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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…

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…

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…

"Nightingales keep one awake in Platres". Tearful bird, In sea-kissed Cyprus My homeland I remember, Moored alone with this fairy tale, If fairy tale it truly is If true how can men not resort To the deceit of Gods If it is true How would another…

The British journalist John Fielding of Thames TV together with his colleague Martin Smith were in the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus to shoot a film for the IT V program " This week tonight". As they were being officially escorted ever y where,…

The European Philatelic Exhibition ""Cyprus Europhilex 02"" held in October 2002 in Nicosia was a major success in more ways than one. Compared to the first International Philatelic Exhibition held in October 1995, the participating European…

The European Philatelic Exhibition ""Cyprus Europhilex 02"" held in October 2002 in Nicosia was a major success in more ways than one. Compared to the first International Philatelic Exhibition held in October 1995, the participating European…

The artist who designed this stamp is A. Tassos. Tassos has designed and overseen the stamps of Cyprus from 1962 to 1976. In 1976 the first Cypriot designers came on the scene, but Tassos continued to design a number of other stamp issues until his…

The Greek philosopher Plato (c.428-347 B.C.) considered education a lifelong affair. He used to profess that teachers should have statues erected in their honor ; for if one needed help at some time or other and someone helped one, then one would be…

Of the twenty-six terrestrial mammal species in Cyprus, six teen are bats. The Mediterranean Horseshoe bat is one of them. It is a medium sized bird 4.5 cm long and with a wing span of 33 cm. It forms large colonies and lives in caves, mines and…