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The forerunner of the Treaty of Rome was the 1951 Treaty of Paris that created the European Coal and Steel Community. The idea
conceived by Jean Monet and announced by Robert Schuman, the French Foreign Minister, on 9th May 1950, was the pooling of…

Τhe Social Insurance Scheme was first implemented in January 1957. It is compulsory to all legally employed and self-employed citizens of Cyprus who are eligible for social insurance.

The 1957 benefits included those for marriage and maternity,…

Τhe year is 10,000 BC, the hunters are roaming the land in search of prey, whence did they come, we do not know, were they the ancestors of the Neolithic dwellers of Choirokitia settlement of 7000 BC, again we do not know. But at the excavated site…

Τhe building known as the “Lyssiotis Mansion”, and situated on Makarios III Avenue, Lefkosia, is the work of architect Photiades. It was built in 1928-9 by Petros Aloneftis and given as dowry to his daughter Maria.

Its thin columns,…

Τhe murals depicted on this set of three stamps originate from the Chapel of Agios Themonianus (a corruption of the name Agios Euphemianos) from the village of Lysi, now in the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus. The Chapel lies a mile to the south of…

Agios Zenon was born to rich and aristocratic parents in the province of Ponto in Asia Minor. He enlisted in the army as a special courier of Emperor Flavius Valens ( 364-378 AD) whom he served with great devotion. He carried the Emperor’s messages…

Αphrodite (meaning sea born) Goddess of love is one of the twelve Gods in Greek mythology, but she is also Venus in Roman, and Anahid in Armenian mythologies. She is also known as Ishtar or Astarte, the sea-goddess, ruler of men and who has temples…

The Anemone coronaria is just one of more than 1150 species of wild flowers that are found in all regions of the island. Anemones come in a variety of delicate hues from pink to red, turquoise blue and white. They grow up to 30cm. high.

In…

Writing and civilization are very closely linked for without this means of communication, ideas, facts, events, discoveries and emotions cannot be conveyed across time and advance the development of mankind.

Before the invention of paper by the…

Ιn 1969 the Society of Cypriot Studies was founded and the first International Congress of Cypriot Studies was held. The aim of the Society is to study and promote the archaeological, historical, philological and cultural heritage of Cyprus from…