Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-02-22

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CONTENTS

[01] EPP Vice President: no signature, no accession talks with Turkey

[02] President says time makes solution more difficult

[03] Philippines thank Cyprus for aid after typhoon

[04] MEP notes Talat's victory with satisfaction

[05] President says Turkish Cypriots pursuing political gains

[06] UNFICYP welcomes results of ''elections''

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[08] House Committee:Cyprus solution must be priority for Britain

[09] EU to have two European culture capitals per year from 2009

[10] Spokesman: ''Hurriyet'' report is ''untrue'' about Cyprus President

[11] Cyprus & Botswana establish diplomatic relations

[01] EPP Vice President: no signature, no accession talks with Turkey

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EPP Vice President: no signature, no accession talks with Turkey

by Athena Arsalidou

Strasbourg, Feb 22 (CNA) -- Turkey cannot start accession negotiations with the European Union unless it signs the Ankara Agreement regarding the extension of the Customs Union Agreement with the ten new member states, including the Republic of Cyprus, Othmar Karas, Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP) Group at the European Parliament, told CNA today.

"I hope Turkey will sign the Agreement of Ankara by the third of October, 2005. If it does not sign it, then we cannot start the negotiations process," he said.

[02] President says time makes solution more difficult

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President says time makes solution more difficult

Larnaca, Feb 22 (CNA) - Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said today that the passage of time consolidates certain situations and this renders more difficult the solution to the Cyprus problem and the reunification of the island. He noted however that accepting a UN-proposed solution plan, as it is, would have a worse outcome.

Speaking at Larnaca Airport before departing for Brussels to participate in a meeting of EU heads of state and government with US President George Bush, President Papadopoulos said the only recognised state on the island is the Republic of Cyprus, adding that Sunday's so-called parliamentary elections in the Turkish occupied areas could not be considered ''elections for a state entity and state authorities.''

[03] Philippines thank Cyprus for aid after typhoon

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Philippines thank Cyprus for aid after typhoon

Nicosia, Feb 22 (CNA) - Philippine Minister of Foreign Affairs Alberto G. Romulo has thanked Cyprus for the financial aid of 30,000 dollars it offered in December 2004, to relieve the suffering caused by the typhoons that swept across the country.

[04] MEP notes Talat's victory with satisfaction

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MEP notes Talat's victory with satisfaction

by Nicos Bellos

Brussels, Feb 22 (CNA) - The Socialist Group in the European Parliament has noted ''with great satisfaction the victory of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP) of Mehmet Ali Talat'' in the so-called parliamentary elections, which took place on Sunday in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus.

[05] President says Turkish Cypriots pursuing political gains

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President says Turkish Cypriots pursuing political gains

Larnaca, Feb 22 (CNA) - Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said today that Turkish Cypriot efforts to connect a European Union financial regulation with one governing direct trade with the Turkish occupied areas of the Republic proved that these attempts aim at ''purely political gains'' and not the lifting the so-called isolation of the Turkish Cypriots or the securing of financial benefits.

[06] UNFICYP welcomes results of ''elections''

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UNFICYP welcomes results of ''elections''

Nicosia, Feb 22 (CNA) -- The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has welcomed the results of the so-called elections in Cyprus' Turkish occupied areas, noting that they consist a further sign of the Turkish Cypriots' continuing commitment to forging a lasting settlement of the Cyprus problem.

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Feb 22 (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                 19           4          FAIR
Larnaca                 18           6          FINE
Limassol                19           8          FINE
Paphos                  17           9          FAIR

[08] House Committee:Cyprus solution must be priority for Britain

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House Committee: Cyprus solution must be priority for Britain

London, Feb 22 (CNA) -- The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has recommended that the British government make the achievement of a solution to the Cyprus problem a priority of its foreign policy in 2005.

[09] EU to have two European culture capitals per year from 2009

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EU to have two European culture capitals per year from 2009

by Athena Arsalidou

Strasbourg, Feb 22 (CNA) -- From 2009 the European Union will have two European culture capitals, as a result of the Unions latest enlargement with ten new member states.

[10] Spokesman: ''Hurriyet'' report is ''untrue'' about Cyprus President

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Spokesman: ''Hurriyet'' report is ''untrue'' about Cyprus President

Nicosia, Feb 22 (CNA) Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides, described as false a report in todays edition of Hurryiet which claimed that a Turkish journalist met Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos in the free areas as an emissary of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

[11] Cyprus & Botswana establish diplomatic relations

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Cyprus & Botswana establish diplomatic relations

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