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Echinodermata are among many wonders of the sea and are part of the exotic marine life on our planet. There are some 7000 known species of echinodermata. Anyone may have seen a star fish on the beach but none can live on land or in fresh water. The…

In 2006 the Holy Church of Agiou Eleftheriou, a dependency of Machairas monastery in Lefkosia, celebrated the bicentenary of its construction. The church, hidden from the sights of passers by on Onasagoras street in the old walled city of Lefkosia,…

Nicos Nicolaides was born in Lefkosia in 1884. He did not complete his elementary education and was orphaned at childhood. He went to work early in life and was taught hagiography. He grew up to be a multi-talented writer and a self-taught painter.…

Αt the start of the 20th century there were no organised fire fighting services in Cyprus. In the 1920s the municipalities of Lefkosia and Lemesos formed some sort of fire brigades which were very primitive compared to present day standards. Tasks…

The prickly pear is the fruit of a robust shrub of the cactus family. Ovoid in shape it has a thorny outer skin that needs to be carefully peeled using gloves to avoid having one’s hands covered with fine thorns. After 1878 it was cultivated in…

The first human kidney transplant was performed by a Dr. Joseph Murray in 1954 and the recipient went on to live for eight years. In due course the doctor won the Nobel Prize for his work. The first heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan…

For the first time since 1974 PostEurop (The Association of European Public Postal Operators) proposed this common design “Integration as seen by Young People”for adoption by all members of the Association.

In 1987 the European Union launched…

Folk dances, folk music and folk art are the cultural heritage of ethnic people the world over. In the Near East, Middle East and the Balkans where the Ottoman empire ruled for four centuries, folk dances are both similar and unique in more ways…

Rembrandt van Rijn was born in Leiden, Holland on 15th July 1606. His father was a miller and his mother the daughter of a banker. In 1631 he went to Amsterdam as a young printmaker, painter and etcher and opened a workshop taking on numerous…

The 18th FIFA World Cup was held in Germany from 9th June to 9th July 2006. The vote to choose the hosts was held in 2000 in Zurich, Switzerland and the bidding countries were: Germany, England, South Africa and Morocco.

Thirty two countries took…