Next week, the President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades, will, among other things, attend the memorial services for those who died during the coup and the victims of the Mari explosion.
The President's programme also includes an official visit to Cyprus by Austrian Chancellor Karl Nechamer.
On Monday 11 July, at 8:30 am, President Anastasiades will attend and speak at the annual memorial service of 13 heroic officers, non-commissioned officers of the navy and firefighters of the National Marine Corps at the naval base "Evangelos Florakis" in Mari. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the tragedy.
On Tuesday, 12 July, at 9:30 in the morning, the swearing-in ceremony of the new President of the Supreme Court, Antonis Liatsos, will take place. On the same day, at 7:00 p.m., the President will be the speaker at a reception at the home of the U.S. Ambassador on the occasion of the 246th anniversary of the independence of the United States of America.
On Wednesday, July 13, at 10:30 a.m., a group credentialing ceremony will be held. President Anastasiades will accept the credentials of the Ambassadors of Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Malaysia, the Dominican Republic, Iraq, Pakistan, Rwanda, Rwanda, Armenia, Mongolia and Vietnam.
On the same day, in the afternoon, the Chancellor of Austria, Mr. Karl Neuhammer, will pay an official visit to Cyprus. During the meeting between the two leaders, as well as during the extended consultations that will follow, Cyprus-Austria cooperation at bilateral level, the coordination of the two countries within the EU, the war in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis it has caused, the energy perspective of the Eastern Mediterranean in relation to the EU's energy policy and security, the migration issue, as well as regional developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Balkans region will be discussed.
The President of the Republic will report on the efforts being made to end the Turkish occupation, the Turkish provocations and the initiatives he has taken to resume negotiations with a view to finding a solution to the Cyprus problem based on international law and the European acquis.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers will be held on Thursday, 14 July, at 10 a.m.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers will be held on Thursday, 14 July, at 10 a.m. At 11:45 in the morning, in the presence of the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, he will meet with the student Eleftheria Panayiotou of the Laniteion Lyceum who, during the World Gymnastics Games in Normandy, was awarded the special FAIR PLAY AWARD for sportsmanship for her action to help her rival who fell at the finish line of the 200 metres.
At 7 p.m. on the same day, President Anastasiades will attend and address a reception at the Embassy of France in Nicosia. On Friday, 15 July, on the day of the black anniversary of the 1974 coup d'état, at 8:00 a.m., the President of the Republic will attend the memorial service for those who died during the coup d'état at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen in Nicosia. At 9:45 a.m. he will attend the service and lay a wreath at the Democracy and Resistance Monument and the columns of the fallen resistance fighters in the park of the Presidential Palace. The event is organised by the Committee for the Establishment and Maintenance of the Register of Resistance Fighters and the Association of Republican Resistance Fighters of Nicosia. Subsequently, at 11am, President Anastasiades will attend the anniversary session of the House of Representatives.
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