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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-01-07Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>CONTENTS
[01] CHRISTOFIAS - SLOVAKIA - EUROPresident Demetris Christofias leaves on Thursday for Bratislava, Slovakia, where he will attend the official ceremony for the adoption of the Euro by Slovakia as its official currency.President Christofias will go by car from Vienna to Bratislava where he will attend the celebrations under the title Goodbye Koruna, Welcome Euro! The President and the Prime Minister of Slovakia as well as EU and European Central Bank officials will attend the celebrations. President Christofias will return to Cyprus on Friday. [02] PARTY LEADERS - SLOVAKIAPresident of the Democratic Rally Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday that Ambassador of Slovakia to Cyprus Anna Turenicova has invited him and all leaders of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties to visit Bratislava for the 20th anniversary of the commencement of the bicommunal dialogue, which began at the initiative of the Czechoslovakian embassy in Nicosia.Speaking after a meeting with Turenicova, Anastasiades said the invitation is for May 14 to 17, noting that on May 15 an official meeting of the leaders of the political parties from the two communities in Cyprus will take place, in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia and other officials.`` Party leaders or representatives from the islands two communities have been meeting on a regular basis, initially under the Czechoslovakian embassy and now under the Slovak embassy in Nicosia, to help efforts to find a negotiated settlement in Cyprus, which has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |