Taiwan’s newest innovation, “S Cafe nanometer coffee yarn” is taking the world by storm, and will be on exhibit at the Taiwan Art and Design Exhibition in London. More Info: http://taiwantoday.tw/content.asp?cuItem=106041&mp=9

ROC first lady Chow Mei-ching will lead the renowned Taiwan-based Cloud Gate Dance Theatre on a visit to Russia, according to the Presidential Office June 6. More Info: http://taiwantoday.tw/content.asp?cuItem=106042&mp=9

Mainland Affairs Council Minister Lai Shin-yuan said upon her return from a three-day visit to Hong Kong June 5 that she would make all out efforts to promote official interaction between Taiwan and the mainland Chinese special administrative region in the future. More Info: http://taiwantoday.tw/content.asp?cuItem=106043&mp=9

Restrictions governing news reporters from mainland China in Taiwan have been substantially relaxed over the past 10 years, the Government Information Office pointed out in the June issue of Exchange Bimonthly. More Info: http://taiwantoday.tw/content.asp?cuItem=105998&mp=9

Menno Goedhart, director of the Netherlands Trade and Investment Office in Taipei, is set to pitch the merits of Taiwan as a destination for European visitors following his naming as the island’s honorary tourism ambassador. More Info: http://taiwantoday.tw/content.asp?cuItem=106007&mp=9

ROC President Ma Ying-jeou spoke of the importance of signing an economic cooperation framework agreement with Beijing while receiving three U.S. senators at the Presidential Office June 4. More Info: http://taiwantoday.tw/content.asp?cuItem=106011&mp=9

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications will add a third terminal to Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport, according to the MOTC’s Civil Aeronautics Administration. More Info: http://taiwantoday.tw/content.asp?cuItem=106017&mp=9

The Ministry of Justice announced June 4 that the family members of victims in homicide cases that occurred after Oct. 1, 1993 would be eligible for government financial assistance in proceeding with criminal and civil suits. More Info: http://taiwantoday.tw/content.asp?cuItem=106033&mp=9

Lin Chi-chang, 74, was cut off from his primary school life at the outbreak of World War II after only one year, but has now progressed from elementary school all the way to the continuing education division of Yonghe City’s Yungping High School. More Info: http://taiwantoday.tw/content.asp?cuItem=105828&mp=9

Former world No. 1 tennis players Andre Agassi and Marat Safin will play a series of exhibition matches in Taiwan next January, promoter Integration Sports Inc. announced June 3. More Info: http://taiwantoday.tw/content.asp?cuItem=105851&mp=9