Lazarides awarded Olympic Order of the IOC

Kikis Lazarides, President of the Cyprus Olympic Committee (COC) and Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), received the medal of the Olympic Order of the IOC during the committee’s 118th Session

Argentinian appointed as new UNFICYP Commander

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has appointed Major General Rafael Jose Barni of Argentina as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). An UNFICYP press release said that

Papadopoulos to meet Kofi Annan in Paris

Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan are due to meet on February 28 in Paris in order to discuss the Cyprus problem. This will be the first