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This is an unclassified Central Intelligence Agency media note from 30 January 1991. It describes Panorama, a weekly Greek-language pictorial magazine that began publication in Nicosia, Cyprus on 29 September 1990. The magazine's first issue ran 116 pages. It included interviews with UN special representative Oscar Camilion and the mayor of Nicosia, along with reports on a kidney transplant clinic and UFO sightings in the Soviet Union. The bureau did not plan to cover the magazine regularly.
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# UNCLAS /TAB *** BEGIN MESSAGE 22 *** SERIAL=NC3001152691 UDN=W（32329） CLASS=UNCLAS /TAB UNCLAS /TAB SERIAL: NC3001152691 PASS: ATTN EBC SD ONLY AG, PROD, MOD (2), PROD TTP COUNTRY: CYPRUS SUBJ: CRUISING--GREEK-LANGUAGE MAGAZINE 30 JAN 91 SUBJ: TEXT: A WEEKLY GREEK-LANGUAGE MAGAZINE PANORAMA BEGAN PUBLICATION IN NICOSIA ON 29 SEP 90, JOINING THE HALF A DOZEN OTHER PICTORIAL PUBLICATIONS ALREADY ON THE MARKET. IT IS PUBLISHED BY S.I.M. (PUBLICATIONS) LTD, P. O. BOX 7033, NICOSIA (TEL: 367367/8, FAX: 367315). THE MAGAZINE'S FIRST EDITORIAL STATES THAT IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION, IT AIMS AT "DEVOTING PAGES NOT ONLY TO THE PROBLEMS OF THIS COUNTRY, BUT ALSO TO THEIR NOT ONLY TO THE PROBLEMS OF THIS COUNTRY BUT ALSO TO THEIR SOLUTION." THE FIRST ISSUE OF 116 PAGES CARRIES SEVERAL INTERVIEWS, INCLUDING ONES WITH OSCAR CAMILION, THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN CYPRUS, AND NICOSIA MAYOR DHIMITRIADHIS. THERE ARE REPORTS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS SUCH AS THE SUCCESSSES OF THE NICOSIA KIDNEY TRANSPLANT CLINIC AND UFO-SIGHTINGS IN THE SOVIET UNION. THERE IS A LOT OF PHOTO REPORTAGE ON LOCAL EVENTS AND OCCASIONS, AS WELL AS SECTIONS DEVOTED TO SPORTS, MUSIC, FASHIONS, AND OTHERS. THE LATEST ISSUE LISTS TITOS I OLOTAS AS EDITOR. BUREAU DOES NOT PLAN TO PLACE THE PUBLICATION ON REGULAR COVERAGE BUT ISSUES ARE AVAILABLE ON A SAME-DAY BASIS IF SCRUTINY IS WARRANTED. 30/152 Z JAN BT #0458 NNNN NNN U. ' ( LAS / TAB Approved for Release 212010
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