Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-10-09

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From: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>

CONTENTS

[01] PRESIDENT OF BULGARIA - OFFICIAL VISIT TO CYPRUS

[02] BARROSO - MAURER`S APPOINTMENT - CYPRUS

[01] PRESIDENT OF BULGARIA - OFFICIAL VISIT TO CYPRUS

The Bulgarian President will be accompanied by his spouse and a multi-party delegation as well as by a delegation of businessmen.

The official welcoming ceremony will be held at the Presidential Palace.

Later on, President Christofias and his spouse Elsi Christofias will have a private meeting with the President of Bulgaria and Mrs. Parvanova.

This will be followed by talks with the participation of delegations from both countries.

During the visit, the two Presidents, inter alia, will inaugurate a joint painting gallery of Cypriot and Bulgarian artists.

Tonight President Christofias will host a formal dinner for his guest and his entourage.

Tomorrow the Bulgarian President will be in Pafos, where he will meet the primate of the Church of Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, and later on the same day he will meet Bulgarian nationals who live in Cyprus.

He leaves late Saturday night.

[02] BARROSO - MAURER`S APPOINTMENT - CYPRUS

According to a European Commission press release, the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, "has decided to detach Mr Leopold Maurer as his personal Representative to the Good Offices Mission of the United Nations in Cyprus."

Maurer will provide advice to the UN Good Offices Mission on EU-related matters, it adds.

"This designation follows a request by the United Nations and is a further demonstration that President Barroso and the European Commission are committed to supporting the Cyprus settlement process," the press release noted.

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat have been engaged in direct negotiations since September 2008, with a view to solve the problem of Cyprus, divided since the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974.

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