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This yearʼs Euromed Postal Joint stamp project is “Houses of the Mediterranean”.
The stamp of Cyprus illustrates a neighbourhood in the old town of Lefkosia with features of traditional architectural heritage.
The main building materials used…

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…

Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi (that was his real name) was an Indian politician, thinker and revolutionary. He was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar and murdered on 30 January 1948 by an extremist Hindu in favour of the partition of the country.

He…

Carolina Pelendritou was born in August 1986 in Lemesos.She possesses exceptional determination and courage to overcome any disabilities or obstacles in her life. Her eyesight began failing her at an early stage and by 2014 the deterioration had…

Rotary International the world’s first service club organization was founded on 23rd February 1905
in Chicago and currently enjoys more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Its motto is Service Above Self.

All members are…

1st April 2005 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first explosions set off by the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters who became famously known as EOKA. (ACRONYM OF ETHNIKI ORGANOSIS KYPRION AGONISTON), and one could say that that was the…

Gastronomy is defined as the art and science of good eating and drinking and the basis of Epicurian philosophy is the pursuit of pleasure but not the indulgence of overeating.Yet eating is one of the pleasures of life that excites our desires and…

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…

The icon of the Birth of Christ comes from the church of Panayia Asproforousa, meaning Blessed Virgin Mary of the white robes because of the white robes worn by the monks of the Premontre Order who lived in the medieval Abbey of Bellapaix.

The…

The miniature sheet illustrates Cyprus’ first (doves) second (tree), third (co-operation emblem) and fourth (Europa flower) stamps that were
issued with a common design with other European States who share the same vision of a united peaceful…