Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-04-09

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CONTENTS

[01] Papantoniou discusses Cyprus question with Ramsfeld

[02] Britain supports Cyprus accession to EU

[03] Cyprus deputy to attend Madrid conference

[04] Cyprus and India sign investment agreement

[05] Cyprus Ambassador criticises UN SG' s human rights report

[06] Vassiliou: Cyprus has a vested interest in democratic Turkey

[07] UN international meeting on Mideast to be held in Nicosia

[08] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[09] Cypriot youths stage demonstration against Israel

[10] Cyprus to sign sports memorandum with Bulgaria

[11] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[12] British team improving turtle nesting conditions in Cyprus

[13] Clerides and Denktash launch third round of talks

[14] Seminar on Migration and Asylum Policy to be held in Nicosia

[15] Vassiliou to attend InterAction Council

[16] Labour Minister says Cyprus population aging

[01] Papantoniou discusses Cyprus question with Ramsfeld

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Papantoniou discusses Cyprus question with Ramsfeld

Washington, Apr 9 (CNA) -- The Cyprus question was among the issues discussed during yesterday's meeting in Washington between Greece's National Defence Minister Yiannos Papantoniou and his US counterpart Donald Ramsfeld.

Papantoniou said he had briefed Ramsfeld on the ongoing UN-led direct talks between Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, expressing the view that one will know by June whether these talks will bear fruit.

[02] Britain supports Cyprus accession to EU

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Britain supports Cyprus accession to the EU

London, Apr 9 (CNA) -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has staded that Cyprus' EU accession process "continues on a track which is separate from that of the negotiations for a political settlement" to the Cyprus question.

[03] Cyprus deputy to attend Madrid conference

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Cyprus deputy to attend Madrid conference

[04] Cyprus and India sign investment agreement

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Cyprus and India sign investment agreement

Nicosia, Apr 9 (CNA) -- Cyprus and India signed here today a bilateral agreement to promote and protect investment between them, as a clear sign of the commitment of both countries to develop further an existing agreement on economic, trade, industrial, scientific and technical cooperation.

Speaking after the signing ceremony, India's Minister of State Omar Abdullah said a lot more can be done to promote investment and trade, and added that India can learn a lot from Cyprus in the construction industry, tourism, the protection of the environment and the promotion of the cultural heritage.

He said India looks forward to Cyprus' accession to the European Union as this would provide Indian investors with an investment area and vice versa.

[05] Cyprus Ambassador criticises UN SG' s human rights report

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Cyprus Ambassador criticises UN SG's human rights report

Nicosia, Apr 9 (CNA) -- The 2002 UN Secretary General's report on the situation of human rights in Cyprus "avoids, as a result of purely political considerations, to present the reality of the situation of human rights in the island," Cyprus Permanent Representative in Geneva, Ambassador Alexandros Vikis, told the 58th session of the Commission on Human Rights, yesterday, in Geneva.

[06] Vassiliou: Cyprus has a vested interest in democratic Turkey

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Vassiliou: Cyprus has a vested interest in democratic Turkey

Washington, Apr 9 (CNA) -- Cyprus, more than anybody else, has a vested interest in seeing Turkey moving towards Europe, Nicosia's chief negotiator with the European Union George Vasiliou has said, adding that sooner or later Turkey will join the Union.

Speaking in Washington, Vassiliou said that if the will exists, a political settlement of the protracted Cyprus question can be found by June "under any circumstances."

He stressed that the EU has made it absolutely clear that it wants one Cyprus with one voice in its ranks and said if the Turkish Cypriot side insists on the creation of two separate states on the island, the Republic will join the Union but the acquis communautaire will apply only to the government-controlled part of the country.

[07] UN international meeting on Mideast to be held in Nicosia

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UN international meeting on Mideast to be held in Nicosia

Nicosia, Apr 9 (CNA) - The United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace will take place in Nicosia, on April 16 and 17, followed on April 18 by the UN Non Governmental Organisation Meeting in Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

[08] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Apr 9 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index 108.66 ( 0,74)

Traded Value CYP 1.943.310

FTSE/CYSE 20 CYP 723.089 455,94 ( 0,22)

Sectoral Indices

Banks CYP 324.831 126,24 ( 0,17) Approved Investment Companies CYP 130.488 96,78 ( 1,85) Insurance Companies CYP 7.515 35,55 (-1,28) Manufacturing Companies CYP 235.306 56,94 (-1,06) Tourism Companies CYP 24.643 73,39 ( 1,63) Trading Companies CYP 149.278 25,66 ( 1,22) Building and Cement Companies CYP 59.575 52,82 (-0,15) Énformation Technology Companies CYP 44.099 6,53 ( 1,08) Financial Services Companies CYP 473.127 20,66 ( 4,45) Fish Culture Companies CYP 00 18,88 ( 0,00) Hotels CYP 148.872 69,25 ( 0,99) Other Companies CYP 242.994 109,23 ( 0,68)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[09] Cypriot youths stage demonstration against Israel

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Cypriot youths stage demonstration against Israel

Nicosia, Apr 9 (CNA) - Political party youth organisations and students' associations in Cyprus have demanded the "immediate and unconditional termination of the Israeli invasion of the autonomous Palestinian territories and the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops".

Their demand is expressed in a resolution they handed to a representative of the Israeli Embassy in Nicosia today, after a protest march from Eleftheria Square, in the centre of the capital. Cyprus' police force had taken tight security measures around the Embassy.

[10] Cyprus to sign sports memorandum with Bulgaria

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Cyprus to sign sports memorandum with Bulgaria

[11] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 9 (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                  24            8        FINE
Larnaca                  20           10        FINE
Limassol                 22           12        FINE
Paphos                   20           10        FINE

[12] British team improving turtle nesting conditions in Cyprus

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British team improving turtle nesting conditions in Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 9 (CNA) - A team of experts from the United Kingdom is currently in Cyprus, to work on a project at Shipwreck Cove near the southern coastal village of Akrotiri, to stop nests of endangered turtles becoming waterlogged and consequently eggs failing to hatch.

[13] Clerides and Denktash launch third round of talks

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Clerides and Denktash launch third round of talks

Nicosia, Apr 9 (CNA) - Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash had their first meeting today, in the context of the third round of face-to-face talks to solve the Cyprus problem.

[14] Seminar on Migration and Asylum Policy to be held in Nicosia

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Seminar on Migration and Asylum Policy to be held in Nicosia

Nicosia, Apr 9 (CNA) - A seminar on Migration and Asylum Policy in the EU member and candidate countries, organised by the British High Commission in Nicosia, the British Council and the Immigrant Support Action Group, will be held in Nicosia between 12 and 14 April.

[15] Vassiliou to attend InterAction Council

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Vassiliou to attend InterAction Council

Nicosia, Apr 9 (CNA) - Cyprus' Chief Negotiator for accession to EU, George Vassiliou, flies to Paris tomorrow, where he will attend the InterAction Council on the future of Europe.

[16] Labour Minister says Cyprus population aging

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Labour Minister says Cyprus population aging

Nicosia, Apr 9 (CNA) - Cyprus' Labour and Social Insurance Minister, Andreas Moushouttas, said today that although the situation in Cyprus regarding the aging of the population does not cause concern, there are indications that over the next couple of decades it will become worrying.

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