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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 01-06-18
CONTENTS
[01] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
[02] Cyprus - Credentials - Ecuador
[03] UNFICYP - Change of Command - Ceremony
[04] Kyrenia Bishop - Religious heritage
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[01] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus
Nicosia, Jun 18 (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 35 21 FINE
Larnaca 32 20 FINE
Limassol 33 21 FINE
Paphos 28 18 FINE
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CNA/RG/2001
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Nicosia, June 18 (CNA) - President of Ecuador Gustavo Noboa Bejerano
received the credentials of Cyprus' new Ambassador to the country Antonis
Toumazis, assuring that Ecuador's support to Cyprus was and will remain
unlimited.
An official press release issued today notes that Toumazis, who is based in
Mexico, informed Noboa about developments in the Cyprus problem and the
recent European Court of Human Rights decision that found Turkey guilty of
mass violations of human rights in Cyprus, divided since 1974, when Turkey
invaded and occupied its northern third.
CNA/GS/RG/2001
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[03] UNFICYP - Change of Command - Ceremony
Nicosia, June 18 (CNA) - The end of the United Nations Austrian Hungarian
Slovenian Battalion (UNAHSB) and the deployment of the United Nations
Slovakian Hungarian Battalion (UNSHB), with effect as of tomorrow, was
marked today in Famagusta during a change of command ceremony.
According to an UNFICYP press release, the ceremony featured the handover
of Sector 4 by Lieutenant Colonel Kienberger, commanding officer of the
Austrian contingent, to Lieutenant Colonel Kovac, commanding officer of the
recently arrived Slovak contingent. CÍÁ/ÁÁR/RG/2001
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[04] Kyrenia Bishop - Religious heritage
Nicosia, June 18 (CNA)- Kyrenia Bishop Pavlos expressed today his strong
protest and grave concern regarding the new destruction of the religious
heritage of Cyprus by Turkish troops that illegally occupy the northern
part of the island since 1974.
The Holy Diocese of Kyrenia has announced that the letter is addressed to
the Ambassadors of the permanent member states of the UN Security Council,
the Secretary-Generals of the UN, the Council of Europe, Interpol and
UNESCO, as well as the US President and the President of American Congress.
CNA/AAR/RG/2001
CNA ENDS
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