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N.K. Lanitis and N. Nikolaides officially founded scouting in Cyprus in 1913, with the assistance of the United Kingdom. In 1961 the movement was admitted to the World Bureau (WOSM). The Cyprus Scouts Association is open to all boys and girls…

Satyr (Silenius)

Salamis

Salamis Theatre

St. Neophytos, born at Lefkara in 1134, founded the monastery bearing his name in the low cliffs near Paphos, towards the end of the 12th century. The original cavehermitage which the Saint named his "Enkleistra"" (seclusion), with the adjoining cave…

The Games of 1980 in Moscow will live in history for the incredibly astonishing opening and closing ceremonies. The mascot of the Games was the little bear Misha, made of cardboard which hundreds of children in the stands had brought with them. The…

""Vacations"", the theme that POSTEUROP chose to be common to all member countries, immediately brings to mind travel and tourism. Countries all over the world project their tourist attractions and with people ever more ready to travel to exotic and…

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…

Rhinodolphin ( Turslops truncatus ) :The earliest known mammals lived some 210 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Over tens of millions of years they adapted, evolved and flourished through all climatic changes and natural disasters.…

There is no country or nation where people except physicians do not consult traditional doctors even though they may be just manipulators or charlatans, as sometimes they do succeed to bring about an improvement in the condition of a sick person.…