Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 03-03-17

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CONTENTS

[01] MPs table motion condemning Denktash over collapse of Cyprus talks

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

[03] Bicommunal blood donation for TC girl ends successfully

[04] UN helicopters arrive at Larnaca

[05] British Bases in Cyprus support deployment of Coalition forces

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[07] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[08] Cyprus not in the high-risk zone, says Kazamias

[09] Cyprus committed to contribute to further trade liberalisation

[10] Christofias: Success of renewed Cyprus effort depends on UN's stance

[11] Cyprus briefs foreign diplomats on peace talks deadlock

[12] EBRD issues statement on fake cheque

[01] MPs table motion condemning Denktash over collapse of Cyprus talks

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MPs table motion condemning Denktash over collapse of Cyprus talks

by Kyriacos Tsioupras

London, Mar 17 (CNA) -- Five British MPs have tabled a motion in the House of Commons condemning Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash for refusing to proceed to a referendum on the UN Secretary-Generals plan for a Cyprus settlement.

[02] Weather forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 17 (CNA) -- The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

Tuesday and Wednesday: 18/3/2003 - 19/3/2003

On Tuesday, the weather will be rather cloudy with rain and local thunderstorms. The winds will be strong to very strong southwesterly. The sea will be very rough and locally high. Temperatures will range from 6 to 15 inland and from 9 to 17 on the coast.

On Wednesday, the weather will be partly cloudy with local rain. Winds will be fresh westerly and temperature will remain much unchanged.

Outlook for Thursday and Friday: 20/3/2003 - 21/3/2003

The weather on Thursday and Friday will be mostly fine with occasional cloud. Temperature will drop slightly.

[03] Bicommunal blood donation for TC girl ends successfully

Bicommunal blood donation for TC girl ends successfully

Nicosia, Mar 17 (CNA) -- More than 13 thousand blood samples were collected in a bicommunal effort which lasted 11 days to find a bone marrow match for a five-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl.

Spokesman for the Bicommunal Rapprochement groups, Marios Ioannides, told CNA today that the ''Karaiskakion Foundation'', the Cyprus Bone Marrow Registry, was working intensely for the necessary tests of the blood samples collected from a total of 13,460 donors, from both sides of the divide.

[04] UN helicopters arrive at Larnaca

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UN helicopters arrive at Larnaca

Larnaca, Mar 17 (CNA) -- Five UN helicopters used by the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) in Iraq arrived at noon today at Larnaca International Airport.

The helicopters came from Damascus, where they had flown from Iraq.

[05] British Bases in Cyprus support deployment of Coalition forces

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British Bases in Cyprus support deployment of Coalition forces

Nicosia, Mar 17 (CNA) -- Operations to support the deployment of Coalition forces in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf region are continuing apace at RAF Akrotiri, in southern Cyprus, a press release issued by the British Bases in Cyprus reads.

[06] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Mar 17 (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                20             6         CLOUDY
Larnaca                20             8         CLOUDY
Limassol               21            10         CLOUDY
Paphos                 18             9         CLOUDY

[07] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Mar 17 (CNA) -- The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               80,32   (-1,63)

Traded Value                  CYP    632.733

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP    288.168   296,28   (-2,48)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP    235.580    85,17   (-2,27)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP     49.010    72,12   (-1,12)
Insurance Companies           CYP    125.842    16,49   (-1,90)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP      9.989    57,94   (-0,43)
Tourism Companies             CYP      4.246    87,35   (-1,34)
Trading Companies             CYP     11.899    17,73   (-0,89)
Building and Cement Companies CYP     11.038    71,77   (-0,95)
Énformation Technology
Companies                 CYP      5.602     2,76   (-3,16)
Financial Services Companies  CYP     13.576    15,12   (-1,82)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP          6    11,47   ( 2,69)
Hotels                        CYP     11.625    42,63   (-1,14)
Other Companies               CYP     53.080    77,45   (-1,64)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[08] Cyprus not in the high-risk zone, says Kazamias

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Cyprus not in the high-risk zone says Kazamias

Nicosia, Mar 17 (CNA) Cyprus does not fall in the high risk zone where the war against Iraq will take place, said here Monday Communications and Works Minister, Kikis Kazamias, noting that the message that should be addressed to all directions is that Cyprus is considered a safe haven by many.

Kazamias statements came as Foreign Minister George Iacovou discussed with US Ambassador to Cyprus, Michael Klosson the issue of the crowded Nicosia FIR by US warplanes.

The meeting, although scheduled, examined many issues, among them the large presence of US warplanes in the Nicosia Flight Information Region due to the air carriers in the eastern Mediterranean, amid preparations for a US forces strike against Iraq.

[09] Cyprus committed to contribute to further trade liberalisation

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Cyprus committed to contribute to further trade liberalisation

Nicosia, Mar 17 (CNA) --- Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Yiorgos Lillikas expressed here today Cyprus' commitment, to contribute to the EU vision of further trade liberalisation based on a fairer international system for the benefit not only of the EU but also for the benefit of the union's trading partners.

[10] Christofias: Success of renewed Cyprus effort depends on UN's stance

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Christofias: Success of renewed Cyprus effort depends on UN's stance

Nicosia, Mar 17 (CNA) -- Cyprus House of Representatives President Demetris Christofias has stressed that a successful UN renewed effort to resolve the Cyprus issue depends on the decisive stance on behalf of the UN towards the side that is responsible for the continuation of the deadlock in the Cyprus issue.

[11] Cyprus briefs foreign diplomats on peace talks deadlock

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Cyprus briefs foreign diplomats on peace talks deadlock

Nicosia, Mar 17 (CNA) -- Cyprus Foreign Minister Georgios Iacovou has briefed all ambassadors of the UN Security Council member-states accredited to Cyprus, on the failure of the UN efforts in The Hague earlier this month to resolve the Cyprus issue because of the Turkish side's negative stance.

An official press release issued here today said Iacovou called upon the ambassadors' countries to blame through the Security Council Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash and Turkey for the collapse of the Cyprus talks.

The Cypriot minister also met with the ambassadors of the EU member- states in Nicosia.

Moreover, Cyprus' Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Sotos Zackheos met with his counterparts of the UN Security Council member-states, to brief them on Cyprus' positions, stressing that the responsibility for the deadlock lies exclusively to the Turkish side and the blame should be allocated accordingly.

[12] EBRD issues statement on fake cheque

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EBRD issues statement on fake cheque

Nicosia, Mar 17 (CNA) -- The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has denied allegations in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus that it had issued a cheque to Ali Erel, President of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce.

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