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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 00-09-27Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>CONTENTS
1530:CYPPRESS:01[01] Weather and Temperatures for CyprusNicosia, Sep 27 (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 29 19 THUNDERSTORM Larnaca 28 20 FAIR Limassol 29 21 FAIR Paphos 27 19 FAIR ---------------------------------------------------------------CNA/MCH/2000 1544:CYPPRESS:02[02] Cyprus Stock ExchangeNicosia, Sep 27(CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:CSE General Index 359.93 (-2.02) Traded Value CYP 22,763,982 Sectural Indices Banks CYP 2,761,886 470.16 (-1.78) Approved Investment Companies CYP 1,704,711 264.14 (-0.72) Insurance Companies CYP 1,413,563 168.66 (-6.51) Manufacturing Companies CYP 1,014,212 115.27 (-0.68) Tourism Companies CYP 624,614 239.32 (-4.01) Trading Companies CYP 1,316,213 102.27 (-1.91) Other Companies CYP 12,961,028 402.45 (-2.37) Offshore Companies 105.00 ( 0.00)The third column presents the percentage variation of the indices as compared to the last meeting. CNA/MCH/2000 1628:CYPPRESS:03[03] British Foreign Secretary - CyprusLondon, Sep 27 (CNA) - British Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, said that Turkish settlers in Cyprus are one of the main problems in reaching a settlement on the island, divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third.Speaking at a meeting held in Brighton yesterday on the fringes of the Labour Party Conference, Cook added that some progress had been made at the UN-led proximity talks, noting that "Cyprus is in the front for accession to the European Union". CNA/KT/RG/MCH/2000 ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY1725:CYPPRESS:10[10] Finance Minister - IMF - World Bank annual meetingsNicosia, Sep 27 (CNA) -- Finance Minister Takis Klerides pointed to the vulnerability of small, open economies to developments in global markets and suggested diversification of their economies, especially into production which is less dependent on energy inputs and which can tap into the globalisation process.Addressing the Annual Meetings of the Governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Prague, Klerides spoke on how the global economic situation and the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) initiative against "harmful tax competition" can and are affecting certain small states like Cyprus. CNA/MCH/RG/2000 ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY1952:CYPPRESS:11[11] British MP - CoE - Cyprus problemby Nikos Markides Strasbourg, Sep 27 (CNA) - British Labour Party MP and member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE), Thomas Cox, stressed today that Turkey would soon be challenged at the CoE for failing to honour its obligations both at the CoE and the European Court of Human Rights.Speaking after a meeting in Strasbourg with Turkish occupied Famagusta Mayor Sophi Phitidou and the Chairman of the Political Affairs Committee of the CoE Terry Davis, the British MP said that if a country is a member of the CoE, as Turkey is, then it has " to obey by the rules of the CoE", adding that "we know very clearly that Turkey is not doing that on many cases no more so than the Loizidou case". CNA/NMA/RG/MCH/2000 ENDS, CYPRUS NEWS AGENCYCNA ENDSCyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |