Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-04-19

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus President continues state visit to Czech Republic

[02] Cyprus and Slovenia sign cooperation protocol

[03] EU Constitution to be ratified by Cyprus end of May

[04] Greek Deputy Foreign Minister to pay official visit to Cyprus

[05] Cyprus Minister to attend International Conference in Poland

[06] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[08] Cyprus House Speaker: historic mistake to abandon effort for solution

[09] Spokesman: Cyprus issue not topic for discussion at social encounters

[01] Cyprus President continues state visit to Czech Republic

Cyprus President continues state visit to Czech Republic

By Athena Arsalidou

Prague, Apr 19 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos will meet here today with Czech Parliamentarians, Members of the Cyprus - Czech Republic Parliamentarian Group.

Earlier the Cyprus President, who is paying an official visit to the Czech Republic at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Vaclav Kaus, will visit the town Karlovy Vary where he will be welcomed by Mayor Zdenek Roubinek and Governor of the Region Josef Pavel.

[02] Cyprus and Slovenia sign cooperation protocol

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Cyprus and Slovenia sign cooperation protocol

Nicosia, Apr 19 (CNA) -- Cyprus and Slovenia have signed a cooperation protocol on research and development.

A press release issued by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation said the main provision of the protocol, signed in Ljubljana, concerned the proclamation of a Common Research Cooperation Programme, by which universities, research foundations, enterprises from the private sector and services from the public sector of both countries will be called to submit proposals for common research projects.

[03] EU Constitution to be ratified by Cyprus end of May

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EU Constitution to be ratified by Cyprus end of May

Nicosia, Apr 19 (CNA) -- The EU Constitutional Treaty will be tabled before the Cyprus House of Representatives for ratification before the end of the current parliamentary session, end of May, President of the House European Affairs Committee Nicos Cleanthous has told CNA.

Cleanthous said that the House Foreign Affairs Committee is expected to reach a conclusion as regards the issue of British Bases in Cyprus discussed at the Committee, before the ratification of the European Constitution.

The European Affairs Committee discussed yesterday the difficulties if faces concerning the role it is called to play within the new conditions and mainly concerning the exercise of parliamentary control on time and before the discussion of legislation proposals before the Council of Ministers.

Cleanthous said the Committee decided to set up a Subcommittee, under his presidency, to discuss various issues with Cypriot ministries.

Social Democrats Movement EDEK Honourary President Vassos Lyssarides had written the issue of political and legal aspects of British Bases at the Foreign Affairs Committee, because as he said the British have integrated into the European Constitutional Treaty the agreements regarding their Bases in Cyprus, linking them with certain provisions of the European Constitution.

CNA/MF/MK/GP/2005 ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY

[04] Greek Deputy Foreign Minister to pay official visit to Cyprus

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Greek Deputy Foreign Minister to pay official visit to Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 19 (CNA) -- Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Panayiotis Skandalakis will pay a two-day official visit to Cyprus, April 21-22, at the invitation of Cyprus Foreign Minister George Iacovou.

[05] Cyprus Minister to attend International Conference in Poland

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Cyprus Minister to attend International Conference in Poland

Nicosia, Apr 19 (CNA) -- Cyprus Interior Minister Andreas Christou will visit Warsaw, Poland, between 20-22 April, at the invitation of his Polish counterpart Ryszard Kalisz, to attend an International Conference on Transfrontier Cooperation.

The Conference jointly organised by the Ministry of Interior and Administration of the Republic of Poland and the Council of Europe, will take place in Warsaw on 21-22 April.

[06] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Apr 19 (CNA) -- The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

INDICES BASE VALUES: FTSEMed=5000, OTHERS=1000

TRADED VALUE                       320.369,33

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       85,55     0,43    308.674,27
FTSE/CySE 20                           404,63     0,14    221.221,23
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.212,49     0,16    221.243,12
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                1.018,52     0,07      3.246,92
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX      996,32    -1,20     13.694,13
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.205,12     0,15    224.490,04
BANKS INDEX                          1.237,21     0,21    189.360,55
HOTELS INDEX                           990,13     1,21      7.171,58
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX             1.008,17     0,27     75.448,85
FTSE Med (18/04/2005)                7.310,33    -1,74

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices
as compared to the last meeting.

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Apr 19 (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)
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Nicosia                 23          11          CLOUDY
Larnaca                 24          13          CLOUDY
Limassol                23          15          CLOUDY
Paphos                  21          16          CLOUDY
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[08] Cyprus House Speaker: historic mistake to abandon effort for solution

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Cyprus House Speaker: historic mistake to abandon effort for solution

Athens, Apr 19 (CNA) -- President of the Cyprus House of Representatives Demetris Christofias stressed here today that it would be a historic error to abandon efforts for a political settlement of the question of Cyprus, adding that this is a challenge the international community is invited to face successfully.

In his address to the 9th annual conference of the Economist, he said that the contents of a solution must remove the causes that have led to the destruction of the island and pointed out that the solution must be agreed upon and not imposed.

[09] Spokesman: Cyprus issue not topic for discussion at social encounters

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Spokesman: Cyprus issue not topic for discussion at social encounters

Pafos, Apr 19 (CNA) -- Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has said that any meeting between the President of the Republic and Turkish Cypriot party leader Mehmet Ali Talat must be within the UN framework, provided that the ground is prepared for such an encounter.

The spokesman pointed out that the question of Cyprus is far too serious an issue to be discussed at social meetings, adding that the problem must remain within the UN framework and the good offices mission of the UN Secretary General with a more active role on the part of the European Union to help find a negotiated settlement.

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