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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-06-23Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>CONTENTS
[01] ARCHBISHOP CHRYSOSTOMOS FINLANDArchbishop of the Church of Cyprus Chrysostomos II departs Wednesday for Finland, on an official visit to the country, at the invitation of the Archbishop of Karelias and all Finland Leon.According to an announcement, issued by the Holy Archbishopric here, during his stay in Finland, Archbishop Chrysostomos II will meet Archbishop Leon and other senior clergy of the Church of Finland. He will also visit churches and monasteries. On Thursday, June 25, the Cypriot Archbishop will meet the President of Finland Tarja Halonen. [02] PARLIAMENTARIANS PACEA House of Representatives delegation is participating in the 3rd part of the 2009 session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which began on Monday in Strasbourg.The delegation comprises MPs Aristophanis Georgiou, Christos Pourgourides, Antigoni Papadopoulou and Phidias Sarikas. During the morning session it was decided by vote that the procedure to elect the new Secretary General of the organisation, which was to have taken place during the session, be postponed. Pourgourides, who is a member of the PACE panel, spoke in favour of the decision. [03] CTO CHINA TOURISMCyprus is seriously interested in the Chinese market and the Beijing tourist market is the initial step of a specific strategy to attract tourism from this gigantic market.This was the message that Cyprus Tourism Organisation President Panos Englezos conveyed during the Beijing International Tourism Expo 2009, from June 18-20, where the CTO participated with its own pavilion. Englezos promoted extensively through the local media the great opportunities that Cyprus has to offer in the field of travel. The CTO hosted a lunch for Chinese tour operators which was also attended by Cyprus Health Minister Christos Patsalides who paid an official visit to China. Englezos also offered Cyprus help in the issue of thalassaemia in his capacity as chairman of the International Federation of Thalassaemia. The CTO organised a workshop where it presented the landmarks of the island as well as its tourism attractions. Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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