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The intellectual history of Cyprus and its contribution to the European intellectual history may be attributed to all those distinguished Cypriot poets, writers, archaeologists and men of letters from the celebrated Stassinos to Costas Montis and the…

Folk dances, folk music and folk art are the cultural heritage of ethnic people the world over. In the Near East, Middle East and the Balkans where the Ottoman empire ruled for four centuries, folk dances are both similar and unique in more ways…

Football, the most popular game watched by millions the world over is believed to have descended from the ancient Greek game of Harpaston which is frequently mentioned in classical literature.

It seems it was first mentioned in England in 1170…

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in Paris on 21st May 1904, but international activities began only after South Africa joined in 1909/10, Argentina and Chile in 1912 and the U.S.A. in 1913. The first World…

The 18th FIFA World Cup was held in Germany from 9th June to 9th July 2006. The vote to choose the hosts was held in 2000 in Zurich, Switzerland and the bidding countries were: Germany, England, South Africa and Morocco.

Thirty two countries took…

Verifiable records indicate that the ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. and by 393 A.D. two hundred and ninety games had taken place. In 394 A.D. the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius abolished the Games as paganish. In 1892, Baron Pierre de…

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Forest Scene

Forestry for Development

The commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1998 reaffirmed the aspirations and the spirit contained in that historic document. The Declaration remains an inspiration, for although the work of the…