Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 02-05-26

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[01] Cyprus ranked sixth in the 47th Eurovision Song Contest

[02] Missing persons issue a high priority for the government

[01] Cyprus ranked sixth in the 47th Eurovision Song Contest

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Cyprus ranked sixth in the 47th Eurovision Song Contest

Nicosia, May 26 (CNA) -- Cyprus ranked 6th in the 47th Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Tallin, Estonia last night. The Cypriot entry, represented by the boy-band ONE and the song "Gimme" received 85 votes.

[02] Missing persons issue a high priority for the government

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Missing persons issue a high priority for the government

Nicosia, May 26 (CNA) -- Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides has assured that the Cyprus government will continue supporting a dialogue with the Turkish Cypriot side on the humanitarian issue of missing persons in Cyprus, as was its original initiative.

In his speech, read by Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues Takis Christopoulos, at a special ceremony to honour those killed during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and the missing persons, President Clerides reiterated the government's commitment that "a solution to the issue of missing persons is a high priority issue" to the government of Cyprus.

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