CNA) -- The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser for
Cyprus Alvaro de Soto had an hour-long meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader
Rauf Denktash this afternoon.
No statements were made after the meeting, in line with a request by the UN
chief for a news blackout during the new effort for a settlement in Cyprus,
divided since Turkish troops occupied 37 percent of its territory in 1974.
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[05] Culture Minister - Iranian artists - Exhibition
Nicosia, Jun 16 (CNA) - The role art has to play in promoting cooperation
between different peoples was underlined today by Education and Culture
Minister Ouranios Ioannides, during the opening of an exhibition of
paintings by four contemporary Iranian artists.
The exhibition is organised by the Iranian embassy at an old stone-built
exhibition hall in Cyprus' capital Nicosia.
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CNA ENDS
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