Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-04-12

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CONTENTS

[01] Security Council President hopes Denktash heeds UN call

[02] House President:Cyprus solution will serve Turkey's interests too

[03] Government denies it has proposed a three-zone solution

[04] US envoy:Clerides more flexible at talks than Denktash

[05] British team improving turtle nesting conditions in Cyprus

[06] Cyprus solution should be based on principles, says Christofias

[07] Cyprus welcomes establishment of International Criminal Court

[08] Rolandis to discuss high technology in India

[09] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[10] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[11] Eurimages Fund to convene in Larnaca

[12] Cypriot films win prizes at festivals

[13] President appoints University heads

[14] Clerides and Denktash continue direct talks

[15] Lord Hannay says Cyprus' EU accession not easy decision

[16] Cyprus to further promote its tourism

[17] Three airlines to be Cyprus' carriers for scheduled flights

[01] Security Council President hopes Denktash heeds UN call

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Security Council President hopes Denktash heeds UN call

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

United Nations, Apr 12 (CNA) -- Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash must take heed of a call by the Security Council to work seriously for progress in the Cyprus peace talks, current Council President Russian permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Sergey Lavrov, has said.

He also said the Council wants the dialogue between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides to continue and be based on Council resolutions and invited the leaders of the two communities to use more the UN good offices.

[02] House President:Cyprus solution will serve Turkey's interests too

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House President: Cyprus solution will serve Turkey's interests too

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

New York, Apr 12 (CNA) -- Cyprus House of Representatives President Demetris Christofias has called on the international community to press upon Turkey that it is in its interest and that of the Turkish Cypriots to find a peaceful settlement in Cyprus on the basis of UN resolutions.

He stressed no solution will be found unless Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash relinquishes his demand for two separate states.

[03] Government denies it has proposed a three-zone solution

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Government denies it has proposed a three-zone solution

Nicosia, Apr 12 (CNA) -- The Cyprus government had dismissed as totally unsubstantiated information in a US Congress report that the Greek Cypriot side has put forward to the negotiating table a proposal to set up a three-zone state in Cyprus.

"The government wishes to deny these reports categorically," Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou has said in a written statement.

Last night a local TV network quoted a US report, dated 19 March 2002, by Carol Migdalovitz of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Division, that claimed that the Greek Cypriot side "reportedly propose that they control 52 per cent of the land, give 24 to the Turkish Cypriots and 24 to a central authority with special status over Morphou, Karpass, and two other regions, where Greek Cypriot refugees could resettle."

[04] US envoy:Clerides more flexible at talks than Denktash

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US envoy: Clerides more flexible at talks than Denktash

by Demetris Apokis

Washington, Apr 12 (CNA) -- US State Department Special Coordinator for Cyprus Thomas Weston has said that President Glafcos Clerides maintains a more flexible approach at the ongoing peace talks than Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash.

Speaking before an audience at a meeting of the American Hellenic Institute, Weston said the US has outlined this view at a recent Security Council meeting which discussed developments in Cyprus.

Weston said that all interested parties, including the US, have to work hard to reach a settlement by June, a target date mentioned first by Denktash and adopted by Clerides and the UN Security Council.

[05] British team improving turtle nesting conditions in Cyprus

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British team improving turtle nesting conditions in Cyprus

Limassol, Apr 12 (CNA)-- In an effort to stop nests of endangered turtles becoming waterlogged and consequently eggs failing to hatch, twelve volunteers from Britain have been working in the past few days, on a project at Shipwreck Cove, near the southern coastal village of Akrotiri, within one of the two British military Bases on the island.

[06] Cyprus solution should be based on principles, says Christofias

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Cyprus solution should be based on principles, says Christofias

by Apostolis Zoupaniotis

New York, Apr 12 (CNA) -- Cyprus House of Representatives President Demetris Christofias has stressed the need to constantly remind all those who play a decisive role in the fate of humanity not to put aside certain principles but to take them well into account in the efforts to solve the Cyprus problem.

[07] Cyprus welcomes establishment of International Criminal Court

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Cyprus welcomes establishment of International Criminal Court

Nicosia, Apr 12 (CNA) -- Cyprus has welcomed with "profound satisfaction" the establishment of a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC), an event of "historic significance" and said it would continue to contribute to the efforts of making it a reality.

