Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-04-30

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus pleased with NAM communique

[02] Cyprus to participate in Council of Europe meeting

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[05] Cyprus' Civil Defence gets gold medal

[06] Cyprus Archbishop much better today

[07] Hain reiterates Britain's support to UN role on Cyprus

[08] Cyprus Airways receives Airbus 319

[09] Cyprus ratifies human rights protocol

[10] Clerides starts work on Denktash's non-paper tomorrow

[11] Britain continues to support Cyprus talks

[01] Cyprus pleased with NAM communique

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Cyprus pleased with NAM communique

Nicosia, Apr 30 (CNA) -- Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has expressed satisfaction with a joint communique, adopted by the Coordinating Bureau of the Non Aligned Movement, at the conclusion of its two-day meeting in Durban, South Africa.

The minister pointed out that NAM foreign ministers, who in their majority are also members of the Islamic Conference, have said in their communique that they consider Turkish intransigence responsible for the absence of a solution in Cyprus.

[02] Cyprus to participate in Council of Europe meeting

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Cyprus to participate in Council of Europe meeting

Nicosia, Apr 30 (CNA) -- Cyprus will participate in a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the 44 Council of Europe member states, in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 2-3 May.

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Apr 30 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               98,53 ( 1,78)

Traded Value                  CYP  1.735.749

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    968.763   419,27  ( 1,63)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    564.295   117,46  ( 1,29)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     65.238    87,70  ( 2,36)
Insurance Companies           CYP     13.382    31,77  (-1,70)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP     85.645    52,78  ( 1,72)
Tourism Companies             CYP     52.132    71,77  ( 5,59)
Trading Companies             CYP     83.671    22,81  ( 2,75)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     32.576    51,52  ( 2,14)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP     15.053     4,57  (-0,22)
Financial Services Companies  CYP    196.056    17,64  ( 2,26)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP        598    17,12  ( 4,71)
Hotels                        CYP    214.410    56,48  ( 1,64)
Other Companies               CYP    323.321    99,01  ( 2,03)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[04] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 30 (CNA) - Today's weather and temperatures for Cyprus,
according to the Meteorological Service at Larnaca International
Airport are:

Temperatures (degrees Celcius)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Station               Maximum     Minimum       Weather
(At 1200 UTC)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Nicosia                  27          11          FAIR
Larnaca                  22          11          FINE
Limassol                 25          14          FINE
Paphos                   22          12          FINE

[05] Cyprus' Civil Defence gets gold medal

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Cyprus' Civil Defence gets gold medal

Nicosia, Apr 30 (CNA) - Cyprus' Civil Defence has been awarded the Gold Medal 2002 from the Geneva-based International Organisation of Civil Defence and will receive it at a special ceremony in October.

[06] Cyprus Archbishop much better today

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Cyprus Archbishop much better today

Nicosia, Apr 30 (CNA) - Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus Chrysostomos, 75, had a rough day yesterday after suffering myoclonia as a result of a fractured skull, according to a statement released by his doctors.

[07] Hain reiterates Britain's support to UN role on Cyprus

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Hain reiterates Britain's support to UN role on Cyprus

by Kyriacos Tsioupras

London, Apr 30 (CNA) - Britain's Minister for Europe, Peter Hain, has reiterated his government's support to the role of the UN in the ongoing direct talks between Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, aiming to reach a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem.

[08] Cyprus Airways receives Airbus 319

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Cyprus Airways receives Airbus 319

by Argyro Angelidou

Hamburg, Apr 30 (CNA) - One of the two Airbus 319 planes purchased by Cyprus Airways was here today officially handed to the Chairman of the company's board of directors Charis Loizides by Vice President of the Europe Airbus sales department Thierry Schutte.

Airbus "Nikoklis" was handed to Cyprus Airways during a special ceremony at the A319 assembly factory in Hamburg, Germany. The second plane will be delivered in June.

[09] Cyprus ratifies human rights protocol

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Cyprus ratifies human rights protocol

Nicosia, Apr 30 (CNA) - Cyprus' Permanent Representative at the Council of Europe, Ambassador Christoforos Yiangou, submitted today the Ratification Document of Protocol 12 in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, in the presence of the Council's Secretary General Walter Schwimmer.

[10] Clerides starts work on Denktash's non-paper tomorrow

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Clerides starts work on Denktash's non-paper tomorrow

Nicosia, Apr 30 (CNA) - Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides will start working tomorrow on the non-paper submitted by Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash at their face-to-face meeting yesterday.

The President said he received 19-page-long non-paper a few minutes before yesterday's meeting began and that "on Wednesday I will be working on the response".

[11] Britain continues to support Cyprus talks

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Britain continues to support Cyprus talks

Nicosia, Apr 30 (CNA) - The British government will continue to support the UN-led process of direct talks in Cyprus and will remain committed to working with the UN to help achieve a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem.

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