Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 04-07-09

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CONTENTS

[01] Olympic torch continues journey around Cyprus

[02] US welcome EU package for Turkish Cypriots

[03] Paralimni and Famagusta people welcome the Olympic Torch

[04] Athens 2004 President in Cyprus to accompany Olympic Flame back home

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[06] Cyprus Government wants best compromise on EU regulation

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[08] Olympic Torch leaves Cyprus

[09] Key official interest rates remain unchanged

[10] Ghana's Ambassador expresses wish for Cyprus� unification soon

[11] Cyprus President signs Olympic Truce Book

[01] Olympic torch continues journey around Cyprus

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Olympic torch continues journey around Cyprus

Nicosia, Jul 9 (CNA) The Olympic flame will continue today its journey around Cyprus, the final stop of the relay before it returns this afternoon to its homeland, Greece.

[02] US welcome EU package for Turkish Cypriots

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US welcome EU package for Turkish Cypriots

by Demetris Apokis

Washington, Jul 9 (CNA) --- US State Department welcomed yesterday a package of measures adopted by the European Commission regarding financial assistance to the Turkish Cypriots and direct trade with them.

[03] Paralimni and Famagusta people welcome the Olympic Torch

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Paralimni and Famagusta people welcome the Olympic Torch

Nicosia, Jul 9 (CNA) -- People of Paralimni and Famagusta district, on the east of Cyprus, welcomed warmly today the Olympic Torch at a special ceremony at Saint George's Square in Paralimni, in the presence of the local authorities and other officials.

Twelve priestesses dressed in white and blue danced in honour of the Torch while the Paralimni Municipality band played the Olympic Anthem with the crowd that thronged the square bursting into a sponteneous applaud.

[04] Athens 2004 President in Cyprus to accompany Olympic Flame back home

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Athens 2004 President in Cyprus to accompany Olympic Flame back home

Larnaca, Jul 9 (CNA) President of the Athens 2004 Organising Committee Yianna Angelopoulou Daskalaki arrived in Cyprus here Friday to accompany the Olympic Torch to Crete, for the second leg of the Greek Torch Relay.

[05] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange
Nicosia, Jul 9 (CNA) - The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

CSE General Index                               73,36   ( 0,08)

Traded Value                  CYP     303.306

FTSE/CYSE 20                  CYP     206.515  324,41   ( 0,02)
FTSE Med 100                                 6.309,61   (-0,30)

Sectoral Indices

Banks                         CYP     184.502   94,38   ( 0,02)
Approved Investment
Companies                 CYP      14.968   72,51   ( 0,83)
Insurance Companies           CYP       3.670   11,23   (-0,53)
Manufacturing Companies       CYP       3.306   46,81   ( 0,02)
Tourism Companies             CYP       2.329   45,66   (-0,87)
Trading Companies             CYP      17.424   20,52   (-0,24)
Building and Cement Companies CYP      12.815   61,61   (-0,87)
�nformation Technology
Companies                 CYP       1.340    2,33   ( 0,00)
Financial Services Companies  CYP       6.276    6,93   (-0,14)
Fish Culture Companies        CYP      28.066   11,41   ( 1,88)
Hotels                        CYP       9.132   25,67   ( 2,89)
Other Companies               CYP      18.195   60,19   (-0,03)

* The third column presents the percentage variation of

[06] Cyprus Government wants best compromise on EU regulation

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Cyprus Government wants best compromise on EU regulation

Nicosia, Jul 9 (CNA) -- The Cyprus government wants to reach the best possible compromise with the European Commission with regard to a Commission proposal on direct trade between Brussels and Cyprus' Turkish-ccupied areas. The government wants to find a compromise on the basis of its own proposals to the Commission on the matter.

[07] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Jul 9 (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                 38            20          FINE
Larnaca                 31            22          FINE
Limassol                33            22          HAZY
Paphos                  31            22          FINE

[08] Olympic Torch leaves Cyprus

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Olympic Torch leaves Cyprus

Larnaca, Jul 9 (CNA) -- The Olympic Torch left Cyprus at 1615 local time for Crete, after its two-day stay in Cyprus where it traveled to all the free towns of Cyprus.

Athens 2004 President Gianna Angelopoulou-Daskalaki who arrived here today to escort the Olympic Torch back to its homeland, Greece, expressed satisfaction with the welcoming of the Torch by Cypriots.

[09] Key official interest rates remain unchanged

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Key official interest rates remain unchanged

Nicosia, Jul 9 (CNA) -- The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided today to maintain unchanged the key official interest rates of the Central Bank, that is the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility, at 5.5% and 3.5% respectively.

Announcing the decision, Central Bank Governor Christodoulos Christodoulou said the public deficit rate is the most important problem which the Cyprus economy is facing which resulted with Cyprus' participation in the Excessive Deficit Procedure.''

[10] Ghana's Ambassador expresses wish for Cyprus� unification soon

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Ghana's Ambassador expresses wish for Cyprus unification soon

Nicosia, Jul 9 (CNA) Ghanas new Ambassador to Cyprus, Lieutenant General Benedictus Kodzo Akafia expressed the wish that Cyprus unification should come sooner than later.

Akafia, who is based in Cairo, was speaking at a ceremony during which he presented his credentials to Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos who expressed the gratitude and appreciation of the government and the people of Cyprus ''for the consistent and unwavering support of Ghana to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cyprus and for our just cause for the peaceful reunification of our country and its people.''

[11] Cyprus President signs Olympic Truce Book

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Cyprus President signs Olympic Truce Book

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