[08] Rolandis to discuss high technology in India

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Rolandis to discuss high technology in India

Nicosia, Apr 12 (CNA) - Cyprus' Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister, Nicos Rolandis, leaves for India on Monday, April 15, for an official visit at the invitation of India's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Communications and Information, Shri Pramod Mahajan.

[09] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Apr 12 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                              107,39  (-0,58)

Traded Value                  CYP    793.832

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    228.358   452,22  (-0,68)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    120.616   124,71  (-0,80)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     25.645    94,48  (-0,99)
Insurance Companies           CYP      4.370    34,64  (-0,03)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     87.829    57,70  (-0,02)
Tourism Companies             CYP     16.609    74,48  (-0,04)
Trading Companies             CYP     30.145    25,47  (-0,04)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      3.490    53,79  ( 0,84)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     32.545     6,36  (-1,70)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    123.200    19,97  (-1,53)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP      1.260    18,87  (-0,74)
Hotels                        CYP     66.602    67,25  (-0,50)
Other Companies               CYP    216.032   108,34  (-0,10)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[10] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 12 (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                  28           12        FINE
Larnaca                  23           11        FINE
Limassol                 26           12        FINE
Paphos                   21           10        FINE

[11] Eurimages Fund to convene in Larnaca

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Eurimages Fund to convene in Larnaca

Nicosia, Apr 12 (CNA) - Cyprus will host the Council of Europe Eurimages Fund board meeting from April 22 to 24. The Fund was founded in 1989 to finance European film co-productions.

[12] Cypriot films win prizes at festivals

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Cypriot films win prizes at festivals

Nicosia, Apr 12 (CNA) - Two Cypriot films, which had been partially financed by Cyprus Cinematography Consulting Committee, have won ignificant prizes at film festivals in Greece and Uruguay.

[13] President appoints University heads

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President appoints University heads

Nicosia, Apr 12 (CNA) - Cyprus' Education Minister, Ouranios Ioannides, said today that a new constructive period begins with the appointing of the President and Vice President of the Cyprus University.

[14] Clerides and Denktash continue direct talks

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Clerides and Denktash continue direct talks

Nicosia, Apr 12 (CNA) - Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash met here today, in the context of the third round of UN-led direct talks, aiming at a comprehensive solution of the Cyprus problem.

The meeting, which was their second in the third round of talks, lasted about an hour and was attended, as usual, by the UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto.

[15] Lord Hannay says Cyprus' EU accession not easy decision

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Lord Hannay says Cyprus' EU accession not easy decision

by Costas Iordanides

Athens, Apr 12 (CNA) - British Special Representative for Cyprus, Lord David Hannay, has said the European Council's decision for Cyprus to join the EU, expected in December, will neither be an easy one nor will it be lightly taken.

Speaking after a meeting in Athens with Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou, Lord Hannay said the obligations deriving from the Helsinki EU Summit conclusions, which said a solution to the Cyprus problem was not a precondition for accession to the Union, are clearly binding.

"As far as we are concerned, we are bound by the obligations of the Helsinki European Council" he said, adding that "a decision will have to be taken in the light of all the factors at the time when the decision comes to be taken, which we expect to be in December of this year".

[16] Cyprus to further promote its tourism

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Cyprus to further promote its tourism

Ayia Napa, Apr 12 (CNA) - Cyprus' Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister, Nicos Rolandis, said here today that government intends to spend 26 million pounds (1 Cyprus pound is trading at about 1,75 euros) to promote the island's tourism, as the sector worldwide is expected this season to feel the aftershocks of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States and the economic recession in Europe.

[17] Three airlines to be Cyprus' carriers for scheduled flights

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Three airlines to be Cyprus' carriers for scheduled flights

Nicosia, Apr 12 (CNA) - The Cyprus Council of Ministers, which convened under President Glafcos Clerides, has decided that state-owned Eurocypria and private Helios and Aerotrans, will be the country's carriers for scheduled flights this year.

An official statement reads that the cabinet decided that Eurocypria, a subsidiary to Cyprus Airways, be given the scheduled flights to Crete, Rhodes, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Dresden.

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