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According to legend, Aphrodite, one of the twelve Olympian Gods, Goddess of love, beauty and fertility was born of the sea-foam on the shores of Paphos. The stamp depicts the birth of Aphrodite by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli.…

Icon Stand of Timios Stavros Church

In the Montreal Games of 1976 the workers’ trade unions staged many and successive strikes thus compelling the Government, which feared the danger of the Games being cancelled, to advance large sums of money and benefits which combined with the…

In the Montreal Games of 1976 the workers’ trade unions staged many and successive strikes thus compelling the Government, which feared the danger of the Games being cancelled, to advance large sums of money and benefits which combined with the…

Byzantine Goblet 15th Century ∞.D

Man, having the need to find the necessities for his survival established the barter system of trade whereby he exchanged what was surplus to his needs with what he required. Exchanges of this kind had however their problems. The demand existed but…

In 1971 tourism in Cyprus was still in its infancy though Europeans and especially Britons were beginning to appreciate the good life that the island had to offer. Even so, tourist arrivals were still under 260,000 a year. The Turkish invasion of…

Founded in 1954, the European Football Association, UEFA, celebrated its 50th anniversary in the knowledge that it had contributed enormously in promoting young players, combating racism in football and organizing competitions such as the annual…

Since its foundation in Paris, on 21st May 1904, FIFA has developed from the original seven to 204 member associations, making it one of the biggest and certainly the most popular sports federation in the world. With over 250 million active…

One hundred and eight years after the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, the Games returned in full glory to their ancient and spiritual homeland in a 21st century world living in fear of unprecedented terrorist attacks. Never in…