
CHRISTO NIKOLTCHEV AND ARI MUHONEN, AWARDED WITH THE FEPA MEDALS
At its annual meeting, the FEPA Board analyzed the many candidacies received from the FEPA member Federations and agreed on awarding the 2016 FEPA Medals and Certificates of Appreciation as follows:

Costas Chazapis answer to Gunnar Dahlvig’s opinions
Costas Chazapis, General Commissioner of the successful NOTOS 2015 amongst many other philatelic activities, has sent us the document “On Gunnar Dahlvig's pessimistic thoughts” referring the recently posted document “Quo Vadis”.

JUVENIA 2017, Spanish Youth Exhibition with International participation and FEPA Recognition: The list of the 106 Exhibits
Has been published the list of the 106 accepted exhibits from Spain, France, Italy and Cyprus that will participate at the Spanish Youth Exhibition with International participation and FEPA Recognition, JUVENIA 2017. Here is the whole list.

Dutch philatelic world in shock
On the last days of 2016 out of the blue Dutch postal operator PostNL informed that as of January 1st 2017 all handed in parcels and registered letters, franked with postage stamps were to be striked with an ordinary ballpoint!

Gunnar Dahlvig’s views: Quo Vadis?
Gunnar Dahlvig, one of the most recognized European philatelists, awarded with the FEPA Medal 2013, presents an interesting document for discussion about the situation of Philately.

FEPA Exhibition MaxiEspaña 2017: List of the Exhibits
The FEPA Exhibition MaxiEspaña 2017 which will be held in Aviles, Asturias, Spain, from the 10th to the 13th of May, has published the list of the 41 Maximaphily exhibits from the four national federations participants: Spain, Cyprus, France and Italy.

Patron of FINLANDIA 2017
We are very pleased to announce that the President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö is the Patron of FINLANDIA 2017.

MONACOPHIL 2017 NEWSLETTER
We are receiving the 3rd Press Release of MonacoPhil 2017. The beautiful poster to announce MonacoPhil 2017 shows the stamp issued in 1993 by the United States and Monaco to honor Grace Kelly, Princess Grace.

The full Programme and details of the Multilateral FEPA Exhibition EXFILNA 2017
The Organizing Committee, leaded by Gaizka Sola, has published the full,extremely interesting and appealing Programme of the EXFILNA 2017.
