{"id":4174,"date":"2018-12-06T10:31:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T08:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ekk.org.cy\/?page_id=4174"},"modified":"2025-07-04T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:25:58","slug":"address-by-the-president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ekk.org.cy\/en\/address-by-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Address by the President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='layer_slider_1'  class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  container_wrap sidebar_right'  style='height: 901px;'  ><\/div><div id='after_layer_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4174'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Address by the President <\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1ejd1q-81114e4c01fba54444abf8a719e1376e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"pagetext\">With great pleasure I welcome you at the website of the Union of Cyprus Communities, which is the Communities\u2019 means of expression in the Internet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pagetext\">In the century of informatics and the Internet, this website is a very significant service of the Union of Cyprus Communities towards the Communities and the Self \u2013 Government in general.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pagetext\">Undoubtedly, it represents a bastion of promotion and publicity for Community Councils\u2019 activities and for the important work they accomplish and also the various cultural, social and other gatherings organized under their auspices, in the services to their residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pagetext\">At the same time, this website has become an area of opinion and experience changing and also a means of expressing the expectations and visions of the Communities\u2019 bodies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pagetext\">Furthermore, this website is a way of presenting the work and actions of the Union of Cyprus Communities and also its continuous efforts aiming at the administrative independence, the financial self-sufficiency and self-management of the organizations of the Self-Government and the decentralization of powers and the rational development as well. 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