Browse Items (1228 total)

The first cinematographic pictures were shown in Denmark in 1896 and in 1912 the biggest cinema with a seating capacity of 2,400 was opened in Northern Europe. In the late twenties and early thirties the transitional period from "silent" to "sound"…

Glafkos Clerides was the 4th President of the Republic of Cyprus. During his ten-year term of office (1993 – 2003) Cyprus achieved the completion of the accession negotiations with the EU, the harmonisation with the Acquis Communautaire and a great…

The Asia Minor Catastrophe is considered the greatest calamity of Hellenism throughout time. With the Treaty of Lausanne and the mandatory exchange of populations, Hellenism has disappeared following two thousand years of presence in the Middle East.…

10th Anniversary of U.N. World Food
Programme

10th Anniversary of World Gymnasiade.

The decision of the European Council of Ministers to declare the year 1990 as the "European Year of Tourism" was designed to emphasize the role and development of tourism. Tourism, an activity turned into an industry, affects every society in many…

Αlthough Cyprus joined the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie as an associate member only in 2006, its French connection dates back to the 12th century when Frankish Crusaders established the Lusignan kingdom (1192-1489) and became the…

13th Conference of Commonwealth Speakers and Residing Officers.

The European Cup Championships for women athletics first took place in 1982 having been conceived by Dr. Paolo Fumante of Italy. Cyprus hosted the 1 3 th such meeting in Limassol where around 500 athletes from European countries took part. The stamp…

150 Years from the Birth of Henrich von Stephan