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This is one of the two Christmas issues where the designer's presentation is modern and is not based on existing works of great religious worth or meaning. The set covers the holiday periods, which include Christmas, New Year and Epiphany Day. The 5…

Church of Virgin Mary, Asinou / Church of Virgin Mary, Moutoullas / Church of Virgin Mary, Podithou / Three Apostles, St. Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery / Annunciation, Church of the Holy Cross, Pelentri /Saints, Church of the Cross, Ayiasmati /…

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) poet, philosopher and painter writing about children in his book "The Prophet", said: "Your children are not your children They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you,…

The decision of the European Council of Ministers to declare the year 1990 as the "European Year of Tourism" was designed to emphasize the role and development of tourism. Tourism, an activity turned into an industry, affects every society in many…

Seville Universal Expo

The University of Cyprus is a public corporate body. Its vision is to become the most efficient and effective of all universities in the Mediterranean. The mission of the university is to support the teaching, the learning, the research and its…

80th Anniversary Scouting in Cyprus

20 years ago, one of the greatest Greek poets of the 20th century, wrote the "Hymn and Lament for Cyprus". The poem has five stanzas. There follows the 1st two lines and the last two lines of the 1st stanza. Bitter Island, sweet island, island…

Trees of Cyprus are part of the natural heritage of the island. Two thousand years ago Eratosthenes (c.276194 B.C.), Greek astronomer and scholar had said that the fields of Cyprus
were so densely covered with trees that the land could not be…

More than twenty five years ago, the Council of Europe launched its first nature conservation campaign to make Europeans generally aware of the overriding need to protect their environment. The existing threats to the environment are so serious that…