View source for Digital Cyprus - First Press Conference by Dr. Stelios Himonas (28 Jan 2015)

The creation of the [[Digital Cyprus]] platform was announced during a Press Conference on January 28, 2015. The Press Conference has taken place at the Ministry of Energy, Industry, Commerce and Tourism. Dr. [[Stelios Himonas]], [[Digital Champion]] of Cyprus explained how the [[Digital Cyprus]] platform promotes Cyprus, while at the same time encourages people of all ages to learn coding. More importantly, the platform aims to promote transparency, to cultivate mutual respect and understanding and therefore contribute to social reforms and advancement. “The goal is to create and maintain a web community of volunteers that love Cyprus and want to help concentrate material on Cyprus which will be available to everyone,” Himonas said.

Digital Cyprus, a web-based open programming platform designed to present all manner of information regarding the island, is expected to be unveiled to the public during the first six months of 2015, according to [[Digital Champion]] Dr. [[Stelios Himonas]]. “The goal is to create and maintain a web community of volunteers that love Cyprus and want to help concentrate material on Cyprus which will be available to everyone,” he said. [[Digital Cyprus]] will host anything that has to do with Cyprus, its people, objects, history, economy and the current state of affairs, Head of [[Future Worlds Center]] [[Yiannis Laouris]] revealed. “Any citizen of the republic can upload a subject they find important with help from the volunteers to develop it properly and to classify it correctly,” he added.
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File:DC_20150128_00.jpg|From Left: Nicos Argyris, Stelios Himonas, Yiannis Laouris, Maria Vilanidou
File:DC_20150128_01.JPG|Panel
File:DC_20150128_02.JPG|Right: Antreas Shoshilos
File:DC_20150128_03.jpg|From Right: Rebeca Gregoriadou, Ioanna Nicolaou, Constantina Spanoude, Savia Christou, Constantinos Tsiourtos
File:DC_20150128_04.jpg|Left: Petros Melaisis (ANT1), Andreas Pitsillos (ANT1), Michalis Kyprianidis (SIGMA), Eugenios Kakopieros (CyBC) 
File:DC_20150128_05.jpg|Corner: Leslie Timngum
File:DC_20150128_06.JPG|Panel 
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==Download the articles==
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File:Digital_Cyprus_FinancialMirror_20150130.pdf|page=1|600px Financial Mirror
File:Digital_Cyprus_Phileleftheros_20150129.pdf|page=1|thumb|Phileleftheros 
File:Digital_Cyprus_Axortagos_20150128.pdf|Axortagos.gr 
File:Digital_Cyprus_iKypros_20150128.pdf|iKypros 
File:Digital_Cyprus_CyprusMail_20150129.pdf|Cyprus Mail 
File:Digital_Cyprus_MAXH_20150128.pdf|MAXH 
File:Digital_Cyprus_OnlyCY_20150128.pdf|OnlyCY 
File:Digital_Cyprus_GoldNews_20150130.pdf|Gold News 

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[[File:Digital_Cyprus_Phileleftheros_20150129.pdf|page=1|thumb|Phileleftheros]]

==Download the Press Release and Himonas' Presentation==
[[File:DigitalCyprus_Invitation_20150128.jpg|200px|thumb|left|alt text]]

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File:Digital Cyprus - Δημοσιογραφική Διάσκεψη 28 Ιανουαρίου 2015 - Δελτίο Τύπ....pdf|Press Release
File:Digital Cyprus - Δημοσιογραφική Διάσκεψη 28 Ιανουαρίου 2015 - Χαιρετισμό....pdf|Himona's Talk 

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==External Links to printed media==
* [http://www.typos.com.cy/cat/1/article/10917 Digital Cyprus Press Conference in typos.coml]
* [http://ikypros.com/?p=78827 Digital Cyprus Press Conference in iKypros.coml]
* [http://maxhnews.com/content/47974 Digital Cyprus Press Conference in MAXI Newspaper]
* [http://www.onlycy.com/index.php/kyria-themata/item/31612-se-ligous-mhnes-anoigei-gia-to-koino-h-platforma Digital Cyprus Press Conference in onlycy.com]]
* [http://www.axortagos.gr/digital-cyprus-i-platforma-anoigei-to-proto-eksamino-tou-2015.html Digital Cyprus Press Conference in axortagos.gr]
* [http://www.philenews.com/el-gr/eidiseis-media/893/239548/to-proto-examino-tou-2015-anoigei-gia-to-koino-i-platforma-digital-cyprus Digital Cyprus Press Conference in Phileleftheros]
* [http://www.goldnews.com.cy/en/companies/digital-cyprus-encyclopedia-to-launch-in-coming-months Digital Cyprus Press Conference in Gold News]
* [http://www.financialmirror.com/news-details.php?nid=33777 Digital Cyprus Press Conference in Financial Mirror]
* [http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/01/29/cyprus-to-get-its-own-digital-pedia-soon/ Digital Cyprus Press Conference  in Cyprus Mail]

==External Links to broadcasting media==
* [http://www.riknews.com.cy/index.php/news/epistimi/item/10251-digital-cyprus-ta-panta-gia-tin-kypro-video  Digital Cyprus Press Conference in CyBC News]
* [http://www.palo.com.cy/a/digital-cyprus-ta-panta-gia-tin-kipro-video-160129 Digital Cyprus Press Conference  in palo.com.cy]