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Cyprus' Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios has concluded a first visit to Washington and New York with a view to gathering information and promoting Cyprus as a tourism destination with a "positive impression" he told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA).

The health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic greatly influenced the activity of European news agencies in terms of working procedures, and some expect a drop in revenues, according to the directors of some of these media outlets in interviews published on Monday on the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) website.

AGERPRES Romanian National News Agency celebrates 131 since establishment on 27 March.   Since 1889 until now, AGERPRES has broadcast millions of news items, documentary materials and photographs.   After 131 years since its first news item, AGERPRES has received congratulations messages from partner media organisations and news agencies.

The interior minister of the Republic of Cyprus says the island cannot host more economic migrants as another boatload of refugees arrived on Tuesday, clarifying that authorities would not send back those whose lives may be in danger.

Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides briefed US National Security Advisor John Bolton on the latest developments regarding Turkey's illegal activities in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) during a phone call on Friday, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported.

The Cyprus Post have been seeking ways to utilise unmanned drones to deliver parcels of up to four kilos to the recipient, Andreas Gregoriou, Director of the Department of Postal Services, has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA).

To that end, the Department is in contact with the University of Cyprus KIOS Research Centre, according to Gregoriou.

A senior US Department of Defense official is making a formal visit to Athens Nicosia next week for consultations with the Greek and Cypriot administrations, according to a report from Washington.

NICOSIA - Tanjug photo reporter Srdjan Ilic has won a special award in a competition for the best photo for the year 2014-2015 staged by the Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies (AMAN).

Ilic is Tanjug's deputy editor-in-chief responsible for photography.

He will receive the award at the ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt on October 15.