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When in 1840 Sir Rowland Hill invented the first postage stamp in the world, little did he know that stamp collecting would become a great universal hobby. In time it became known as the "King of hobbies and a hobby of Kings". King George V was an…

Maria Singlitiki (-1570)

50th Anniversary of the U.N. Organization

Volleyball Centenary.

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…

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…

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…

80th Anniversary Scouting in Cyprus

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…

Seville Universal Expo