Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-04-29

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CONTENTS

[01] Weather forecast for Cyprus

[02] Nicosia welcomes Dublin's decision on flights to occupied Cyprus

[03] Cyprus Airways purchase two A319's

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[05] Clerides and Denktash continue direct talks

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] Archbishop suffers myoclonia

[08] Cypriot political parties call for substantial negotiations

[09] Turkey denies Kition Bishop permission to visit Constantinople

[10] Holland to open embassies in Nicosia and Valetta

[11] De Soto to brief UN chief and Security Council on Cyprus

[12] Denktash says he gave Greek Cypriot side a non-paper

[01] Weather forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 29 (CNA) -- The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

Tuesday and Wednesday: 30/4/2002 to 01/05/2002

The weather will be mostly fine on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, there will be some cloud development over Troodos with a chance of local showers in the afternoon. The winds will be fresh southwesterlies and the sea will be generally slight. Temperature will range from 11 to 26 inland and from 11 to 23 on the coast.

Outlook for Tursday and Friday: 02/05/2002 to 03/05/2002

Monstly fine with occassional inland cloud during the afternoon. Small rise in temperature.

[02] Nicosia welcomes Dublin's decision on flights to occupied Cyprus

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Nicosia welcomes Dublin's decision on flights to occupied Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 29 (CNA) -- Cyprus has welcomed a decision by the Irish government to reject an application for flights from Dublin to Cyprus' Turkish occupied areas, with a stop over in Turkey.

Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Nicos Rolandis described the decision as "a politically correct position and sends a positive political message" and said it could set a precedent which other countries may adopt.

Ireland has refused permission by the so-called Turkish Cypriot Airlines, operating in the self-styled regime in occupied Cyprus, to fly from Dublin via Turkey to the northern part of the island.

[03] Cyprus Airways purchase two A319's

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Cyprus Airways purchase two A319's

By Argyro Angelidou

Hamburg, Apr 29 (CNA) -- Cyprus Airways has purchased two Airbus "A319" planes, one of which will be delivered tomorrow at a ceremony to take place in Hamburg. The second aircraft will be delivered in June, in Toulouse, France.

[04] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Apr 29 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               96,81 (-2,07)

Traded Value                  CYP  2.045.336

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    780.408   412,55  (-2,42)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    439.377   115,96  (-2,38)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     88.777    85,68  (-0,40)
Insurance Companies           CYP    163.609    32,32  ( 1,83)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP    241.916    51,89  (-1,98)
Tourism Companies             CYP     19.013    67,97  (-2,34)
Trading Companies             CYP     37.476    22,20  ( 0,41)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     50.938    50,44  ( 0,56)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     81.936     4,58  (-1,08)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    185.522    17,25  (-4,75)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        430    16,35  ( 1,05)
Hotels                        CYP    138.666    55,57  (-2,46)
Other Companies               CYP    554.431    97,04  (-1,66)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[05] Clerides and Denktash continue direct talks

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Clerides and Denktash continue direct talks

Nicosia, Apr 29 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash had a 75-minute meeting today in the context of UN-led peace talks to solve the Cyprus problem.

Present at the meeting were the UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Alvaro de Soto and aides to the two leaders.

The next meeting between Clerides and Denktash will take place on May 7, after a short break in the talks, as on May 5 Greek Cypriots celebrate their most important religious feast, Easter.

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 29 (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                  25          11          FINE
Larnaca                  22          11          FINE
Limassol                 24          12          FINE
Paphos                   22          10          FINE

[07] Archbishop suffers myoclonia

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Archbishop suffers myoclonia

Nicosia, Apr 29 (CNA) -- Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus Chrysostomos, 75, has suffered myoclonia, as a result of a fractured skull he suffered when he fell down the Archbishopric's front steps on Saturday. He had also suffered spine fractures and was admitted to the Nicosia General Hospital for treatment.

[08] Cypriot political parties call for substantial negotiations

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Cypriot political parties call for substantial negotiations

Nicosia, Apr 29 (CNA) -- Leaders and representatives of Greek and Turkish Cypriot political parties met today in Nicosia and issued a statement in which they "urge the leaders of both communities to start discussing the substance of the Cyprus problem during their direct talks" held since January 16 between President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash with the view to find a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem.

[09] Turkey denies Kition Bishop permission to visit Constantinople

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Turkey denies Kition Bishop permission to visit Constantinople

Larnaca, Apr 29 (CNA) -- Turkey has denied Kition Bishop Chrysostomos permission to visit Constantinople to attend the Good Thursday liturgy of the Blessing of the Myrrh, a ceremony that takes place every ten years and is very important to the Orthodox Church.

[10] Holland to open embassies in Nicosia and Valetta

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Holland to open embassies in Nicosia and Valetta

Nicosia, Apr 29 (CNA) -- Holland's Foreign Ministry has announced that it will open embassies in Cyprus and Malta.

[11] De Soto to brief UN chief and Security Council on Cyprus

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De Soto to brief UN chief and Security Council on Cyprus

Larnaca, Apr 29 (CNA) -- The UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Alvaro de Soto left Cyprus today for New York in order to brief UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the five permanent members of the Security Council and the Security Council plenary on the direct talks between the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus.

[12] Denktash says he gave Greek Cypriot side a non-paper

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Denktash says he gave Greek Cypriot side a non-paper

Nicosia, Apr 29 (CNA) -- Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash has said he submitted a non-paper to Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides at their meeting today, the last one in the framework of the third round of UN-led direct talks between the leaders of the two communities on the island.

In statements after the meeting, Denktash said the non-paper contains the positions of the Turkish Cypriot side, as well as those of the Greek Cypriot side.

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