Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-02-09

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CONTENTS

[01] Cyprus President: Britain constantly in our way

[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[04] Cabinet approves agreement between Cyprus and Portugal

[05] Cyprus and France sign agreement for Cypriots studying in France

[06] British former envoy says no viable alternative to Annan plan

[07] DISY leader says Turkey has much to do in EU course

[08] Britain aims at creating conditions for Cyprus settlement

[09] Lord Hannay defines ways to help renew efforts on Cyprus

[01] Cyprus President: Britain constantly in our way

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Cyprus President: Britain constantly in our way

Nicosia, Feb 9 (CNA) -- The Cyprus Republic is constantly faced with the British policy and its officers in several critical issues, Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos has said.

Commenting upon his return from Hungary, where he paid an official visit, on a remark by Cyprus House of Representatives President Demitris Christofias that Britain is ''Cyprus' bad demon'', President Papadopoulos said that this ''is not a new discovery nor a discovery made only by Mr. Christofias''.

[02] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Feb 9 (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                 10           3          FINE
Larnaca                 12           1          FINE
Limassol                14           2          FINE
Paphos                  13           2          FAIR

[03] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Feb 9 (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                     1.307.332,70

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       87,20     0,06  1.223.789,12
FTSE/CySE 20                           401,46    -0,02    876.004,64
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.200,21     0,00    880.281,97
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                1.127,96    -0,65     66.122,72
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX    1.152,18    -0,39     81.702,75
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.197,21    -0,03    946.404,68
BANKS INDEX                          1.217,07    -0,01    601.516,17
HOTELS INDEX                         1.203,84    -1,85     16.179,05
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX             1.088,32     0,13    234.466,46
FTSE Med (8/2/2005)                  7.323,93     0,08

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices

[04] Cabinet approves agreement between Cyprus and Portugal

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Cabinet approves agreement between Cyprus and Portugal

Nicosia, Feb 9 (CNA) -- Cyprus' Council of Ministers approved today the text of an agreement between Cyprus and Portugal providing for cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture, youth, sports and mass media, Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has said.

[05] Cyprus and France sign agreement for Cypriots studying in France

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Cyprus and France sign agreement for Cypriots studying in France

Nicosia, Feb 9 (CNA) -- The Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Centre for University and School Projects (CNOUS) of France signed an agreement today on the promotion of studies of Cypriot students in France.

[06] British former envoy says no viable alternative to Annan plan

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British former envoy says no viable alternative to Annan plan

Larnaca, Feb 9 (CNA) -- British former envoy for Cyprus Lord David Hannay said he does not see any viable alternative to a Cyprus settlement other than the Annan plan, noting that ''the choice is between the Annan Plan with some adjustments or no settlement at all.''

[07] DISY leader says Turkey has much to do in EU course

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DISY leader says Turkey has much to do in EU course

by Maria Myles

Constantinople, Feb 9 (CNA) - Greek Cypriot Democratic Rally party (DISY) leader, Nicos Anastasiades, has said that Turkey still has a lot to do with regard to its European Union course, both at home and with regard to its obligations towards its prospective EU partners, adding that his party supports Ankara's European aspirations.

Addressing a Turkish audience at Sabanci University, the main opposition leader in Cyprus said Cyprus, Greece and Turkey face a common challenge on how to coexist within a new European context, adding that the future can be won together through a ''new win-win situation'' concept.

[08] Britain aims at creating conditions for Cyprus settlement

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Britain aims at creating conditions for Cyprus settlement

by Kyriakos Tsioupras

London, Feb 9 (CNA) -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said Britain has not set out to punish or to reward any of the parties in Cyprus ''but rather to create conditions on the ground that will facilitate a settlement, including narrowing the substantial economic gap between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities.''

[09] Lord Hannay defines ways to help renew efforts on Cyprus

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Lord Hannay defines ways to help renew efforts on Cyprus

Nicosia, Feb 9 (CNA) - British former special representative for Cyprus Lord David Hannay said today that multiplying the contacts between politicians of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, continuing Greco-Turkish rapprochement, expressing readiness for compromises as well as a clear indication towards UN Secretary General of the willingness to negotiate on the basis of the Annan plan, should help renew the efforts to reach a settlement of the Cyprus problem.

Speaking at a conference on the Cyprus question organised by Wilton Park, in the coastal town of Larnaca, on behalf of the British Foreign Office, Lord Hannay also said that Turkey's accession to the EU would create those conditions for a successfully consolidated settlement and expressed opinion that there could be changes on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's plan for a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem.

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