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Stone Head 3rd Century B.C.

The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) was established in 1961 to provide national and international telecommunications within the Republic of Cyprus. For its international operations it adopted the name CytaGlobal, and to create a bridge…

Sunrise at Protaras

The Los Angeles Games of 1984 will be remembered by all for their commercialization, their Hollywood ceremonies and for the 13 abstentions from the East European countries including the U.S.S.R. who professed that the security measures were…

The conference of European Ministers of Education, held in Nicosia 27th- 28th June 2003 was organised under The Greek Presidency of the EU by the Greek Ministry of National Education and Religion, The European Commission and the Ministry of Education…

Tefkros Anthias (1903-1968) was a novelist, a journalist and one of the most prominent 20th Century poets of Cyprus. He is well known for his collection of poems "" The Whistles of the Vagrant"". He worked as a primary school teacher both in Cyprus…

"Greek was the language I was given. My humble home was on the beaches of Homer’s Iliad where my only concern was the language". (Odysseas Elytis, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, 1979) Claude Fauriel, Professor of Southern European…

The wall painting illustrated on this stamp comes from the Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour ( Tou Sotira) at Palechori (Palaeochorio). The building is from the early 16th century, and the interior of the chapel (except for the roof ) is…

In 1878 when the Br itish Forces landed at Larnaca, this was the sea-front café that probably became a popular meeting place for those men and officers who were off- duty. The harbour and the seaside promenade with its dozens of cafes today and…

The illustrations for this Christmas set derive from the Eptakomi (a small village in the Famagusta district) Gospel which appears from cer tain language form to have been written in the 12th century. Originally it contained four Gospels but…