
FEPA Symposium of Youth Philately
The FEPA Symposium of Youth Philately will be held on Saturday 27th of May, in Tampere, during “FINLANDIA 2017”. Eight FEPA Federations amongst the most successful on Youth Philately, will have specialists in the youth field presenting their best practices to all the attendants: Austria by Alfred Kunz; Cyprus by Nicos Rangos; Denmark by Ib Krarup Rasmussen; France by Claude Désarménien; Germany by Axel Brockmann; Slovenia by Bojan Bračič; Spain by José Pedro Gómez-Agüero; and Sweden by Peter Nordin.

Digitalization of all Cyprus Stamps since 1878 to 2016
Cyprus is the first European country that introduced the digitization of all Cyprus stamps since 1878 to 2016. Now Cyprus stamps are available all over the world.

A new opportunity for the lovers of thematics (and not only for them): Open Philately
Paolo Guglielminetti has been very active divulgating the concepts of Open Philately in Italy. Now, as President of the national thematic association (CIFT), he asked Marco Occhipinti and Giancarlo Morolli to prepare a booklet on this matter.

New Board of the Federation of Philatelic Societies of Ireland
At the Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Philatelic Societies of Ireland has been elected the following Executive Council: President Mr. Brian Warren, Vice-President Mr. Michael Burrington, Hon. Secretary Mr. Patrick Casey.

Book “Hellenic Stamps 1861-1961, History-Ideology-Aesthetics”
The Hellenic Post published the research book Hellenic Stamps 1861-1961, History-Ideology-Aesthetics, hardbound, 406 pages, approx. 300 photos in full colour, 391 bibliographical entries and 464 footnotes. We are looking forward for the edition of the English version!

Elected the new Board of the Union of Bulgarian Philatelists
On December 3rd , 2016, in Sofia was held the Congress of the Union of Bulgarian Philatelists with the election of a new Board. For President was elected Spas Panchev and Vice-presidents George Detchev and Konstantin Penkov.

REQUEST FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF MOLDOVA TO BECOME A FEPA MEMBER
It is a great pleasure to inform that today we have received the request from the Association of Philatelists, Maximaphilists and Cartophilists from the Republic of Moldova to become a FEPA member.

MonacoPhil 2017: Three great Exhibitions at the same event
MonacoPhil 2017 has presented his 2017 edition which will have three Exhibitions in one: 100 iconic stamps and documents; The philately of North and South America; The 100th anniversary of the King of the Philately: Ferrari de La Renotière, as well as 80 stands of Postal Administrations and International Dealers.

FEPA Congress: Sunday 28th May 2017
The Organizing Committee of FINLANDIA 2017 has informed of the Timetable allocated to the FEPA Congress. It will be held in the Exhibition venue, Tampere Hall, at the Meeting Room "Riffi", on Sunday 28th May, 2017.

More FEPA Exhibitions: MAXIESPAÑA 2017 and JUVENIA 2017, with the participation of five National Federations, received the FEPA Recognition
Spain, Belgium, Cyprus, France and Italy will participate from the 10th to the 13th of May 2017 in Avilés (Asturias), Spain, at the “MAXIESPAÑA-2017” National Spanish Exhibition of Maximaphily and the JUVENIA 2017, National Youth Spanish Exhibition. Both Exhibitions have received the FEPA Recognition.