UNIC Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, Professor Edna Yamasaki joined the Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Cyprus, Andrey Panyukhov, the President of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation, George Danos, the President of the Cyprus-Russia Friendship Association Harris Thrassou, employees of the Russian Embassy in Cyprus, the Embassy school and the Russian Cultural Center, in this ceremony dedicated to a very important day for Russia and the entire world.
Commenting on the event, the Russian Embassy in Cyprus stated: “We are grateful for the dignity that Yuri Gagarin is treated with in Cyprus. Two streets in Limassol as well as another street in Ayia Napa were named after him. On April 15, 2013, a monument to Yuri Gagarin was opened in the municipal park of Nicosia, and in 2016 a portrait of the first cosmonaut appeared on one of the buildings in Ayia Napa”.