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In January 1990, a Service for the Care and Rehabilitation of the Disabled was established in the Department of Labour. Its main objectives were to deal with the various issues concerning disabled persons and disabilities and to promote the…

The biennial Games of the Small States of Europe, first held in 1985, is a multi-sport event for independent European Nations with a population of less than one million. Only a limited number of events are included in the program of the Games.…

In ancient Greece the Games (contests) represented Freedom and Democracy. They constituted a congregation of free men of their own free will, where the runner from Corinth and the jumper from Rhodes stood equal in status. All could participate and…

The Spanish city of Barcelona, hosted for the first time in three decades the first Olympic Games that were not marred by boycotts. The opening ceremony was the most spectacular and impressive ever staged. Athletes from most of the new countries of…

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…

Since the Sydney Olympic games are very recent and everybody remembers them well, here are some data you may not know:

- Day 8 of the Sydney Olympic Games (Saturday 23rd September) smashed the daily attendance record for Sydney Olympic Park. A…

The evolution of dogs goes back millions of years before our ancestors some 14,000 years ago managed to domesticate the wolf by adopting wolf pups or by allowing them to scavenge from human leftovers. Succeeding generations became increasingly tame…

Τhe wild red jungle fowl is the ancestor of today’s chickens, which like all birds are smart and have communication skills. The term “pecking order” was coined by the Norwegian biologist Thorlief Schjelderup-Ebbe after observing that chickens…

Doris (Mosaic 4th Century A.D.)

In the past Europe experienced great tribulations from the many attempts made to unify it into a single entity. The endeavours were the result of armed undertakings either by a single individual such as Napoleon or by alliances such as those in the…