Three days of political events, symbolic visits and meetings were organized on 23-25 November in Cyprus by the local Coordinating Committee, the Pan-European movement DiEM25 and its Greek electoral expression in Greece, MERA25, in the framework of the official launch of the local DiEM25 Cyprus. The local executives and the visiting team, consisting of Kriton Arsenis (MP of MERA25 Greece), Eric Edman (political director of DiEM25) and Danae Stratou (Chair of the Board of MERA25) held meetings with leftist and progressive organisations, both Greek and Cypriot.
According to a statement, the main (public) political event of the "official launch" of DiEM25 Cyprus, with Crito Arsenis as speaker, took place on Wednesday 23 November, at the Library of the University of Cyprus (Nicosia), with the participation of dozens of fellow travellers and interested citizens. Greetings and remarks were made by local officials and the visiting team. This was followed by a political discussion, with questions from the guests and participants of the event.
On Thursday at noon, a site visit to the Akrotiri Limassol peninsula took place, where the environmental group Birdlife Cyprus and the Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre provided an update on the situation in the area. At the end of the day, an open meeting of members and friends of DiEM25 and MERA25 was held in Limassol.
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