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Fifty years ago the United Nations High Commission for Refugees was established when the refugee Convention was formally adopted on 28th July 1951 and with Denmark becoming the first State to ratify the Convention. For over half a century the UNHCR…

As a people, Cypriots are very religious. Faith is very important to the Cypriots and the Church has a distinct place in society. The name day of the Archbishop is a state holiday for the schools, while the church is energetically involved in…

Chalcedony is a finer- grained variety of quartz, which may vary in color from light brown to reddish brown; the latter is better known as carnelian. Moss agate is gray or bluish chalcedony with dark dentritic inclusions of ten of an iron compound.…

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…

Windsurfing at Paphos

Pulpit (St. Lazarus Church, Larnaca)

The Royal Door (Panayia Church, Paralimni)

Larnaca

Personification of Autumn- House of Dionyssos, Paphos

Beach at Protaras